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About Sultana's Downrigging Festival Tall Ships and Bluegrass with a Cause! Now in its 25th year, the Sultana Education Foundation’s Downrigging Weekend Festival is one of the largest annual tall ship gatherings in North America. The festival features a long-weekend of Tall Ship sails, tours, incredible live bluegrass music, lectures, exhibits, family activities, regional food and more. Proceeds benefit the Foundation’s environmental literacy programs and the other nonprofits participating in the festival. Always a highlight of Downrigging, the festival’s fleet of Tall Ships will venture out onto the Chester River together four times, taking over 1,000 people sailing. Explore the ships during three free scheduled deck tours. https://downrigging.org/

Windjammer Days marks the kick off to summer in the Boothbay region and is a time to reconnect with family, friends and neighbors after the long winter, an opportunity to support local businesses and welcome visitors. It is a time to honor our maritime history and celebrate the vital role it plays in the lives of all who live here. The Annual Windjammer Days Festival is presented by Friends of Windjammers, a nonprofit community organization made up entirely of volunteers. It is the collective passion for the sea and for keeping traditions alive for future generations that drives this event, and keeps our community inspired to bring Windjammer Days to you year and after year. We hope you enjoy! https://www.boothbayharborwindjammerdays.org/

Plymouth Pirates Weekend Pirates Weekend in Plymouth returns on 18 and 19 May 2024, with plenty of activities for the whole family to enjoy across the waterfront! For 2024, we are expanding our programme to West Hoe Park, where you will find a fun filled entertainment lineup, 10am to 4pm on both days. With circus pirate performers, stalls, a pirate ship and a dog show – including the best dressed pirate pup and the nearby Treasure Island Adventure Park, this location is sure to attract a huge amount of interest. https://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/pirates-weekend-p1365003 PlymouthPirates

Olympia Harbor Days riding the wave to the 50 year celebration! August 29-31 2025 The Olympia Harbor Days Festival, a free event offered every Labor Day Weekend, is an award winning free and family friendly event that showcases many of the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound with a walk aboard show at the docks and races in the bay. Visitors to the event may also find tall ships, steamships, other historic vessels of twentieth century commerce, tribal canoes, and current recreational small watercraft. Harbor crises and sailings on Budd Bay are also offered. On land, festival attendees enjoy great food, great music, great artisans, plus nautical and marine themed attractions, and hands on activities, including Olympia’s tugboat heritage, tribal history and the working waterfront with Port of Olympia tours. All in all, here are over 300 things to do and see. Bring your kids to this family-friendly maritime celebration and fuel their dreams of working on the water and sailing the world when they grow up. Olympia Harbor Days Festival also includes locally hand built small watercraft, tribal cultural sharings, sand carving, a LEGO Harbor Build, and dancing pirates just to name a few. The location at Percival Landing is a well-known Pacific Northwest maritime landmark located in downtown Olympia, the WA state Capitol, and is the southern-most tip of the Puget Sound, a destination for many who travel by boat. Hotels, shops, gallery’s, a children’s museum, restaurants, and bars featuring locally brewed beers, wines and distillery products are all within walking distance of the event. For more to do before or after your festival visit go to www.experienceolympia.com. https://www.harbordays.com/

Madisonville celebrates 34 years on the banks of the beautiful Tchefuncte River this fall as the Wooden Boat Festival returns, October 18-19, 2025. Presented by Maritime Museum Louisiana, this fun family festival attracts over one hundred classic boats, hundreds of spectator boats and wooden boat and music enthusiasts for this two-day celebration, open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A pre-festival gala at the Museum, "Maritime Mania", is held on the Friday evening before the festival. https://maritimemuseumlouisiana.org/woodenboatfestival https://www.louisiananorthshore.com/event/madisonville-wooden-boat-festival/472/

Our waterfront farmers market is one of the most unique in Hampton Roads—offering spectacular views of the York River, food trucks, and a variety of vendors and artists! Shop for seasonal produce, fresh seafood, meats, breads, handmade soaps and candles, honey, gourmet dog treats, and a beautiful display of work from local artists. Our award-winning market is now available year-round with the addition of winter markets on select Saturdays in February and March. We know the weather is unpredictable, so in the case of inclement weather, just as during the regular season, the market will move to the lower level of the Water Street Parking Terrace. The 2025 regular season kicks off on April 12 and runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.* through the end of October. Be on the lookout for several extended markets with fun family-friendly themes, especially during the holidays! *Unless otherwise indicated Save the Dates for Our Special Themed Markets April 26-27: Pirate Invasion Market (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) https://www.visityorktown.org/225/Market-Days

Maritime Festival Port Angeles 2024 All Attendance and Activities are FREE to Participate - food & beverages at posted prices - Produced by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce https://www.maritimefestival.org/

The Maritime Gig Festival is the first full weekend of June each year The Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce parade is an annual celebration of the community in which we live, highlighting our rich history, traditions, and economic vitality. Spectators are welcome to line up anywhere along the parade route to watch. Generally anywhere between 6,000-8,000 people attend the festival each day. Make your plans to join us for a fun weekend! https://www.gigharborchamber.net/maritime-gig-festival

Hosted by East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation (EESM), the Festival benefits educational programs, museum offerings, and the preservation Long Beach Bar (Bug) Light. Enjoy classic boat displays, kayak races, music, children’s activities, maritime demonstrations, roving Sea Shanties and of course approximately 100 great vendors that feature hand crafted and unique items. Don’t miss our festive Merfolk parade on Saturday! https://www.eastendseaport.org/about-the-festival/

Come visit the pirate village of Dry Bluffs - a glorious day out for the whole family. There's food and ale; merchants and crafters, and more entertainment than you can possibly imagine. 11am-6pm daily Shiny Things! worried about weather? All audience areas are covered for shade, plus we've added misting tents to cool you off with a gentle sea spray new shows - including a live Falconry show! (plus the best of the old favorites). Look through 'em on the Entertainment Page new bands at the Captain's Keg party! (Saturday night only) the return of the massive turkey legs! expanded Kidd's area with even more activities for the small scallywags Vikings! (No, really - vikings!) Our village of Dry Bluffs comes alive with the bustle of a sea-side port-of-trade. Merchants, traders, and crafts-people from across the isles bring treasures from silks to swords, from gems to jewels. Watch skilled wire-workers, jewel-crafters, and smiths of many kinds as they create fine items for you to take home. Peruse the expansive list of vendors in our Marketplace. We promise, there's plenty to do at the Festival - trust us, we're Pirates! https://justadequate.com/jollyRogering/index.htm

What started as a bit of fun at our original Ren Faire of Bandera County, the Black Pirate Market Thanksgiving weekend, became a new annual tradition of Pirates and puppies! We ask our vendors to bring forth their best deals for holiday gift giving and add to the fun with pirate costumes of any era, style, and finesse worthy of a pirate Benefitting Service and Working Dog Handlers Guild Third Saturday of November 11AM-5PM Come as you are or dressed like a Pirate Steals and Deals for the Holiday Season Food - Games - Photo Booth - vendors https://requiemranch.wixsite.com/requiems-events