Pirate Festivals

Aarrr, Matey! Ye know that you want to get together with other pirates. Send me the links to pirate fairs you know of and I will list them on the ports of call.

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Alabama

Happy Harbor Pirate Fest
Orange Beach, AL

California

Big Bear Pirate Faire
Fawnskin, CA
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Buccaneer Days at Two Harbors
Catalina, CA

Cutthroats of Corona Pyrate Festival
Corona, CA

Gold Coast Pirate Faire
Ojai, CA
Attendance: 5,000

Northern California Pirate Festival
Vallejo, CA
Attendance: 30,000

Ojai Renaissance and Pirate Faire
Ojai, CA
Attendance: 5,000+

Pirate Invasion of Rainbow Lagoon
Long Beach, CA

Pirate Palooza
Chico, CA

Pyrate Days at Yucca Valley
Yucca Valley, CA
Attendance: 2000

Pyrate Daze
Santa Ana, CA

Queen Bess and the Pyrates Renaissance Fair
Fresno, CA
Attendance: 2,000

Sea Chantey Festival
San Diego, CA

Seafarers Marketplace and Pireate Festival
Sacramento, CA

Shoreline Village Pirate Festival
Long Beach, CA

Toshiba Tall Ships Festival
Dana Point Harbor, CA

Colorado

BrethrenCon
Denver, CO

Renaissance & Pirate Festival
Pagosa Springs, CO

Connecticut

Sea Music Festival
Mystic Seaport, CT

Delaware

Wilmington Pirate Day
Wilmington, DE

Florida

Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival
Fort Walton Beach, FL

Drake’s Raid
St Augustine, FL

Fort Myers Beach Pirate Festival
Fort Myers Beach, FL

Fort Taylor Pyrate Invasion
Key West, FL

Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Tampa, FL
Attendance: 225,000

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival
Fernandina Beach, FL

John LeVique Pirate Days
Madeira Beach, FL

Key Largo Pirates Fest
Key Largo, FL

Mer-Palooza
Kissimmee, FL

The Pillage of the Villlage at the Florida Renaissance Festival
Deerfield Beach, FL

Pirates in Paradise Festival
Key West, FL
Attendance: 5,000

Pirates of the St Juans
Sanford, FL

Pirates Sack St Augustine (Searle’s Raid
Tampa, FL

Pirate Weekend
Gorda, FL
Attendance: 3,000

St. Augustine Pirate Gathering
St. Augustine, FL
Attendance: 5,000+

Treasure Coast Pirate Fest
Stuart, FL

Georgia

Dead Buccaneers’ Ball
Valdosta, GA

Southern Pirate Festival
Port Columbus, GA

Tybee Island Pirate Fest
Oceanfront, GA
Attendance: 20,000

Indiana

Pirates of Paynetown
Paynetown, IN

Iowa

Midlands Pirate Festival
May 5-6, 2012
Clear Lake, IA

Shipwrecked Pirate Music Festival
Des Moines, IA

Louisiana

Contraband Days Festival
Lake Charles, LA

NOLA Pyrate Week
New Orleans, LA

PyrateCon 
New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 1000

Maine

Eastport Pirate Festival
Eastport, ME

Pirate Rendezvous
Damariscotta and Newcastle, ME
Attendance: 3,000

Maryland

Fells Point Privateer Day
Baltimore, MD

Fells Point Pyrate Invasion
Baltimore, MD

Fells Point Swashbuckler Soiree
Baltimore, MD

Pirates and Wenches Fantasy Weekend
Rock Hill, MD

Massachusetts

The New England Pirate Faire
Gloucester, MA
Attendance: 3,500

Minnesota

Plunder Fest
Clarks Grove, MN

Michigan

Michigan Pirate Festival
Grand Haven, MI

Missouri

Barataria Pirate and Fairy Festival
Springfield, MO

Central Missouri Pirate Festival
Kingdom City, MO

Pirate’s Ball
Weston, MO

St Louis Pirate Festival
Wentzville, MO

Nebraska

Midlands Pirate Festival
Papillion, NE
Attendance: 4,000

New Jersey

New Jersey Pirate Festival & Kingdom
South Orange, NJ

Pirate’s Day
Barnegat, NJ

Toms River Pirate Festival
Toms River, NJ

New York

Bill Johnston Pirate Days
Alexandria Bay, NY

Brooklyn Treasure Cove Maritime Festival & Red Hook Pirate Fest
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

Captain Redbeard’s Feast
Honeoye, NY

Long Island Pirate Festival 
Farmingville, NY
Attendance: 6,000

Marathon Pirate Festival
Marathon, NY
Attendance: 10,000

Niagara Pirates Festival
Newfane-Olcott, NY

Palmyra Pirate Weekend
Palmyra, NY

North Carolina

Beaufort Pirate Invasion
Beaufort, NC

Evangola State Park Pirate Fest
Irving, NY

Greenville / Pitt County Pirate Festival
Greenville, NC

Invasion of the Pirates Flotilla and Treasure Hunt
Wilmington, NC

North Carolina Blackbeard Festival
Morehead City, NC

Pirates Along the NC Coast
Ocean Isle Beach, NC

Ohio

Great Lakes Pirate Fest
Ohio

Pirate Weekend on the Santa Maria
Columbus, OH

Oregon

Depoe Bay Pirate Treasure Hunt
Depoe Bay, OR

Pirates of the Pacific
Brookings-Harbor, OR

Portland Pirate Festival
Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,000

Rockaway Beach Pirate Festival
Rockaway Beach, OR

Seadog Nights & Gypsy Carnival
Lebanon, OR

Tortuga
Molalla, OR

Pennsylvania

Marcus Hook Pirate Festival
Marcus Hook, PA

Swashbuckler Pyrate Feaste
Manheim, PA
Attendance: limited

South Carolina

Charleston Harbor Fest
Charleston, SC

Harborwalk Festival
Georgetown, SC

Tennessee

Pyrate Fest
Memphis, TN

Texas

Buc Days
Corpus Christi, TX

Grandbury Pirate Invasion
Granbury, TX

Pirate Days of Texas
October 20-21, 2012
3700 Sparks Rd
The Colony, TX
Web

Seabrook Celebration-Pirates of the Gulf Coast
Seabrook, TX

Surfside Beach Pirate Fest
Surfside Beach, TX

Texas Pirate Festival
Hillsboror, TX

Virginia

Blackbeard Pirate Festival 
Hampton, VA

Washington

Lake Chelan Pirate Fest
Lake Chelan, WA

Rusty Scupper’s Pirate Daze
Westport, WA

Wisconsin

Port Washington Pirate Festival
Washington, WI
Attendance: 22,000