Pirate Festivals: Here be arrr best calendar of pirate events n' festivals happen worldwide, so plan on attendin' as many as ye can. Life be short n' merry, so don't wait until next year's pirate events. If ye be plannin' a pirate event that's not listed, e-mail us. Most Renassisance Faire have a pirate weekend, but we have not listed them.
January
Jan 6-8, 2012: Battle of New Orleans, Chalmette, LO
Jan 14, 2012: Maritime World of Ponce De Leon, St Augustine, FL
Jan 21, 2012: Gasparilla Children's Parade, Tampa Bay, FL
Jan 21, 2012: Pirates at the Pier, Cocoa Beach, FL
Jan 21, 2012: Alcalde Ybor Navel Invasion, Tampa Bay, FL
Jan 28, 2012: Gasparilla Invasion, Parade of Pirates, Tampa Bay, FL (Krewe Photos)
Jan 29, 2012: Gaspar Ballet,Tampa Bay, FL
February
Feb 13, 2012: Sant' Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, Tampa Bay, FL
Feb 25, 2012: Chicago Maritime Festival, Chicago, IL
Feb 25, 2012: Privateer Festival, Severna Park, MD
March
Mar 3, 2012: Sack of St Augustine, St Augustine, FL (Come visit us)
(Events have not been updated for 2012 pass this point )
April
Apr 8-9, 2011: Pirate Fest, Greenville, NC
Apr 9, 2011: Pirate's Well Pirate Fest, Lake Park, FL
Apr 13-14, 2012: Ghost Ships Festival, Milwaukee, WI
Apr 14-Apr 17, 2011: Party LIke a Pyrate, New Orleans, LA
Apr 15, 2011: Fells Point Privateer Days, Fells Point, MD
Apr 22 - May 2, 2011: Conch Republic Independence Celebration, Key West, FL
Apr 26 - May 8, 2011: Contraband Days, Lake Charles, LA
Apr 28 - May 8, 2011: Buccaneer Days, Corpus Christi, TX
Apr 28 - May 1, 2011: Isle of the 8 Flags Shrimp Festival, Amelia Island, FL
Apr 30 - May 1, 2011: Brixham Pirate Festival, Brixham, Devon, UK
May
May 2, 2011: International Scurvy Awareness Day, World Wide
May 9, 2011: Sea Chantey Festival, San Diego, CA
May 12-15, 2011: Charleston Maritime Festival, Charleston, SC
May 13-15, 2011: John Levique Days, Madeira Beach, FL (Pirate Fashions will be vending)
May 14-15, 2011: Queen Bess & the Pirates, Fresno, CA
May 20, 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, All major theaters
May 21, 2011: Rock Piraten, Copenhagen, Demark
May 28, 2011: Dead Pirates Un-Con, Atlanta, GA
May 28, 2011: Pirate Prom & Period Dance, St Augustine, FL
May 28, 2011: Pirates N Mermaids Party, Sacramento, CA
June
June 3-5, 2011: Port Washington Pirate Festival, Port Washington, WI
June 3-5, 2011: Black Beard Pirate Festival, Hampton, VA
June 4, 2011: Drake's Raid, St Augustine, FL (Come visit us)
June 4, 2011: The Pirates Ball, San Mateo, CA
June 2-6, 2011: Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival, Fort Walton Beach, FL
June 9-12, 2011: Sea Music Festival, Mystic, CT
June 11, 2011: Pirate Rendezvous, Damariscotta, Maine
June 11-13, 2011: Norfolk Harborfest, Norfolk, VA
June 17-19, 2011: Rockaway Beach Pirate Festival, Rockaway Beach, OR
June 18-19, 2011: Marathon Pirate Festival, Marathon, NY
June 18-19, 2011: Le Grand Biycab du Marcge Bonsecours, Montreal, QC, Canada
June 18-19, 2011: Northern California Pirate Festival, Vallejo, CA
June 24-27, 2011: Put in Bay Pyrate Fest, Lake Erie, OH
June 24-26, 2011: Rusty Scupper's Pirate Festival, Westport, WA
June 24-26, 2011: Channel Islands Tall Ships Festival, Oxnard, CA
June 24-26, 2011: CombatCon, Las Vegas, NV (Tiger Lee will be attending this Sword Fighting Convention)
June 25-26, 2011: San Diego Pirate Festival, San Diego, CA
June 11, 2011: Buccaneers' Ball, Prescott, AZ
Jun 30 - Jul 3, 2011: Privateer Days, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
July
July 2-3, 2011: Pirate Invasion of Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach, CA
Jul 3-5, 2011: Hampton Blackbeard Festival, Hampton, VA
Jul 9, 2011: Pirates Landing, Alki Beach, Seattle WA
Jul 9, 2011: Wilmington Pirate Day, Wilmington, DE
Jul 9-10, 2011: Old Fort MacArthur Days, San Pedro, CA
Jul 9-10, 2011: Susquehanna Lockhouse Museium's Pirate Encampment, Havre de Grace, MD
Jul 15-17, 2011: SeaFest, North Yorkshire, UK
Jul 16, 2011: Privateer Ball, St Augustine, FL
Jul 16-17, 2011: Ventura Harbor Village Pirate's Days, Ventura, CA
Jul 21-25, 2011: Seadog Nights & Gypsy Carnival, Lebanon, OR
Jul 22, 2011: Marked Men Party, San Diego, CA
Jul 23 - Aug 29, 2011: Pirate Play Days, Chatham, Kent, UK
Jul 30, 2011: Plunderathon, Portland, OR
Jul 30-31, 2011: Evangola Pirate Festival, Evangola State Park, NY
July 31 - Aug 2, 2011: The Pirate Festival, Ontario, Canada
August
Aug 5-7, 2011: Pirates are Coming, Bald Head Island, NC
Aug 7, 2011: Mersey Pirate Muster, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Aug 12-21, 2011: Bill Johnston's Pirate Days, Alexandria Bay, NY
Aug 12-14, 2011: Pirates & Wenches Fantasy Weekend, Rock Hall, Maryland
Aug 8-14, 2011: Michigan Pirate Festival, Grand Haven, MI
Aug 13-14, 2011: Pirates of Paynetown, Paynetown, IN
Aug 13-16, 2011: Blackthorne Revel, Estacada, OR
Aug 19-21, 2011: Port Washington Maritime Heritage Festival, Port Washington, WI
Aug 25, 2011: Day of Syn, Dymchurch, Kent, UK
Aug 20, 2011: Wild Wench Weekend, Lake Park, FL (Pirate Fashions will be vending)
Aug 19-21, 2011: Port Washington Maritime Festival, Port Washington, WI
Aug 20, 2011: Pirate Day at Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, PE
Aug 26-28, 2011: Fishermen's Village Pirate Fest, Punta Gorda, FL (Pirate Fashions will be vending)
Aug 27-28, 2011: Pyrate Daze, Santa Ana, CA
Aug 27-28, 2011: Midlands Pirate Festival, Papillion, NE
September
Sep 2-5, 2011: Festival of Sail, San Diego, CA
Sep 3-4, 2011: PyrateFest, Memphis, TN
Sep 3-4, 2011: Portland Pirate Festival, Portland, OR
Sep 9-11, 2011: Treasure Coast Pirate Fest, Stuart, FL
Sep 10, 2011: Pirate's Day, Barnet, NJ
Sep 10-11, 2011: Toshiba Tall Ships Festival, Dana Point, CA
Sep 10-25, 2011: St Louis Pirate Festival, St Louis, MO
Sep 16-18, 2011: Pirate Fashion's Talk Like a Pirate Weekend, St Augustine Beach, FL (Come visit us)
Sep 19-24, 2011: Burlington Pirate Week, Burlington, NJ
Sep 17-18, 2011: BrethrenCon2, Denver, CO
Sep 16-17, 2011: Marcus Hook Pirate Festival, Marcus Hook, PA
Sep 16-18, 2011: Port of LA Lobster Festival, San Pedro, CA
Sep 17-18, 2011: Gold Coast Pirate Faire, Long Beach, CA
Sep 17, 2011: Pirate Palooza Pubcrawl, Decatur, GA
Sep 18, 2011: Talk Like a Pirate Glendale, AZ
Sep 19, 2011: Talk like a Pirate Day, International
Sep 19, 2011: Pillage in the Village, Ajax, ON
Sep 24-25, 2010: Indian River Nautical Flea Market & Seafood Fest, Vero Beach, FL
Sep 24-25, 2011: Oceanside Harbor Days, Oceanside, CA
Sep 24-25, 2011: Seafearer's Marketplace & Pirate Festival, Sacramento, CA
October
Oct 1, 2011: Toms River Pyrate Festival, Toms River, NJ
Oct 1, 2011: Buccaneer Days at 2 Harbors, Catalina Island, CA
Oct 1-2, 2011: Marching thur History, Chino, CA
Oct 1-30, 2011: Pirates of Emerson, a Halloween Adventure, Fremont, CA
Oct 7-9, 2011: School of Musketeers, Chester, VA
Oct 7-9, 2011: Tybee Island Pirate Festival, Tybee Island, GA (Pirate Fashions will be vending)
Oct 7-9, 2011: Ft Myers Beach Pirate Festival, Ft Myers Beach, FL
Oct 7-9, 2011: RiverFest, Willington, NC
Oct 7-10, 2011: La Florida Festival, Englewood, FL
Oct 15, 2011: Shoreline Village Pirate Festival, Long Beach, CA
Oct 15-16, 2011: Pirate Days of the Colony, the Colony, TX
Oct 18, 2011: DVD release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Oct 19, 2011: Cochrane, The Real Master & Commander, Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 20-23, 2011: Key Largo Pirate Fest, Key Largo, FL
Oct 21-30, 2011: Fantasy Fest, Key West, FL
Oct 22-22, 2011: The Sourthern Pirate Festival, Columbus, GA
Oct 28-30, 2011: St Augustine Pirate Gathering, St Augustine, FL (Pirate Fashions will be vending)
November
Nov 10-20, 2011: Cayman Island Pirates Week Festival, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Nov 12-13, 2011: Pirates by the Bay, Havre de Grace, MD
Nov 24 - Dec 4, 2011: Pirates in Paradise, Key West, FL
December
Dec 2-4, 2011: Fort Taylor Pirate Invasion, Key West, FL