MAY 24, 2008..........................................Newport, Rhode Island
Next PirateFest is May 24, 2008!
Here's what we're plannin':
Daywatch: pirate invasion * pirate ship parade * Thomas Tew Thieves Market with face painting, pirate portraits and entertainers * Pirates and Mermaids Brunch * trial re-enactment of Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonney and Mary Read * pirate procession * Family Pirate School * costume contests * crafts for children * storytelling * boat cruises * pirate treasure hunt * Who Wants To Be A Pirate Hunter? * Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk * pirate film festival
Nightwatch: Buccaneers Ball * boat cruises
Want to be a vendor or sponsor? Contact us!
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
WEAPONS POLICY: no weapons allowed except plastic swords and cutlasses or unfireable replica flintlock pistols
click here for printable schedule (PDF format)
10 AM - noon |
Pirate Treasure Hunt downtown Newport
($1.00 per map)
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Pick up your treasure map and first clue at Thomas Tew Thieves Market, Brick Market Place |
10 AM - 6 PM |
Thomas Tew Thieves Market Central meeting place for pirates. Events throughout the day and scurvy vendors.
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Brick Market Place |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Pirate Tryal Re-enactment A Keltic Kin Production
photo by Kristin Furtado Come, join us and lay witness to the tryal of 15 men and women (including the infamous "Calico Jack", Anne Bonny & Mary Read), charged for Piracies, Felonies, and Robberies committed on the High Sea.
Will you cheer for justice or pray for mercy?
(free)
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Thomas Tew Thieves Market, Brick Market Place |
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Scoundrels and Scallywags: A Celebration of Pirates Crafts and sea stories for children, ages 4 and up. (free)
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Newport Public Library, 300 Spring Street. 401-847-8720 |
11 AM -12:30 PM
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Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk Want to know more about Newport's notorious seadogs and bring home some of Cap'n Nick's own treasure? Join costumed buccaneers on this 90-minute walking tour. ($15.00--adults, $10.00--children, 6-17 years)
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Gateway Visitors Center, 23 America's Cup Avenue. 401-294-4922 |
12 noon - 9:30 PM |
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End Screenings throughout the day
(12 noon-6 PM: $5.75--all ages ; After 6 PM: $8.50--12 and up; $5.75--62 and over; $5.75--3-11 years)
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Island Cinemas 10. Route 114, rear of Staples/Home Depot Plaza, Middletown. 401-849-1538 Call or check website for showtimes. |
1 PM - 1:30 PM |
Family Pirate School & Kiddie Pirate Costume Contest
Learn how to act like a pirate and maybe win a prize if you're a costumed wee pirate! (free)
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Thomas Tew Thieves Market, Brick Market Place |
2 PM - 3:30 PM |
Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk Want to know more about Newport's notorious seadogs and bring home some of Cap'n Nick's own treasure? Join costumed buccaneers on this 90-minute walking tour. ($15.00--adults, $10.00--children, 6-17 years)
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Gateway Visitors Center, 23 America's Cup Avenue. 401-294-4922 |
3 PM - 3:30 PM |
Pirate Tryal Re-enactment A Keltic Kin Production
photo by Kristin Furtado Come, join us and lay witness to the tryal of 15 men and women (including the infamous "Calico Jack", Anne Bonny & Mary Read), charged for Piracies, Felonies, and Robberies committed on the High Sea.
Will you cheer for justice or pray for mercy?
(free)
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Thomas Tew Thieves Market, Brick Market Place |
4 PM - 5 PM |
Pirate Fever! Book Signing with Eleyne Austen Sharp
Fictional buccaneer’s amusing exploration of today’s international pirate craze. Includes famous pirate biographies, pirates in film and literature, pirate re-enactors, treasure hunting, pirate festivals, songs, recipes and very bad jokes. ($10.95 each)
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Thomas Tew Thieves Market, Brick Market Place |
SORRY, SOLD OUT! |
Smuggler's Cocktail Cruise aboard the Rum Runner II ($25.00 per person; reservations recommended)
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Bannisters Wharf. 401-847-0298 |
6:00 PM |
Pirates of the Caribbean Costume Contest Prizes for the winners of the Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann look-a-like contest at 6 PM, followed by the premiere movie screening at approximately 6:30 PM. ($8.50--12 and up; $5.75--62 and over; $5.75--3-11 years)
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Island Cinemas 10. Route 114, rear of Staples/Home Depot Plaza, Middletown. 401-849-1538 |
CHANGED TO 7:30 PM |
Smuggler's Cocktail Cruise aboard the Rum Runner II ($25.00 per person; reservations recommended)
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Bannisters Wharf. 401-847-0298 |
8 PM |
a Rogues Island production .
The official final event of PirateFest! Grub, grog and entertainment, featuring Sharks Come Crusin', DJ Mike Paolucci, and Pirate Eye for the Mundane Guy. ($25.00--advance tickets sold at Beach Bums at Christie's Landing in Newport, RI; $35.00--at the door; adults over 21 only)
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Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, off America's Cup Avenue. order tickets online |
Yo! Don't ferget t' visit our Pirate-friendly establishments fer booty, grub an' grog!!