Trek down to Tampa Bay, Florida for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in January. You can enjoy such events as a pirate's parade and a "“Piratechnic” fireworks extravaganza, but stow the grog, matey, as this celebration is alcohol-free.
Get your tankard out of storage for the Baltimore Pyrate Invasion in April, and join the hordes as they stage a raid on the taverns of Fells Point. Baltimore, Maryland's Privateer Day celebration also includes pirate storytelling, a children's treasure hunt, living history reenactors, and demonstrations of small arms, long arms, cannons and sword play along with free tours of the schooners and tall ships docked at the port.
Check out Contraband Days in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This two-week long May festival features all of the events that you'd associate with a typical large carnival or fair such as rides, music and entertainment, but the highlight of the event involves an invasion by the notorious Jean LaFitte and his buccaneer crew on the first Friday night and a pirate parade on the second Friday night. There is also a Cajun Pirate Barbeque Cookoff on the second Saturday.
Drop anchor by St. John's Bridge along the Willamette River in St. Johns, Oregon for September's Portland Pirate Festival. Pirate music, pirate re-enactors, a "Marauders Market" of pirate-themed merchandise, and even pirate inflatable rides and tattoos for kids all await at this swashbuckling fall festival.
Escape to the Cayman Islands for Pirate Week (actually 11 days) in November. Music, street dances, costumed reenactors, games, a parade, sporting events, fireworks, and a "pirate invasion" from the sea on George Town harbor mark this event, which is also the national festival of this island nation.
