aaaarrrrrr! Pirate Faires & Pirate Festivals combine Living History and Nautical History with a good dose of Fantasy. You'll find lots of Captains, not so many swabs. Events on water often have tall ships and cannon. There have always been a few pirates at any given Ren-Faire (Sir Francis Drake for example), but following the immense success of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, pirates appeared everywhere. It seems improbable that a rapacious scourge of scurvy-bent, lice-ridden swabs could become family-fun, but somehow Pirates have become rehabilitated. To discover why, break out your eyepatch, cutlass and peg-leg and ship out for some grog. If there isn't a Pirate Faire near you, many Ren-Faires have pirate-themed weekends.

California Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Cutthroats of Corona Pyrates Festival
  - Corona
  (May)
• Northern California Pirate Festival
  - Vallejo
  (Jun)
• Tall Ships Festival
  - Dana Point
  (Sep)

Florida Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Gasparilla Pirate Fest
  - Tampa
  (Jan)
• John Levique Pirate Days
  - Madeira Beach
  (May)
• Pirates in Paradise
  - Key West
  (Dec)
• St. Augustine Pirate Gathering
  - St Augustine
  (Nov)
• Treasure Coast Pirate Fest
  - Fort Pierce
  (Feb)

Georgia Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Southern Pirate Festival
  - Columbus
  (Oct)
• Tybee Island Pirate Fest
  - Tybee Island
  (Oct)

Maine Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Eastport Pirate Festival
  - Eastport
  (Sep)
• Maine Pirate Rendezvous
  - Damariscotta
  (Jun)

Massachusetts Pirate Faires & Festivals

• New England Pirate Faire
  - Salem
  (Jul)

Michigan Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Michigan Pirate Festival
  - Grand Haven
  (Aug)

Nebraska Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Midlands Pirate Fest
  - Omaha
  (May)

New York Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Bill Johnston's Pirate Days
  - Alexandria Bay
  (Aug)
• Captain Redbeard's Feast
  - Honeoye
  (Aug)

Oregon Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Portland Pirate Festival
  - Portland
  (Sep)
• SeaDog Nights and Gypsy Carnival
  - Lebanon
  (Jul)
• Tortuga Pirate Festival
  - Lebanon
  (Sep)

Pennsylvania Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Marcus Hook Pirate Festival
  - Marcus Hook
  (Sep)

Texas Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Middlefaire Texas Pirate Festival
  - Hillsboro
  (Jun)

Virginia Pirate Faires & Festivals

• Blackbeard Pirate Festival
  - Hampton
  (May)

Ontario Pirate Faires & Festivals

• The Pirate Festival
  - Milton
  (Aug)