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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS & SWASHBUCKLING EVENTS & PIRATICAL ESCAPADES!


(SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE – REVISED 10/13/11)

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PIRATE VILLAGE & ART FAIR, CARNIVAL & MIDWAY, PIRATE PUB TRUMAN WATERFRONT

  • LIVE MUSIC & DANCING UNDER THE STARS, TALL SHIP PIRATE SAILS, VIP HOSPITALITY AREAS,
  • PERIOD ARTS & CRAFTS, FOOD, KIDS AREA, CARNIVAL RIDES, PIRATE RADIO 101.7FM DUNK TANK

SWASHBUCKLING - EVENTS AT TRUMAN WATERFRONT

  • THANKSTAKEN PIRATE PARTY & FEAST CATERED BY FAUSTOS (11/24)
  • KID’S PIRATE COSTUME CONTEST (THURS 11/24 & SAT 12/3)
  • CRAFT BEER TASTINGS & ASTAAR BEER FOR OUR HORSES FUNDRAISERS (SAT 11/26 & 12/3)
  • SAILOR’S SHIPWRECK HOLIDAY BALL & PIRATE FEAST & SWING DANCE (SUN 11/27)
  • END OF AMERICA’S HURRICANE SEASON PARTY & DANCE (11/30)
  • MOST BUXOM WENCH & BAD ASS PIRATE AND BEST DRESSED PIRATE & WENCH CONTESTS (11/30)
  • ROCK & ROLL DANCE PARTY with LOUNGE LIZARDS & BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (THURS 12/1)
  • MISS PIRATE KEY WEST PAGEANT TALENT & SWIM SUITE COMPETITIONS (THURS 12/1)
  • THE BILL HOEBEE SHOW LIVE! (THURS 12/1)
  • PYRATE TRYAL RE-ENACTMENT OF ANNE BONNY & MARY READ (FRI & SAT 12/2 &12/3)
  • BIG BAND SWING DANCE PARTY & HOLIDAY FEAST, with TRIBUTE TO ‘QUEEN OF SWING’ NORMA MILLER (FRI 12/2)
  • PYRATES OF THE COAST WALK THE PLANK COMPETITION ABOARD WOLF (SAT 12/3)
  • PIRATE ART 101 – COLOR ALONG WITH MASTER ARTIST DON MAITZ (SAT 12/3)
  • INT’L PIRATES HALL OF FAME TALL TALES STORYTELLING COMPETITION (SAT 12/3)
  • CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST (SUN 12/4)
  • DANCE PARTY & SCURVY CREW HOLIDAY FEAST OF ST. NICK with Keyrazy Band & The Lounge Lizards (SUN 12/4)

LITERATURE & THE SEA RETREAT – ROBERT MACOMBER READER RENDEZVOUS

  • HISTORIC GLIMPSES TALK (11/28) N WALKING TOUR OF OLD TOWN (TUES 11/29)
  • EL MESON DE PEPE’S CARIBBEAN PIRATES DINNER (TUES 11/29)
  • AUTHORS, ARTISTS & HISTORIANS SAILS ABOARD WOLF (TUES 11/29 & WED 11/30)
  • AUTHORS, ARTISTS & HISTORIANS LUNCHEON AT PIRATE VILLAGE VIP TENT (WED 11/30)

TALL SHIP SEA BATTLES & PIRATE SAILS ABOARD WOLF & OTHER TALL SHIPS

  • AFTERNOON & SUNSET SAILS (11/24 thru 12/4)
  • CONCH REPUBLIC MILITARY SHOOT & SAIL ABOARD WOLF (12/1)

PIRATE PUB STROLLS & PIRATE WALKING TOURS OF OLD TOWN KEY WEST

  • PIRATE TOURS OF KEY WEST (NIGHTLY) N ROBERT MACOMBER (11/29)

PIRATICAL ESCAPADES & SPECIAL EVENTS AT HISTORIC VENUES

  • QUEEN OF SWING’ ‘NORMA MILLER’S 92ND BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON at LA TE DA (FRI 12/2)
  • LA TE DA’S ONE EYED PIRATE’S TEA DANCE (SUN 12/4)


    Sponsored in part by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, Pirates in Paradise Maritime Heritage & Music Festival also serves as a fundraiser for several local non-profits, including the Key West Maritime Historic Society, Key West Helpline, ASTAAR for Equines and Project Lighthouse. For Vendor, Sponsor or Volunteer Opportunities or, for more information and a complete schedule of Festival events, visit our website at PiratesInParadise.com, or email us at Info@PiratesInParadise.com or call 305.296.9694.

 

    *photos by Tony Callahan, Callahan Digital Art, Mike Cuffin/Barefeet Photography, Anita Mixon, Wendy Wellman, Jan Minutti and Angelina Morgan.