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Love Pirates? Portland Pirate Festival Loves You Back

August 31, 2009 at 12:24 PM | by | Comment (1)

What do you call it when a bunch of pirates get together? Well, call it this fall's Portland Pirate Festival, which needs your help setting a world recARRRRRd for the most fully dressed pirates in one location.

The salty sea dogs will board Cathedral Park September 19th and 20th for two days of kraken riding, sea chanteys and grog. Watch an exhibition of Samoan fire knife dancing or pirate belly-dancing (which we must see to believe), or play a role-playing game called Pirates of the Cursed Seas. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the gate ($6/$8 for children under 12).

The world record bid will take place September 20 at 2PM, and organizers are looking for at least 1500 costumed miscreants to join in, but you can't just throw on a tricorner and show up! The dress requirements include full clothing, a hat or headscarf, an eye patch and a sword if you have one.

Other pirate festivals this year are taking place in Vallejo, California, Hampton, Virginia and Papillon, Nebraska. It's enough to make even this landlubber want to put on a doublet and dagger.

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[Photo: Photos by Mavis]

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