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Blackbeard Pirate Festival (Hampton)
Blackbeard Pirate Festival (Hampton)
June 3 @ 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Once a year visitors from all over the country enjoy the sights and sounds of 18th century Hampton overrun by pirates. Hampton’s waterfront comes alive with dozens of pirate re-enactors, costumed in historically accurate garb, who transform today’s Hampton into the busy seaport of yesterday. Led by Blackbeard the pirate himself, re-enactors help visitors step back in time and re-live the history and legends of 1718 Hampton. The festival offers a variety of children’s activities, live musical entertainment, fireworks, period vendors, arts and crafts, and much more!
Entertainment Lineup on the stages plus roaming. (Subject to changes and additions)
Music:
- Mark Miller / Rusty Cutless
- Clan MacCool Band
- The Brigands
- Chaste Treasure
- The Motley Tones
- The Natterjacks
- Field Musick Virginia
- Bedlum Bones
Character Actors in the children’s area, pirate encampment and Hampton waterfront:
- Blackbeard
- Helena the Mermaid Fins and Seashells
- Circus Siren Mermaid
- Captain Slackbeard and the Cutthroat Crew
- Sword Circle-LLC
Blackbeard’s Encampment Shipwreck Cove – Mill Point Park
- Blackbeard’s Crew, Inc.
- HMS Otter
- Leviathan
- Defiant Crew
- Loose Cannon Crew
- Crew of the Vigilant
- Cannon Crew
- The Crewe of the Fancy
- Brethren of the Coast
Sea Battle Character Vessels – Waterfront:
- Blackbeard’s Ship “Adventure” (Poquoson, Virginia)
- “Adventure” (Beaufort, North Carolina)
- “Windsong” (Norfolk, Virginia)
- “Apostle” (Hampton, Virginia)