From Friday, June 3 – Sunday, June 5, 2011, Hampton’s waterfront comes alive with its annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival, where about 100 pirate re-enactors led by Captain Edward Teach, Blackbeard the Pirate himself, help visitors step back in time to relive some legends from around 1718.
The Festival offers a variety of children’s activities: jugglers, musicians, a Pirate procession, street entertainers, a puppet show, inflatable rides, hands-on crafts, contests and a treasure dig.
Everyone can enjoy the replica of Blackbeard’s pirate camp, complete with living history interpreters teaching the skills of the sailor circa 1700 (and the trial and escape of William Howard, one of Blackbeard’s fellow pirates), live musical entertainment, fireworks, period vendors, arts and crafts and impromptu street skirmishes between pirates and the militia as well as full-scale sea battles in the Hampton Harbor, highlighted by Blackbeard’s final battle.
VA Exit 75
Friday, June 3 – Sunday, June 5, 2011
http://www.blackbeardpiratefestival.com