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Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree
November 2 @ 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2, on the Berkley Manor grounds.
The festival will focus on history, colonial life and family fun.
Events will kick off Friday evening at 7:30 in the Berkley Barn with a comedy, adult-oriented game show, “The Dating Game with Blackbeard,” in which comely ladies will vie for the chance to date Blackbeard.
Saturday (Nov. 2) will feature a colonial encampment on the grounds of the Berkley Manor highlighting daily life, navigation, cooking and medicine, games for kids and artisan vendor booths.
Back by popular demand, a pirate parade will kick off the Saturday events at 10 a.m. starting at Ride the Wind Surf Shop, walk through the downtown and end at the encampment.
Among the living history re-enactors are The Cannon Crew out of Beaufort. Led by Capt. Carl Cannon, the 17-member group will set up a colonial-era encampment with shipboard medicine, navigation, games, weaving and cooking.
The event will conclude with a memorial service honoring the fallen sailors for both Blackbeard and Lt. Robert Maynard. See the event website for a detailed schedule.