6th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest – Featuring Eddie Money and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’
Escape the ordinary if only for Columbus Day weekend at the 6th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest October 8-10! Featuring a Pirate Victory Parade, Live Entertainment with headliners Eddie Money and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, Costume Contests, Kid’s Activities and the Thieves Market filled with treasures, grog and grub!
The Southeast Tourism Society awarded Tybee Island Pirate Fest the prestigious Top 20 designation for the month of October 2009. Pirate Fest has now grown into one of Tybee’s most wildly popular events. The 6th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest is brought to you by TybeeFest. TybeeFest would like to thank all of their 2010 Tybee Island Pirate Fest sponsors including corporate sponsors: City of Tybee Island, Coca-Cola, Southern Eagle and the Tybee Island Tourism Council, media sponsors: DeVivo Marketing, Tybee Breeze, WJCL/Fox 28 and WRHQ 105.3 as well as all of our local sponsors. For more information about the 6th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest visit www.TybeePirateFest.com.
Thursday October 7, 2010
Buccaneer Ball
Live music, costume contest and crowning of the
2010 Pirate Fest King & Queen
Location: The Crab Shack
40 Estill Hammock Rd.
Tybee Island, GA 31328
Time: 7-10pm
Tickets – $25 Order online at: http://buccaneerball.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
Weekend Festival Schedule
Cost: $15 weekend admission for the festival area – advanced purchase $10 each day (Friday & Saturday) at gate – Children 12 & under are free
Friday October 8, 2010
Location: South Beach Parking Lot
Tybrisa St. to Strand Ave., Oceanfront
Hours: Festival Area Gates Open at 5pm
Thieves Market: 5-11pm
Main Stage Entertainment:
- 5-6pm – Pirate Invasion
- 6:15-7pm – Shift-n-Gears
- 7-8:15pm – Dodd Ferrelle
- 9-11pm- Drivin’ N’ Cryin’
Little Matey’s Cove (Kid’s Activities):
- 6-9pm – Captain Jim & Krew
- 6-9pm – Petting Zoo
- 6-9pm – Pirates of Treasure Cove Ship and Pirates available for Pictures
- 7-7:30pm – Pirates of Treasure Cove – Performance at Pirate Ship
- 8-9pm – Captain Jim & Krew – Illusion Show
Saturday October 9, 2010
Location: South Beach Parking Lot
Tybrisa St. to Strand Ave., Oceanfront
Hours: Festival Area Gates Open at 9:30am
Thieves Market:
10am-11pm – Thieves Market Open
Main Stage Entertainment:
- 10am-12pm – Thieves Market
- 12-1pm – Wendell Matthews
- 1-2pm – Music playing
*Pirate Victory Parade along Butler Ave.*
- 2-3pm – Wormsleow
- 3-3:45pm – TBA
- 4-5:30pm – Costume Contest – Male, Female and Amateur Krew
- 5:30-6:15pm – The Looters – Acoustic Set
- 7-8:15pm – Trainwrecks
- 9-11pm – Eddie Money
Little Matey’s Cove (Kid’s Activities):
- 10am-9pm – Petting Zoo
- 10am -9pm – Captain Jim & Krew
- 10am-9pm – Pirates of the Treasure Cove Ship and Pirates
- 11am-Noon – Battle of the Bands
- 10am-1pm – Face Painting
- Noon-1pm – Captain Jim & Krew – Illusion Show
*1pm – Pirate Victory Parade (Butler Avenue)*
- 1-3pm – Pirates of the Treasure Cove – roving pirates
- 3pm – Children’s Costume Contest
- 3:30pm – Pirates of the Treasure Cove – Display of Weaponry Show
- 5pm – Captain Jim & Krew – Illusion Show
- 5:30pm – TBA
Sunday October 10, 2010
11am-4pm – Thieves Market and Live Music
Little Matey’s Cove:
- 11am-4pm – Captain Jim & Krew
- 11am-4pm – Petting Zoo
- 11am-4pm – Pirates of the Treasure Cove
- 11am-2pm – Face Painting
- 1-2pm – Limbo Contest – children 12 and under
- 2-3pm – Gretchen Greene School of Dance – Pirate Dancers
- 3pm – Captain Jim & Krew – Illusion Show
- Time TBA – Pet Costume Contest
Main Stage Entertainment:
- 11am-11:45pm – Michael Moody
- 11am-3pm – Treasure Hunt Begins
- 12-12:45pm – Derogatory
- 1-1:45pm – Vapour
- 2-2:30pm – Winner of Treasure Hunt Announced
- 2:45-3:45pm – Sam Adams Band
***All times are subject to change***
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Thank you so much for highlighting our wonderful island and one of our favorite events! We can’t wait to celebrate Pirate Fest with all of our guests!
Melissa S., Mermaidcottages.com
No problem. We’re glad to help. You all have a lot of really fun stuff down there!