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PIRATES INVADED
LAS VEGAS (again)
Lorenzi Park April 25-27, 2014
The PIRATES RETURNED! April 25,26,27 2014!
Las Vegas' ONLY Pirate, Steampunk and Faerie Festival!!!
Pirate Fest Las Vegas is a hands-on family oriented event!! Sponsored by Councilman Ricki Barlow and the City of Las Vegas, we featured music, entertainers, vendors, food, games, activities and more!! If you like the Pirates of the Caribbean, you'll love Pirate Fest Las Vegas
NEW this year...the 1st Annual CARDBOARD REGATTA sponsored by Zappos!! A cardboard Regatta??? That's right, people built boats (or other floaty things) and raced against each other in the newly refurbished lakes at Lorenzi Park!!! You raced for Time, built a boat for Creativity, or if you sank,,,you did it with STYLE!!!
Las Vegas' ONLY Pirate, Steampunk and Faerie Festival!!!
Pirate Fest Las Vegas is a hands-on family oriented event!! Sponsored by Councilman Ricki Barlow and the City of Las Vegas, we featured music, entertainers, vendors, food, games, activities and more!! If you like the Pirates of the Caribbean, you'll love Pirate Fest Las Vegas
NEW this year...the 1st Annual CARDBOARD REGATTA sponsored by Zappos!! A cardboard Regatta??? That's right, people built boats (or other floaty things) and raced against each other in the newly refurbished lakes at Lorenzi Park!!! You raced for Time, built a boat for Creativity, or if you sank,,,you did it with STYLE!!!
The Craft Beer Experience
Also new this year was the Craft Beer Experience sponsored by Bonanza Beverage. You got to sample three beers from five different Craft Brewers! All for $10.00!!!
Miller Lite was also on tap along with Mead!! Then there was the ever popular Rum Punch...errrr...GROG!!! The Grog was always fresh because we had to keep making it to satisfy the demand!!!
The Entertainment was superb this year!!! Returning was the ever popular Siren Strings!! These ladies can rock a violet and cello!!! You have to hear them to believe it!!!
The new group Bloody Ale was actually formed by members that started at Pirate Fest last year!! They have added members and even created some original music!!
New to the Las Vegas market is Pirates of Pop!! The transplanted SoCal band was right at home at Pirate Fest!! It is now their NEW HOME PORT!!! Donning their finest Pirate Attire this group had the joint jumping!!! Not only did they perform on our main stage, they even built boats and competed in the Cardboard Regatta!! Ever the showmen (and Show-women) The guys manned the USS Arrrr! and challenged the sloop called 2 Girls!! Insults turned to outright war and unfortunately the USS Arrr! had a meeting with Davey Jones!!!
In fact USS Arrr! won the DAVEY JONES AWARD for the Best Sinking!!! The guys promise to not only return and entertain us but enter the Regatta again with a bigger and better ship!
Also in the Entertainment line up this year we had, Brendan Shane & The Mad Men, Dr. Harpo & The O’s, Patchwork, LasTrea,and the ever popular Lounge Orphans!!! Besides music we had the LV Ballet, Cabernet Dance, Celtic Dancers, Tribal Treasures and even the L.V. Kaminari Taiko!! Our resident magician Barnabus P Smythe dazzled the magical realm and Moapa Valley High School even performed an original play!!! In was an entertainment packed weekend!!!
And amidst all this our Pirate crews lead by Capt. Hobbs wandered the grounds performing and included an opening and closing ceremony! They explained how the Pirates got here and had the audience help them to try and break the curse so they could return to the sea..... unfortunately then didn't break the curse...so you will have to return next year and help the pirates return to the sea!!
What is important to remember is that Pirate Fest is a living, breathing entity. The Pirates, Faeries and Steampunk characters continue to live and interact. Things have changed since last year, they've been busy!! Come see what's new this year!
For more details, check back often or go to CONTACT US and get on our mailing list!
Pirate Fest , just one more reason to live in or visit Las Vegas!!!
Brought to you by Councilman Ricki Barlow and the City of Las Vegas.
Produced by R&J Productions, creators of the nationally recognized
Halloween attractions Asylum and Hotel Fear.
For more details, check back often or go to CONTACT US and get on our mailing list!
Pirate Fest , just one more reason to live in or visit Las Vegas!!!
Brought to you by Councilman Ricki Barlow and the City of Las Vegas.
Produced by R&J Productions, creators of the nationally recognized
Halloween attractions Asylum and Hotel Fear.
Enjoy a few pictures of or about Pirate Fest. The sketches of props and scenes were done a full year before the Fest!
