NorCal Pirate Festival!!!!

[Abraxas]

okay, this is a bit short notice now, I've been promoting it to all my friends and city, why didnt I think to throw it in here? So without further ado, I give you:

The NORCAL Pirate Festival
June 14th & 15th - Sat from 10am - dusk and Sun 10am to 6pm Father's Day Weekend
Join us as Pirate Entertainers, Musicians, Singers, Swordfighters, Craftspeople, and more
turn Vallejo's waterfront into a Pirate Town the likes of which hasn't been seen since Tortuga!
Come on out and have a swashbucklin' great time at the SF Bay Area's only Pirate Festival!
Find everything your pirate heart desires at this FUN FOR ALL AGES event!

    

The Northern California Pirate Festival has one goal:
To create an entertaining event where everyone who loves pirates will have
a great time and feel welcome!

Whether you love nautical music, swordfighting, sailing, cannon-battles,
theater, maritime crafts, food and drink, or just shopping fer' pirate booty...there's something here for YOU!

Fun For ALL AGES: Children, Adults, Teens & Whole Families!

We encourage coming out in costume...whether you dress as an historical era pirate from the Golden Age of Sail
or a bejeweled Mardi-Gras Krewmate from New Orleans...
whether your taste runs towards Hollywood Swashbucklers or Foreign Buccaneers from international waters!
 Dress up and share in the experience...
http://www.norcalpiratefestival.com/manifesto.htm

I think the steampunk aesthetic might be appropriate here...

[Mr. Salmagundi]

I fully expect hope to see some Sky Pirates there this year.

Last year was great fun and more well-attended than anyone could've dreamed.

Keep a weather eye out for me with a bit more Solomon Kane/Howard Pyle-esque look than usual.

[lilibat]

We were there last year and will be there this year most likely.

Unless it's like 12351763251 degrees out.

I do need a reason to wear my pirate outfit!

hat:

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boots:

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[Abraxas]

oh dear, and lovely accessories they are, too.
it's become a sort of game for me now, to see if I can "spot the steampunk"
Last week I chased some poor girl down like a downright maniac because she was wearing a nifty pair of goggles. I flashed the secret "west side steamers" handsign at her, but to no avail. It turned out that she'd spotted the goggles at a hardware store, modded them, and found she had a nifty pair of alternative sunglasses...but alas, the word steampunk meant nothing to her.
win some, lose some.

[lilibat]

*urgh* Looks like it is going to be in the upper '80's or '90's this weekend so we probably won't be going unless the forecast changes. That really sucks I was looking forward to it.

[Silas P. Morgan]

I'll be there..... but as a Pyrate.... Aaaargh...

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Patrick Hand, Pyrate.

(well with a different beard, but all th' other stuff  is th' same)

[Samuel Crowe]

I'd love to make it, but it's a bit far at the moment. Plus, I don't have a sky pirate outfit. I'd have to go as the loveable Captain Pogue.