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2005 Festival Highlights

This is the new schedule lads and lasses!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2005

5-6:30 p.m. - Tall Ship Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2005

2-4 p.m. - Tall Ship Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Topsail Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person (children under 12 $25.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5-6:30 p.m. - Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2005

2-4p.m. - Tall Ship Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person ($25 children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5-6:30 p.m. - Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2005

5-6:30 p.m. - Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

6-8 p.m. - Mel Fisher Museum's Key West Karacters' Auction & Party, at Kelly's Caribbean, 303 Whitehead, FREE with cash bar, (305) 294-2633.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2005

2-3:30 p.m. - Pyrate Tryal Rehearsal Sail aboard Topsail Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

7-8 p.m. - Historic Glimpses ... Pirates of the Bahamas presentation by authors and historians Sandra Riley and Robert Macomber at the Key West Library, 700 Fleming Street. FREE. Sponsored in part by the Key West Maritime Heritage Society. For more information, call 305-296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2005

1:30 - 3 p.m. - "Authors, Artists & Historians Sail" aboard Topsail Schooner WOLF. Join Capt. Finbar and authors Sandra Riley, Lorian Hemingway, Bob Macomber, Norma Miller, and Rosalind Brackenbury. Tickets: $55/person. Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5-6:30 p.m. - Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets: $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5-8 p.m. - Official End of Florida's Hurricane Season Beach Party at the Pier House Resort, One Duval Street. NOAA's weather forecaster Matt Strahan and his weather crew will be on hand to symbolicaly smash the Conch Republic Baramoter, signifying the end of this year's Hurricane Season. Hurricane themed games of chance to benefit local hurricane relief programs in the Florida Keys. FREE

6 - 8 p.m. - El Meson de Pepe's Caribbean Pirates Buffet & Silent Auction, Mallory Square, 411 Wall Street. Join the pirates for this festive dinner and silent auction, which also serves as a fundraiser for locals adversly affected by hurricanes Dennis, Wilma, Rita and Katrina. Bring a donation of relief supplies (canned goods, baby supplies, linens, carpentry tools and/or other much-needed supplies!) Reservations & info: 305-296-9694 or fill out our reservation form. Cost: $20 per person, $10 per person for children under 12.

8 p.m. Tall Tales and Sea Stories with Lorian Hemingway and Captain Finbar, El Meson de Pepe's Garden Plaza, Mallory Square. Lorian Hemingway will read her grandfather's dramatic account of the Hurricane of 1935, which devastated the Florida Keys and Captain Finbar will mesmerize one and all with his story of the Last Voyage of the Island Princess, and how he and his crew survived at sea for three days in a Givens Life Raft after a Cat 5 hurricane took their ship in the middle of the night. FREE

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2005

1 - 2:30 p.m. - Women Sailors & Sailors' Women Luncheon. Anne Bonny and Mary Read join Captain Finbar, Lorian Hemingway, Sandra Riley, Norma Miller, Rosalind Brackenbury, Robert Macomber and others for lunch at Kelly's Caribbean, 303 Whitehead St. Tickets: $20 per person, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

3 - 4:30 p.m. - Literature and the Sea Writer's Workshop with authors Lorian Hemingway and Rosalind Brackenbury at Kelly's, 303 Whitehead St. Tickets: $45 per person ($35 with purchase of lunch ticket.) Call (305) 296-9694 for reservations and information or fill out our reservation form.

5 - 7 p.m. - Literature & the Sea Authors, Artists and Historians Reception at The Gardens Hotel, 526 Angela Street. Join Lorian Hemingway, Norma Miller, Bob Macomber, Rosalind Brackenbury, Janny Wurtz for an echanting evening featuring live entertainment by Kat Epple and Barnacle Bo and the Bud Bay Buccanneers. Silent Auction to benefit the Key West Maritime Historical Society's Historic Seaport Diaorama Project. $25 per person. Reservations: (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005

10 - 11:30 a.m. - Tall Ship Sea Battle and Pirate Attack on Fort Taylor aboard the schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person. Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at the Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call 305-296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Fort Taylor Pirate Fest, Pirate Pub and Village Thieves' Market featuring living history pirate encampments, His Royal Majesty's Military Forces, period clothing, arts and crafts, pirate treasure, storytellers, fight circles, treasure hunts, black powder weapons demonstrations, and kids' pirate school. Entertainment includes strolling minstrels & combative stunt men inside the Fort at Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Festival Pass: $4/adults and $2/children under 12 with park admission.
*3-Day Weekend Pass $10/adults & $5/children under 12 with park admission.

10:45 - 11 a.m. - Pirate Battle Land Force Artillery on Parade Grounds, Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. FREE with park admission. Witness the battle as the pirates fight against their mortal enemies, the British Red Coats. Call 305-292-6713 for more info. FREE with park admission.

2 - 3:30 p.m. - Tall Ship Sea Battle and Pirate Attack on Fort Taylor aboard the schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person. Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. - Fort Taylor Pirate Battle Land Force Artillery on Parade Grounds, Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Witness the battle as the pirates fight against their mortal enemies, the King's Royal Marines. FREE with park admission. Call 305-292-6713 for more info. FREE with park admission.

5-6:30 p.m. - Tall Ship Sea Battle and Pirate Attack on Fort Taylor aboard the schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person. Meet at the WOLF (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Key West's Historic Seaport. Resevations required, call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5-7 p.m. - Tall Ship Sea Battle Spectator Sail aboard Caribbean Spirit, and other vessels. Cost: starting at $35. Reservations required; call 305-296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5 p.m. until 11 p.m. - Pillage & Plunder Invasion Party inside the Fort, Fort Taylor Historic State Park. Join the scurvy crew for a night of revelry and mischief making. Cash bar, vintage vittles, live entertainment and swashbuckling antics. FREE with Festival & park admission.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2005

9 a.m. - Pirate Skirmish & March to Fort Taylor - Meet at Mel Fisher Maritime Museum's courtyard (Green & Whitehead streets) and join the King's Royal Military Forces as they fight off the pirates on their march to the Fort Taylor Historic State Park. FREE

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Fort Taylor Pirate Fest, Pirate Pub and Village Thieves' Market featuring living history pirate encampments, His Royal Majesty's Military Forces, Pyrate Tryal of Anne Bonny & Mary Read, period clothing, arts and crafts, pirate treasure, storytellers, fight circles, treasure hunts, black powder weapons demonstrations, and kids' pirate school. Entertainment includes strolling minstrels & combative stunt men inside the Fort at Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Festival Pass: $4/adults and $2/children under 12 with park admission. *3-Day Weekend Pass $10/adults & $5/children under 12 with park admission.

11 a.m. - Noon Historic Reenactment of the "Pyrate Tryal of Anne Bonny & Mary Read." Based on official trial transcripts of these infamous female pirates. Pirate Fest and Village Market inside the Fort, Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Festival Pass: $4/adults and $2/children under 12 with park admission.

2 p.m. - Tall Ship Sail & Pirate Attacks aboard Topsail Schooner Wolf. $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the Wolf (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Historic Seaport. Reservations required; call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. - Fort Taylor Pirate Battle Land Force Artillery on Parade Grounds, Fort Taylor, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Witness the battle as the pirates fight against their mortal enemies, the British Red Coats. Call 305-292-6713 for more information. FREE with park admission.

5-6:30 p.m. - Sunset Sails & Pirate Attacks aboard Schooner Wolf. Tickets $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the Wolf (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Historic Seaport. Reservations required, call 305-296-9694.

7-9 p.m. - Key West Lighted Holiday Parade. Join the scurvy pirates for this parade. Best viewing for this holiday-spirited parade is along Truman and Duval streets. FREE.

8 - ?? p.m.- Schooner Wharf Bar's Pirate Party at the Historic Seaport. Join Evalena, Queen of the Pirates, for a swashbuckling night of revelry. Most Buxom Wench Contest to be held at 10 p.m. Foot of William Street along the Harborwalk. For more information, call 305-292-3302.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2004

10 - Noon - Tall Ship Sea Battle and Pirate Attack on Fort Taylor aboard the schooner Wolf. $50/person. Wolf docked at Historic Seaport. Boards at 9:30 p.m. and departs promptly at 10 p.m. Reservations required; call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Fort Taylor Pirate Fest, Pirate Pub and Village Thieves' Market featuring living history pirate encampments, His Royal Majesty's Military Forces, period clothing, arts and crafts, pirate treasure, storytellers, fight circles, treasure hunts, black powder weapons demonstrations, and kids' pirate school. Entertainment includes strolling minstrels & combative stunt men inside the Fort, Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Festival Pass: $4/adults and $2/children under 12 with park admission.

*3-Day Weekend Pass $10/adults & $5/children under 12 with park admission.

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
- Fort Taylor Pirate Battle Land Force Artillery on Parade Grounds, Fort Taylor Historic State Park, end of Southard St. through Truman Annex. Witness the battle as the pirates fight against their mortal enemies, the King's Royal Marines. Call 305-292-6713 for more information. FREE with park admission.

Noon - 4 p.m.
- Wooden Boat Building Demonstrations at Fort Taylor organized by Key Education and Bone Island Boat Works. For more information on boat building, contact TJ McDermott at 305-295-6551. Free with park and festival admission.

5 - 6:30 p.m.
- Sunset Sail & Pirate Attack aboard Topsail Schooner Wolf. $50/person ($25/children under 12.) Meet at the Wolf (1/2 hour prior to departure) at Historic Seaport. Reservations required; call (305) 296-9694 or fill out our reservation form.

5 - 9 p.m.
- Scurvy Crew Cast Party on the "Ramparts" inside the fort at Fort Taylor Historic State Park. Free with festival and park admission.