It be INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!!!
So if you hold the sea in your heart, come join sea dogs, wenches, buccaneers and scurvies in London town as we scurmish and celebrate all things pirate from Thursday 17th September to the early hours of Saturday 19th September 2009.
Be inviting your friends into the group in readiness for the event. Details of sponsors and fully events listing being plotted now.
The London Pirate Festival 2009: Three days of pirate shenanigans in, around and aboard the Thames riverside. For grown up pirates, pirate kids and grown up pirate kids. From the educational and historical to the downright silly. From nice safe treasure hunts and storytelling for little pirates to drunken river faring mayhem for big smelly beardy pirates.
OPENING NIGHT:
THUR 17th September
7-11.30pm Wiltons Music Hall, off Ensign Street, Tower Hill, London.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25473258173#/event.php?eid=254987825474
Say Arrhhh! me hearties because International Talk like a Pirate Day is upon us. To celebrate in pirate style Wiltons Music hall will be hosting a PIRATE BAND SPECTACULAR on Thursday 17th September.
So hoist your mailsail all you musical maurauders and wenches and get ready to shiver your timbers for the most incredible pirate band event ever to hit London town.
Bringing you Pyrates from the smuggling shores of EXETER, Seas of Mirth from the dry docks of DERBY ON SEA and Dead Mens Tales sailing from the far port of COPENHAGEN.
Join the mutiny, bring your scurvy brigade, drink rum and dance to songs of the sea, baudy balllards, drunken songs, piratical parodies and anti-shanties in this beautiful oldest music hall in London.
Advance tickets £10 Door £12 on the door
Pirate garp very encouraged.
This event will sell out.
Book tickets at Wiltons box office: 020 7702 2789
Online sales http://www.skiddle.com/events/11305209/
Check out the bands:
www.myspace.com/seasofmirth
www.myspace.com/ukpirates
www.myspace.com/deadmenstales
FRIDAY 18th September, doors open 7.30
Nautical Burlesque night at Madame Jojos
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A Night of Lamour are celebrating in stye with a sensational celebration of all things buccaneer! From sexy sailors to dandy pirates get ready to buckle your swash as we head for high seas! Polish up your parley and dress to impress to win the Dandy Pirate Award! !
Starring the 'British Queen of Burlesque'
Miss Gwendoline Lamour
Shivers your timbers with Mister Meredith
Splice the main brake with burlesque pirate Kitty Bang Bang!
Bukle your swash with Craig the incredible Hula Boy
Plus very special guests
Hosted by mistress of the highs seas our own delicious wench Divine Miss Em
Madame Jojos,
Brewer Street, London W1F www.madamejojos.com
Tickets £15 or £10 in advance www.ticketweb.co.uk
Also available £20 per head ticket including a mezze sharing platter for 2
All tickets include admission to the ‘after party’ at the Escape bar til late
SATURDAY 19th September
The Bring pirates party on the Tattershalll Castle. Last year a pirate had a carrot on their shoulder. that's right, CARROT!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25473258173#/event.php?eid=84682066311
Join International Dress Like a Pirate day. Come dressed as a Pirate and bring other pirates, tis time ter be Pirating up the landlubbars!
The Tattershall Castle pub is free to jump on and the main bars close at 11pm. There is a nightclub on the boat open till 3am with £5 before 10pm and £7 for the rest of the night until 3am.
Costumes should be pirate based, with good pirates, hairy pirates or better yet sexeh pirates. The Tattershall Castle is a floating pub with five bars, nightclub and yer basic pirate food; fish and chips. The perfect place for Pirating London! With indoor and outdoor refreshments whether it's a choppy garn or a milkpond, they sell Rum so who cares.
With dubloons to be found, advanced Pirating classes (including pronounciation and Pirating history) and sea shanties to be sung, it's going to be great grand! No promises though, we be lazy pirates!
Closest tube is Embankment, exit onto the Thames and head right under the Hungerford Bridge. The Tattershall Castle is the SECOND floating pub after the bridge.
Some pirate linkage...
International Talk Like a Pirate day:
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
If you need some perspective on what a Pirate is:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pirates
Remember, dressing as a Pirate also helps combat Global Warming:
http://www.venganza.org/piratesarecool4.gif
How to Talk Like a Pirate:
http://www.yarr.org.uk/
Piratey Jokes:
http://www.piratejokes.net/
The London Pirate Festival is friends with the following groups:
Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster
Pirate Re-Enactors
British Pirate Party
British Pirate Alliance
Piratecon
Randy Apes Fancy Dress Group
Bring Stuff
Dirty Beach sand sculptors
www.londonpiratefestival.com
www.myspace.com/londonpiratefestival
Join the London Pirates on Qype or tribe.net
Tweet pirate on Twitter: http://twitter.com/londonpirate
Change your facebook language to English (pirate)
Original Sites:
www.talklikeapirate.com
and my UK pirate partner Mad Cap'n Tom www.yarr.org.uk
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