Friday
October 19, 2018
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Historic Turnage Theatre
Washington, NC
“An Evening with Blackbeard and Friends”
Ticketed Event Sponsored by The Greater Bath Foundation, The Blackbeard Society, and the Blackbeard Adventure Alliance.
Taste of 1718 Reception
Multi-Media Exhibit: The Iconography of Blackbeard
Introduction of Special Guests
“Will the Real Blackbeard Stand Up Please?”
A Pirate Parley: “Was Blackbeard Murdered?”
Saturday
October 20, 2018
11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Bath Town’s Blackbeard Tricentennial: The Home of Blackbeard
Skydiving Exhibition
Pirate Encampment at Bonner Point
Pirate Parade & Costume Contest
Largest gathering of Blackbeards to set a world record
Epic sea battle and siege of Bath in the waters off historic Bonner Point
Sword fighting demonstrations
Cannon making lessons
Port Royal, Jamaica artifacts
A Pirate Parley: “Was Blackbeard Murdered?”
Tug of war contests with pirates and King’s sailors
Food trucks
Presentation of Descendants of Pirates, Colonial officials, Royal Navy Officers, and other participants of Blackbeard’s story as well as other honored guests and public officials
Performance by The Shadow Players Stage Combat Group
Performance by Rusty Cutlass Band of Orlando
Fireworks Display
Specific detail time line of events will be provided at a later date.