It’s a pirate invasion at Shoreline Village in Long Beach as hundreds of pirates take over the beach area for their 11th annual Pirate Festival on September 24 and 25, 2016. With their landing, the “Pirates” brought their own music in the form of two distant pirate Bands as well as Time traveling gypsies who shared tales of the sea while creating blacksmith objects for the crowd and even their friendly parrots enticed crowds for picture taking opportunities.
Residents could take a picture in front of this banner commerating the event.
Pirates mounted ships like this at Pirate Cove Hideaway in Long Beach.
And the memorable pirate flag that marks the iconic pirate ship in the water.
And photos could be taken with the always popular parrot that keeps pirate company while away at sea.
Of course the place to find pirates is at the local tavern where they had a drink in their hand.
The iconic Captain Hook warranted pictures from fans.
And Pirate Queens were also all around the villiage.
Even Pirate dogs entertained the crowds.
And the youngest pirates were learning the trade.
There were sword playing
and the Joust Kidding pirate band entertained with their sea chanties.
A dolcemer could be heard off the port with a guitar accompanment.
And pirates danced to a rock type band while enjoying the sights of long beach
There were a total of five different stories told by the Gypsy time travelers while a real blacksmith created one of a kind gifts for select audience members.
