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This is the complete schedule for the 20th Annual PiratePalooza Pubcrawl & Pubsing, to be held on Saturday, Octobarrrr 5th, 2024 – Captains: share it with your crews!

We WILL be producing 20^th Anniversary Shirts AFTER the Palooza, the design will be revealed in late October. We will be taking online orders with shipping direct to you, and there will NOT be a second run so don’t miss out!

We are VERY excited to announce that this year we will be hosting several additional events around town, to celebrate 20 years of you, the PiratePalooza family. We hope that you will stay tuned and be able to attend at least one of these! And finally, what you’ve been waiting for…

It has become increasingly difficult to invade the port city of Decatarrrr over the past 20 years, and up until tonight all the pieces were not quite in place. But here we are now, time to share the Invasion Plan!!

PiratePalooza #20 (2024): The Invasion Plan

Let’s go ahead and saw off your pegleg now and get it over with – the Brick Store Pub will NOT be a stop on the route for PiratePalooza 20. The restaurant is previously engaged for a private event so we will shake things up a bit this year and add in an extra shore party to make things interesting. (Please do visit the Brick Store Pub on another occasion, as it is a fine establishment with great food and drink and we’ve made many wonderful memories there in the past)

Here is the schedule for the 20^th Annual PiratePalooza:

• 1:30pm – 3:30pm – Twain’s Brewpub & Billiards
• 3:30pm – 3:45pm – Invasion March
• 3:45pm – 4:30pm – The Virginia Reel
• 4:00pm – 6:00pm – O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Shore Party!
• 7:00pm – 10:00pm – Pub Sing at Wild Heaven

Please Hydrate!

Temperatures should be cooler this time of the year, but grog and ale and porter and rum can sneak up on a person if they ain’t careful, so be sure to HYDRATE for week leading up to the event. This means drink lots of water, not soft drinks and sweet teas – it’s a great and easy way to avoid having a bad day.

Twains 1:30pm – 3:30pm

We will assemble at Twain’s Brewpub & Billiards beginning at 1:30pm. This is the point from which our invasion crawl will commence and this year we’re going to stay longer to enjoy the place – a great opportunity to get a bit of food into your belly before the invasion begins!

We’ll sing some shanties and enjoy the ales on tap, so don’t miss it!

The Virginia Reel 3:45pm – 4:30pm

Plan to be at the Marta Plaza by 4pm in case a dance breaks out (which is incredibly likely) and IF such a dance does break out (because it is so incredibly likely), Dancemaster Israel Hand will make sure that the dance lines will be broken into smaller groups to shorten the duration of the dance due to the warm weather to make it safer for some of the elderly pirates as well as to prevent Billy Bones from getting his feelings hurt when he loses again and begins making up crazy stories about “people dropping out of Captain Drew’s dance group” and saying “No, no, I have video evidence!!” and “Why are you not telling the story right???” and so forth.

O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Spent from dancing the Virginia Reel on the Square we’ll invade this reliably friendly Irish pub to quench our thirst! Be ready for a jolly great time catching up with pirates from different crews, but please: no dueling! This pub will fill up quickly so don’t be afraid to nip into surrounding bars for a drink or the nearby ice cream shop for a treat 😉

Shore Party 5:00pm – 6:00pm

A shore party will depart for The Marlay House Irish Pub (former site of the The Angel) for a quick pint to commemorate the site of the very first PiratePalooza 20 years ago. This trip will not be for the faint of heart (or foot) so please feel free to remain at O’Sullivan’s. Don’t tarry here too long! Catch a ride over to the final destination of Wild Heaven in Avondale Estates by 7pm for the Pub Sing!

PiratePalooza Pub Sing 7:00pm – 10:00pm

We’ll end the night on the patio at Wild Heaven, a brewery in the Revelry Distict of Avondale Estates.

Wild Heaven will be open during the Palooza and serving non-pirate guests, so please be courteous. Wild Heaven will be offering specials for attendees dressed as pirates, so, like, do you need help with this or anything??

Security

Please be safety aware. If you see anything dangerous please report it immediately.  As with Renaissance festivals and other period events we have a “no bare steel” policy – all edged and pointy weapons must remain in their scabbards at all times. Also: no black powder, please. Save it for Tybee 😉

Designated Drivers

We LOVE designated drivers and so should you. It’s way too easy to get a safe ride home these days, and don’t be afraid to ask for help.  Help keep an eye out for pirates that shouldn’t be driving and don’t be afraid to say something. Read more about Designated Drivers here.

Parking in Decatur

Decatarrrr actually has quite a good bit of parking scattered around the square (see high-resolution Decatur Parking PDF c.2016). Some lots are reserved for restaurants, some are pay lots, and some locations are free on weekends.

The Route

The latest schedule and interactive map for the PiratePalooza PubCrawl & PubSing is posted on the Pubcrawl page of the PiratePalooza website. If you be too rum-addled to do all that remembering and typing and pointing and clicking, just scroll down…

The Schedule

• 1:30pm – 3:30pm – Twain’s Brewpub & Billiards
• 3:30pm – 3:45pm – Invasion March
• 3:45pm – 4:30pm – The Virginia Reel
• 4:00pm – 6:00pm – O’Sullivan’s Irish Pub
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Shore Party!
• 7:00pm – 10:00pm – Pub Sing at Wild Heaven

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