This is a recap of PiratePalooza 18, created to encapsulate the events of the day, because those who attended have no memory of what actually happened.
The 18th running of the PiratePalooza Pubcrawl & Pubsing happened on Saturday, September 17th, 2022, in the City of Decatarrrr. PiratePalooza 18 represented a festive return to live-action piracy, following the long, strange period that included Curse of the Commodore (PP2020) and Grog Quest (PP2021).
There were many smiles to be seen at PiratePalooza 18, though not as many teeth.
This year marked the arrival of fresh pirates, many from the shores of Newcastle. We welcome all of you who joined us in the sacking of the city and hope that you will consider joining us once again in Septembarrrr of 2023 (final date to be announced).
Exciting News! To memorialize this year’s PiratePalooza Pubsing & Pubcrawl, Captain Drew has commissioned a very special commemorative PiratePalooza Mutiny pin. The pin features the PiratePalooza Mutiny logo in shiny red enamel with silver details.
These limited edition 1-inch wide pins with magnetic-backing will be available for $10 each in person.
We only made 100 of these pins, so when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Next week we’ll announce online ordering instructions, if any stock remains.
Captain Drew will be able to accept PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, and the real $10 Bill app.
No more than 5 of the commemorative PiratePalooza Mutiny pin per customer, please.
Please don’t ask us how Captain Drew will be able to sell these trinkets while he is being held prisoner.
It’s easier not to ask too many questions, honestly.
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Rumors are swirling over at the PiratePalooza Pubcrawl & Pubsing! An unexpected office meeting by the crew has resulted in PiratePalooza 18 moving its date to September 17th. While some sailors (who have teeth) described the meeting as a “collective bargaining agreement”, other sailors (who do not have teeth) have assured our reporters that this is in fact “The PiratePalooza 18 MUTINY“.
This year, that rangy pirate of yore, Israel Hands, has dipped into a dangerous den of pirates to assemble a most daring raid upon the City of Decatarrrr in search of the Commodore’s legendary Golden Grog – join us for PiratePalooza Grog Quest!
The 2021 edition of the PiratePalooza Pubcrawl & Pubsing takes place on September 18th and has been split into two halves for Grog Quest, to accommodate ALL our pirate fans! For those who feel comfortable we’ll have an in-person pub crawl. Those who plan to stay aboard their ship can watch a virtual pub sing at 8pm. Shirts are now on sale until September 28th (click here!)
Here’s the schedule our cutthroat crew will follow:
1:30pm – 2:30pm – Twain’s
2:45pm – 4:00pm – The Brick Store
4:05pm – 5:00pm – Virginia Reel (on the Plaza)
5:00pm – 5:45pm – O’Sullivan’s
6:00pm – ???? – Salsa Dancing on the Square!
Live musical acts include members of Landloch’d, the Barehead Bards, The Long and Short of It, Tenpenny Travelers, Toucan Dubh, and Old Silk Road!
Captain Drew was furious when he found out that his organizing committee had cancelled the 2020 edition of the PiratePalooza PubCrawl & PubSing due to the Curse of the Commodore, so he screamed “PiratePalooza 2020 is Happening!” and then fired them all.
“I did not know that any man could suffer such pain!”cried the Commodore as he lay dying from wounds Bainbridge had delivered in their duel that fine March morning. It would become the second most famous duel in American history, and Commodore Steven Decatur. It would also become the origin of the Curse of the Commodore…
Last night a meeting was held between the Minstrels League of Greater Newcastle, Haverbrook, Lower Shasta, Upper Shasta, Dingle’s Hollow, and West Shelbyville. Up for discussion at the meeting was an idea for new marching uniforms (Diego), a motion to disallow further motions (J. Minstrel), and an impassioned speech by a masked bandit who demanded that a few minstrels should be assigned to perform at the 15th Annual running of the pirates at PiratePalooza™.
This is the complete schedule for the 15th Annual PiratePalooza Pubcrawl & Pubsing, to be held on Saturday, Septembarrrr 21st, 2019 – Captains: share it with your crews!
Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate! The world has been on FIRE all month and temperatures will be slightly decreased by the time we challenge the Commodore on the square!! Grog and Ale and Porter and Rum can sneak up on you if you ain’t careful, so be sure to HYDRATE for the next few days. This means DRINK PLENTY OF WATER, not hooch or sodas or teas or salves or unguents!! Squeeze some limes into it, what do we care? If you don’t have water but DO have a lime be sure to yell out “I GOT A LIME!!!”. But hydrate, okay???!!
The 15th Annual PiratePalooza™ Pubcrawl & Pubsing shirts are now available for pre-order from the PiratePalooza Gear page (direct link). This year’s design features the Jolly Palooza crossbones in a celebrated 15th Anniversary Royal Pirate seal. Like last year, the design will be ‘burned’ into the shirt fabric but THEN we are overprinting with our signature GLOW IN THE DARK PIRATE INK, providing a soft AND glowy Palooza collectible!
We celebrated the 14th anniversary of PiratePalooza™ on Septembarrrr the 22nd of 2018. This be my account of that adventure, accompanied by photos by Karen Grayson. All of Karen’s photos are available in an album here. – Captain Drew
The pirates who made it ashore first were greeted by the unexpected sight of a new façade on Mr. Twain’s house of ale and billiards. So fresh was this new façade in fact that it was still under construction! We were all forced to slip into that old boozing ken by the side door.
To our surprise the big wall of windows facing toward downtown Decatarrrr was blocked by a wall of wooden planks, which made the place as dark as Continue Reading
