2026 Main Schedule
Friday – 2 Pub Crawls
Saturday – Main Festival at Moody Gardens
Sunday – Expeditions & Harbor Boat Tours
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGES
Friday Sept 18th
Two Different Pub Crawls
6PM – 9PM: Guided Tour Pub Crawl (Limited to 30 People – W/Tour Guide)
6PM-9PM: Public Pub Crawl (Go at your own pace – No Tour Guide – Starts at 1877 Tall Ship Elissa)
Friday Pirate Tour
6PM – 8PM: Legendary Pirate Tour
Saturday Sept 19th
11AM – 7PM: Festival at Moody Gardens (FREE Parking!)
8PM – 11PM: Afterparty at Texas Tail Distillery open to public
11:00AM – Festival Opens at Moody Gardens
12:00PM – Opening Ceremony Main Stage & Cannon Fire
12:30PM – Whodah Krewe Performance
1:00PM – Pride of Bedlam Performance
2:00PM – Pearls & Plunder: A Shipwrecked Sideshow
2:00PM – Kids Barrel Racing
2:30PM – Salty Swords of the Seas
3:00PM – Master “Bones” Jangle & The Voodoo Island Cannibals
4:00PM – Costume Contest Main Stage
4:30PM – Pearls & Plunder: A Shipwrecked Sideshow
5:00PM – Master “Bones” Jangle & The Voodoo Island Cannibals
6:00PM – Pride of Bedlam
6:45PM – Fire Performances by Juniper & Ascension Entertainment
7:00PM – End/Close of Festival
8PM-11PM – Afterparty at Texas Tail Distillery
Sunday Sept 20th
Sunday 1877 Tall Ship Elissa & Historic Harbor Boat Tours:
1PM – Elissa Tour & Historic Harbor Boat Tour
2026 Pirate Festival Week Activities
A Weeks Worth of Adventure!
All Events Mon-Thursday are FREE to attend!
Monday September 14th
Event: Monday at MOD Coffee
Location: MOD Coffee at 2126 Post Office St Galveston Texas 77550
Time: Come anytime between 7AM-7PM
Cost: FREE
Start the week off right with Caffeine to prepare for the pirate adventures ahead. Come grab some delicious coffee from MOD Coffee in a pirate costume for 20% off your purchase and grab some themed Pirate bites. Rumor has it there is a special prize for the best dressed.
Tuesday September 15th
Event: Jean Lafitte Pirate History & Drinks!
Location: Texas Tail Distillery at 2416 Post Office St Galveston Texas 77550
Time: 7PM-9PM
Cost: FREE
Pirate History! Come grab some delicious food and drinks at Texas Tail Distillery. Jim Nonus, the Co Founder of the Lafitte Society will give a presentation on notorious Pirate Jean Lafitte and Galveston’s Pirate History. Then Annaliese Dempsey will give a presentation about the Jean Lafitte Archeological dig happening in Galveston and other Gulf Coast Pirates. Annaliese is a nautical archaeologist, the president of LX Heritage, and the principal investigator of the Maison Rouge Archaeological Project.
Wednesday September 16th
Event: Pirate Takeover Singo Bingo
Location: Reel Nauti – 715 N Holiday Drive Galveston Texas 77550
Time: 7PM-10PM
Cost: FREE
Join us for Singo Bingo over by the Galveston Yacht Marina. Identify the song playing and mark your bingo cards.
Thursday September 17th
Event: Pirate Fashion Show at Naked Iguana Brewery
Location: 1828 The Strand Galveston Texas 77550
Time: 7PM-9PM
Cost: FREE
Come grab some great drinks and watch the Pirate fashion show. This is a great opportunity to grab any last garb before the festival. Fashion show garb provided by A Pirate’s Life – Pirates Plunder. Go visit A Pirate’s Life – Pirates Plunder on the strand for any of your pirate garb needs!
