2018 Gananoque       
    Entertainment Schedule

Friday July 6th 6:00pm to 9:30pm 
Tall Ships Youth Sleep-Over with Pirates in Joel Stone Park ( Open to Youth 11-13 years old and parents that wish to rent an accommodation tent overnight on the Friday). Join Youth arriving from a sail on The Black Jack Tall Ship mooring at the Festival in a Treasure Hunt with Compass, play a Ships Signalling Game, Dress as a Pirate, Sing Sea Shanties around the fire and sleep under the stars! A full day of fun at the festival! Email: ganpirateinvasion@gmail.com for details and click on: *NEW* Pirate Camping Experience
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Saturday Morning 08:00-09:00am
Breakfast with Capt'n Tor and his Scurvy Crew at Robeson's General Store @ 190 King Street. Come get dressed up in yer pirate finery and enjoy a delicious breakfast, listen to spontaneous sea shanties, & whatever other zany shenanigans they gets up to! Cost for Breakfast is not included in this activity.

Saturday Festival Gates open - 10am-5:30pm
All Day......
- Letters of Mark with Treasure Maps are purchased for $2 at the gate for admission, and can be used to enter to win a fabulous prize if ye follows the map!

- Horse drawn trolley will take festival goers between downtown and the festival site all day, while being entertained by a tall-tale telling and singing Pirate! Park your car downtown and then ride to the festival!
See HERE for ROUTE and STOPS.

- Enjoy pirate-inspired tasty foods and non-alcoholic beverages in the Thirsty Kraken Collective Eatery (onsite) - All ages welcome until festival close (5:30pm) 

All day - pirate activities, games, and interactive exhibits to participate in across the encampment. Visit the Mermaid Grotto, Learn about Ship to Ship Battles and Armaments, Send a Secret Message by Ship to Ship Signals across the Encampment and get a reply back!, Interact with a crew of scallywag pirate characters - both French and English Speaking - will interact with and tell ye about their fine selves and life as a pirate on the high seas and Canada! 

Scheduled activities:
10:00-10:15 Near Sword Fighting Area
Sending a Ship to Ship Signal - How Ships communicate using flags - first message!

10:15-11:00 @ Sword Fighting Area
Pirate Sword Fighting Demo & Lesson with Swashbuckling Master performers Quartermaster William Blydes, Quartermaster's Mate Rakish Justice, and Heinrich Rumbold

10:30-11:00 @ Blacksmithing Shop - Demo - Knife-making in the Golden Age of Pirates! by LVL111 Smithy Ryan Leis

11:15-11:45 @ Main Stage 
Capt'n Tor & The Naer-Do-Well Cads Pirate Invasion Musical-Theatrical Show (Mainly English, some French) for all-ages from Ontario

12:00 - 12:45 @ Main Stage
La Ferraille (Mainly French, some English) Musical-Theatrical Show for all ages from Quebec

12:50-13;50 @ Joel Stone Beach - Swimming with Mermaids! - bring yer swim suit or yer tail and swim with our beautiful mermaids and get your picture with them on the shore!Learn about the Real History of Mermaids & about mermaids actually alive today!

13:00 - 13:40 @ French Quarter
French Cooking Demonstration by the Bouchan Pirates

13:40 -14:00 @ French Quarter
Black Powder Blunderbuss Demonstration with talk in French/English

14:00-14:30 @ Main Stage '- Learn the amazing history of some of the most successful pirates in history - Women!

14:00-14:30 @ Blacksmithing Shop - Demo - Black-smithing in the Golden Age of Pirates! by LVL111 Smithy Ryan Leis

14:45-15:00 Near Sword Fighting Area
Sending a Ship to Ship Signal - How Ships communicate using flags - 2nd message!

15:00 -15:45 @ Sword Fighting Area
Pirate Sword Fighting Demo & Lesson with Quartermaster William Blydes, Quartermaster's Mate Rakish Justice, and swordsmith Heinrich Rumbold

15:00-15:30 @ Boat Museum
Swashbuckling Stories with Master Story-Teller 'Victor Maelstrom' the Bard of the Sea! 

15:45 - 16:15 @ Main Stage 
Capt'n Tor & The Naer-Do-Well Cads Pirate Invasion Musical-Theatrical Show (Mainly English, some French) for all-ages from Ontario

16:20-17:00 @ Thirsty Kraken: Tea-Dueling & Compliments Battle with Master Story-Teller 'Victor Maelstrom' the Bard of the Sea! 

17:30 (5:30pm) Festival Closed 

19:30 (7:30pm) to 23:00 (11:00pm)
Captain's Keg Party - Adult 19+ Show
@ The Black Irish Bistro 
138 King St E, Gananoque, ON K7G 1G2
Come in your pirate finery to enjoy a night of Nauti Fun - including:
- 2 Bawdy Celtic Pirate Musical Acts
- 3rd Annual Sexy Legs Competition
- Enter to be named Pirate of the Year
- 2nd Annual Pickle Eating Contest
- Nauti Limrick Contest
with Great Prizes by local donors!!!!


If you do not wish ta sail home after the DAY or EVENING'S revels - you can pre-book a nights stay in an onsite Pirate Accommodation Tent! 
Email: ganpirateinvasion@gmail.com for details and click on: *NEW* Pirate Camping Experience

Sunday Festival Gates open - 10am-3pm

10:00-10:15 Near Sword Fighting Area
Sending a Ship to Ship Signal - How Ships communicate using flags - first message!

10:15-11:00 @ Sword Fighting Area
Pirate Sword Fighting Demo & Lesson with Quartermaster William Blydes, Quartermaster's Mate Rakish Justice, and swordsmith Heinrich Rumbold

11:00-11:30 @ Main Stage 
Capt'n Tor & The Naer-Do-Well Cads Pirate Invasion Musical-Theatrical Show (Mainly English, some French) for all-ages from Ontario

11:00-11:30 @ Boat Museum
Swashbuckling Stories by Usborne Books

11:45 - 12:30 @ Main Stage
La Ferraille (Mainly French, some English) Musical-Theatrical Show for all ages from Quebec

12:30-13:20 @ Joel Stone Beach 
Swim with Mermaids - bring yer swim suit or yer tail and swim with our beautiful mermaids and get your picture with them on the shore!Learn about the Real History of Mermaids & about mermaids actually alive today!

13:00 - 13:40 @ French Cooking Demonstration by the Bouchan Pirates in the French Quarter

13:00-13:30 @ Blacksmithing Shop - Demo - Knife-making in the Golden Age of Pirates! by LVL111 Smithy Ryan Leis

13:40 -14:00 @ French Quarter
Black Powder Blunderbuss Demonstration with talk in French/English

13:45-14:00 @ Thirsty Kraken: Tea-Dueling & Compliments Battle with Master Story-Teller 'Victor Maelstrom' the Bard of the Sea! 

13:45-14:15 @ Boat Museum
Swashbuckling Stories by Usborne Books

14:00-14:15 @ Main Stage
Children's Pirate Costume Contest

14:15-15:30 Near Sword Fighting Area
Sending a Ship to Ship Signal - How Ships communicate using flags - 2nd message!

14:30-15:00 @ Sword Fighting Area
Pirate Sword Fighting Demo & Lesson with Quartermaster William Blydes, Quartermaster's Mate Rakish Justice, and swordsmith Heinrich Rumbold

Festival Closes at 3pm

Location of Festival:

Town of Gananoque - Joel Stone Park
Map & Directions
From Kingston:
Merge onto ON-401 E  - 25.5 km
Take exit 645 for County Road 32 toward Gananoque/Crosby  - 400 m
Continue on Stone St N/County Rd 32. Drive to Water St  - 6 min (2.6 km)
Turn right onto Stone St N/County Rd 32(signs for County Road 32 S/ON-2)  - 1.7 km
Turn right onto King St E/County Rd 2 W(signs for ON-2 W)  - 500 m
Turn left onto Market St  - 400 m
Turn right onto Water St  -  
Destination will be on the left
From Ottawa:
Get on Trans-Canada Hwy/ON-417 W - 5 min (1.7 km)
Follow ON-416 S and ON-401 W to County Rd 32 in Leeds and the Thousand Islands. Take exit 645 from ON-401 W
Continue on Stone St N/County Rd 32. Drive to Water St  - 6 min (2.6 km)
Turn right onto Stone St N/County Rd 32(signs for County Road 32 S/ON-2)  - 1.7 km
Turn right onto King St E/County Rd 2 W(signs for ON-2 W)  - 500 m
Turn left onto Market St  - 400 m
Turn right onto Water St  -  
Destination will be on the left
From Alexandria Bay NY USA
Head southeast on Church St toward Walton St
1 min (0.3 mi)
Continue on NY-12 S. Take I-81 N & Cross Border
Take ON-401 W to County Rd 32 in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Canada. Take exit 645 from ON-401 W (22.2 mi)
Continue on Stone St N/County Rd 32. Drive to Water St  - 6 min (2.6 km)
Turn right onto Stone St N/County Rd 32(signs for County Road 32 S/ON-2)  - 1.7 km
Turn right onto King St E/County Rd 2 W(signs for ON-2 W)  - 500 m
Turn left onto Market St  - 400 m
Turn right onto Water St  -  
Destination will be on the left