Welcome to the Tybee Island Pirate Festival

Entertainment

Tybee Island Pirate Fest is your ultimate destination for Columbus Day weekend entertainment. Warming up for our Friday and Saturday night headliners, several bands will keep the crowd moving throughout the afternoons and early evenings. Daytime entertainment includes live...

Family Activities

Tybee Island Pirate Fest is fun for pirates of all ages. Our littlest pirates enjoy and entire area devoted to quality family entertainment. Activities include bounce houses, magicians, storytellers, puppets, live pirate demonstrations, face painting, and many more surprises....

Pirate Parade

Tybee Island’s streets transform into a parade of pirate ships and pirates on Saturday, October 6th at 3pm. Come early to get your front row seat to witness elaborate floats and costumes as they travel down Butler street straight to the beach. Think you have what it takes to...

Thieves Market

Shopping enthusiasts and treasure hunters are sure to find the perfect souvenir in our market filled with pirate wares, costumes, and arts and crafts. Vendors travel from all across the seas to bring our visiting pirates the most coveted pirate goods available. No need to...

Plan Your Stay

On Tybee Island, Georgia, you’ll find accommodations to suit almost every visitor or budget. We have wonderful oceanfront hotels, charming inns and B&Bs, convenient motels, and rental properties.

Festival Info

Tybee Island Pirate Fest began in 2005 with a few locals searching for an event to highlight the unique personality of the island. Following an enormous number of hours, blood, sweat, and tears the first Pirate Fest took to the streets of Tybee.