This year was my first time ever attending Pirate Fest LV. I fell in love with the festival. My friend and I traveled far just to experience this Fest (California and Illinois). We will both be coming back for years to come. We enjoyed the entertainment, rum tastings, pub crawl, the multiple pirate characters, the food, and the merch. We both left full of joy and with so many Pirate memories. read more

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Cliff Notes Price Range: $$ Parking: Plenty Perk: Gift shops Non-Perk: Paying Ambiance: Park Dress: Should dress like a pirate! Noise: Outside Temperature: Depends on the weather Recommend: 100%. Response Time: N/A Professionalism: 100% Date: 4/11/26 Dissertation: It was worth trying at least once, and I am glad we went. The event itself was okay, but the real lesson here is to commit to the theme. Dress up. Seriously. For the most part, everyone else understood the assignment, and being surrounded by a sea of committed pirates does make you feel slightly underprepared if you show up looking like you just ran errands beforehand. The atmosphere was fun, people clearly leaned into it, and that added a lot to the experience. Even if the event did not completely blow me away, I still enjoyed checking it out. At the very least, it made one thing abundantly clear. Next time, the outfit is not optional. read more

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I'm from Cali and go to the Renaissance pleasure faire every year and since I recently moved to Vegas I wanted to check this out and to be honest this was way more fun! It was less crowded, no super long lines , everything was cheaper and better, also I have two kids and this was way more family friendly ! Even the live entertainment was better !! I can't wait to go again ! The family has a blast !! read more

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First timer, absolutely loved it will be attending again! The costumes the fantasy, the people, the decorations everything was so freaking amazing. The treasure hunt was so fun it honestly for all ages and I can't wait to go again. read more

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{EVENT RATING 4/5} My first Pirate Fest and I can guarantee I will be attending every year for as long as I can!! The costumes, vendors, shows, every little detail was just amazing, and I felt extremely underdressed compared to everyone wearing their creative costumes and outfits , from staff to attendees to children! {FOODIE RATING 3/5 } Hopefully they get more or better food vendors though.. and as usual they are normally really over priced. 3 items were almost 60$ and there was barely any seating in the food section,( like 4 tables) read more

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Great shows! Friendly people! Fun and laughs at every turn! People watching at its best! We have made this a family tradition! read more

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Attended this years pirate festival once again and had a fun time. The biggest reason we like to attend is to get come ideas for building pirate stuff for our halloween, and this year we definately got some good ones. The festival goes are all great and friendly, and their is plenty to look at, shop and eat. Overall, we had another great experience. read more

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Parking was a hot mess. Not enough parking i literally need to park on the street (side parking ). When I parked i didn't know where to go. I was just following the crowd who also didn't know where to go. You could see tent inside of the fence but you have no clue where the entrance is. We were following the fence until we see tiny sign Entrance. I walked around 15-20 minutes with little kids and kids got tired and frustrated so fast. Upon entering they got so excited. Volunteers and people on the front were super friendly and nice. Upon the entrance there is a pirate ship that my kids loved and also there is a tent with e little mermaids that my daughter loved it (she wanted to stay under that tent for ever, ). As you go you will see belly dancer, a lot of pirates greeting you and giving you treasure maps. We stopped by every stand that have something for kids. There is also puppet show that my kids loved. Those people were really great and interesting with the kids. There is also Pirate show that my kids loved (pirates fight against to each other, doing all kinds of funny things). There is also great show with horses, which was amazing, never seen something like this before. Real professionals riding horse and doing all kinds of unbelievable moves. I was afraid and amazed at the same time. Kids loves this and really keep their attention. Bring some cash to tip all those fenomenal people. And next time we should definitely wear costumes since everyone was either pirates or mermaid. read more

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I finally got to go to Pirate Fest! Getting tickets online was pretty easy. I used the link on Facebook and it brought me to their website. While I purchased my ticket, I tried to register, but it wouldn't let me. So, I purchased it as a guest. The cruddy part about this that they did not plan the parking well (there was nowhere to park) and security lacked communication. There was only one entrance and VERY few signs. Security was very nice, but none of them knew what in the world was going on. We were looking for handicap parking and they referred us to the other parking lot, but they were full. One security person was kind enough to let us in. Once we parked, we were greeted with more confusion. Nobody knew where the entrance was. It was clear on the other side. We followed the fence until we saw one discreet sign that pointed to the event. They had a place for me to check in and a place to buy a ticket. This was a way cool event. There were a few vendors selling some cool pirate attire and food. I got a gyro and macaroni from some Greek food stand. The gyro was awesome, but the macaroni was spicy. I got to see some amazing pirate exhibits and the Shifting Sands belly dance troupe. I highly recommend this event. They just need to do a better job next time. read more

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It was such a blast with singing and music here it's a must try!! The food was stunning with such great vendors

Parking!!!!! Really need to step it up on signage! We parked over by the dog walking area just realize that we were not even close to the main and ONLY gate! There needs to be more signs on the road on where to park for this event. Plus signs on the path to the event. Being a recent knee replacement individual, it would of been nice to be able to park closer to the main gate since I have a handicap placard. The lack of seating for the food area. A couple of tables don't cut it when you have several hundred people trying to get food and have no place to sit. Expand the food court area for seating. There is room to do that. Once we were in the event we had a good time. Thank you for this consideration. read more

Had a great time at the Pirate fest! Lots of great vendors, entertainment, and food/beverage. Can't wait to return next year. Only thing that can be improved is the parking for the event. The entrance was not clearly marked. Please include some more signage so people can find it easier. We circled other parking lots for a while before asking a parking attendant where the event parking was located. Other than that, loved this fest! read more

They posted online the prices as $10 for military and when I went, I was charged over $15 and the kid behind the registered shrugged and told me the price changed. That's not okay to advertise one price and then just hike it up once people arrive. Other than that, I enjoyed the festival. There were portable toilets. Not my favorite but seemed to be okay. Mostly everyone dressed up, which was really cool to see. The weather was really cold and windy or else we would have dressed up as well. The guilds who set up camp were friendly and entertaining. It was a really fun place to walk around and spend a day. read more

We drove 20 minutes to get to the pirate festival. No parking available in any parking lot! And no signs saying the lots were full. So you drive around and around. They said to go to the other entrance. Did it. Now go to the entrance we just came from. Very frustrating! Went home very disappointed. read more

An excellent, family-friendly experience! Good food and drinks and great shows and vendors! read more

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Had an awesome time. Lots of performers and activities. Watched a sword swallowing show and the very exciting captain's challenge show. Lots of great food and shopping too. read more

We go to this event every year and it's always a hit. It's like a ren fest, but with pirates! I especially love that it's family friendly. A lot of events these days seem to ignore kids at best and be hostile toward them at worst. Pirate Fest actually seems to want kids to attend and gives them a treasure map to follow. Many of the stops have little activities for the kids to participate in, like swabbing the deck or creating an eye patch or magic wand. (You didn't know that fairies were pirate adjacent? Now you do.) You don't have kids? No problem, go later in the day when I've heard things get... spicier. Although if you grew up in the Goonies era you'll probably have no problem bringing your kids or grandkids (just doing the math here) day or night. There are shows to see and shops to shop and food to eat. Seriously, there are people selling geek gear with logos of your Uncle Brad's favorite sportsball team on it. Seriously, something for everyone. My imagination was killed off in 5th grade when Mr. Suino wouldn't let me write a short story about a magical place called Cucumberland and I love it here. Imagine how fun it could be with any shred of creativity left in your soul? By the way, if you are at all inclined, you should dress up. Pirate, fairy, mermaid, unicorn, belly dancer, ren faire refugee, Ent... really anything goes. $587 period authentic outfit? Sure! Something your toddler pieced together to be a fairy, unicorn, princess pirate? Definitely! Something you had in the back of your closet that had a ruffle that could be interpreted as vaguely historical if someone squinted at it? Absolutely! Toss that outfit on and go out and try to forget that you live in a world where you have to pay electric bills and figure out what to make for dinner every single night. Last summer our family moved halfway across the country. We came back to see family and friends and timed it specifically so we could spend the weekend at Pirate Fest. I ran into a bunch of friends that I didn't have time to see one on one and I also got to see the mermaid who once told me I resemble Elle Macpherson. (Yes, I did put that in there to brag. If a mermaid told you you looked like Elle Macpherson you'd brag about it too. Unless you're a dude. Although maybe you should brag about that even more because she's gorgeous.) Farasha, if you read this, on dark days I remember your comment to me and it brightens my day, thanks. Also thank you to the Pirate Fest folks for making an event I can feel safe bringing my kids to that is also really fun for me as an adult. One more thing, the proceeds from this now go to support Paradise Ranch which offers therapy for families at reasonable prices. I personally love it when good causes are supported so if you do too you should really check it out. Worst case scenario: you find out you don't care for the event too much and you've helped children in need get the help they need. But I think you'll like it. Even my husband likes it and he doesn't like anything. (I'll stop referencing '80s things now, I promise.) read more

Pirate Fest LV is such and amazing way to experience living/playing as a Pirate. From the Cirque perfomers, encampments, entertainers, food, vendors.... Dang we are blessed to have them host it here in me back yard. To the promotor staff, keep er coming mates. Yeee be doing a good thang thar..... Captain Craig loves ya event read more

Very few activities, few competitions, mostly just a farmers market with the vendors wearing pirate clothes.

I have attended many times and they are always the best! Great entertainment and a wide variety of vendors. I highly recommend this event. I guarantee it will be fun for the entire family! read more

This was my second time attending Pirate Fest and I wasn't disappointed. I love the fact that it was at Craig Ranch Regional Park which is a huge, beautiful park and not too far from home. They had lots of vendors and a variety of different places to choose from to get some grub. My friend with her niece and nephew joined me and they had a fun using the "treasure maps" they give you when you come in, and made it a point to find all the "X"'s before they went home. They had even more fun when they got to run around with the guys in the field with the foam swords and shields! They had a blast and burned off a lot of energy. We'll definitely be back next year! read more

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Pirate Fest LV was a blast! A little something for everyone both young and old. Favorite part is the Captains Challenge where four pirate captains perform different physical challenges while trying to score with the wenches. Also attended a class on how to create pirate cuisine. Very cool to learn some history about different pirate cultures. Whisky tasting is always good, but let's be honest after three shots everything tastes better! While there appears to be pirates on staff to help guests and shout pirate sayings at each other there are also guests who dress up. It's kind of like comic con for pirates. The dude as Captain Hook had the best one. Lots of facilities, food vendors, security and medical staff. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to next year! read more

I have attended this event for a few years and this year was the best! The parking was much closer and there were many vendors dressed and ready for a good time. There were several yummy food stands and plenty of Pirate attire. We watched the show with the acrobats on horses, which was amazing. It looked like everyone was having a good time. read more

My wife and I hoped this would be a good experience. We dressed for the occasion and were either mocked at or made fun of by the "true" pirates. Waited almost an hour for a corn dog...a corn dog. Will not go again. read more

Super fun will definitely be going back next year ! All the food vendors you could possibly want , and super unique handcrafted goodies at all the vendors . The shows were super fun but two stood out a horse show called Gladius and the bird Guy show. read more

I was very pleased that I was able to go to Pirate Fest this year and see all the amazing shows that they have to offer & the yummy vendors they keep around! Cheap & fun place to go with friends/ family or by yourself read more

Enjoyed the Pirate Fest. So many fun things to do. And it was very accommodating for kids. The entrance fee was $15 for adults and $10 for kids. Very pricey when your a family of 5. We stayed for about an hour. The had lots of games to play. A playground in the middle, and you could even ride a camel for $7 per person. I really enjoyed it, but everything was super pricey. Food was expensive, rides were expensive and if anything was free to do, they'd be sure to mention not to forget to tip. Overall, it was a great experience read more

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I was expecting some type of entertainment after we payed our entry fee but all I could find was stalls selling pirate items... and rides for the kids you had to pay for. Basically you pay a entry fee to walk around a market. Waste of time and money read more

Ever since the new owners took over the festival, this place has gone way up hill! Great for adults and kiddos. Awesome shows, tasty food, amazing vendors crafting, and so much more. These new owners go out of their way to make sure the community has a great time and everyone is communicated appropriately with Great job you guys! read more

Took my 8 year old grandson. He had the best time this year. Games to play and the whole Fest on one large field where you cannot get lost. Seating available every few venues and much food!! Plenty of swash buckling fun for all!! Loved the costumes of all that attended. read more

Free Treasure map for the kids with 12 locations (red x's) throughout the event where kids do different engaging and educational activities and earn prizes at the end. More entertainment than you can see in a single day and the shopping and food is amazing! Highly recommend to any family wanting to create great memories! read more

Fire shows, pirates, great food, and awesome photo opportunities. What more could you want?

We visited the Las Vegas Pirate Fest for the first time this year. The atmosphere was great and there were a ton of vendors and tons of things to do. It's very kid friendly. We took my six-year-old and right when we got in they gave him a treasure map. That made the whole event more structured so we had a mission. We had to visit each X on the map and interact with the vendors. Everyone was very nice some vendor more than others. (Some were friendlier to the kids especially the ones with activities) All in all we will go back next year. It was a fun family event! read more

How disappointing. This was our first time going to both pirate fest and Craig Ranch Park. There wasn't any directions so we used GPS to find the park and it took us to a parking lot near the playgrounds. We couldn't seem to find the entrance, but we saw two big signs flying that said Entrance. So we walked over there. It was another parking lot, no entrance to the event. There were no signs directing us, and we had to walk around for 30 min trying to find where to enter, which happened to be around this whole area way on the other side of the park. Some signs directing us would have been nice, or maybe something on the website. My 4 year old is obsessed with mermaids so the main reason we went was to watch the mermaid show. Well turns out they aren't having that this year, despite it being listed as a show inside the event as well as the website. Then the treasure hunt. We walked around doing that for a couple of hours. At the end when we went to turn it in, the person who was supposed to be giving out the prizes took off, and the one guy there didn't know what was going on with it, and we were told to go back to the entrance to ask. They said to go back to the first location. So we walked back and forth trying to figure that out to no avail. I left with a very disappointed 4 year old in tears. It was extremely disorganized and we didn't get what we paid for. Basically we paid 35 dollars to go in and shop. read more

Pirate Fest LV is a 3 day event held at Lorenzi Park, focused on not only pirates but also fairies and the steampunk scene. I received complimentary tickets, and only attended on the final day (Sunday). The event started at 10, I arrived around 10:30 to a rather full parking lot. Many people ended up parking on the nearby residential streets. Overall, the event had a pretty commercialized feel to it. There was a lot of 'crafty' wears for sale that I feel like I could make myself for half the cost. There were games to be played, mostly geared toward children. For refreshments, there were no food trucks which a bit of a bummer. Just basic, carnival-esque food at high prices. There was a beer garden with craft beers but I didn't partake. If I had paid to get in (tickets were $15/day or $30 for the entire event), I would have left disappointed. Since my ticket was free, I had an ok time. read more

I've always wanted to check out Pirate Fest and when my amazing friend Jessie hooked me up with two free tickets I was excited to go! Parking was crazy. I can only imagine if we had gone later in the day. We ended up parking across the street in the neighborhood. We actually lucked out. When we were leaving the whole neighborhood was filled up. I was surprised how geared toward kids the whole Pirate Fest was. It still was fun to visit all the booths and look at local art and crafts. It was entirely over commercialized. The prices for most items were expensive. I will say they crammed a lot of stuff into a small area. You started off in the pirate realm and then in progressed into the steampunk area and finally the fairy land. It was cool to see everyone dressed up in their favorite theme. We were hungry and thirsty after all that walking around. The pirate map they gave us at the entrance helped us find our way to the grub. We were hoping for some food trucks ( always looking for new places to review), but they really didn't have any food trucks. The food they did have was standard carnival food. I will say they had a booth that had salads and wraps. We decided on hot dogs with cheese. They were pretty tasty, but two hot dogs for $10 seems outrageous. If I had paid for my tickets I would have been very disappointed. It's definitely more for kids then adults. I'm a kid at heart so the 7 year old in me loved it, but the adult in me hated the cold reality of the over commercialization of the whole event. Don't think I'll be going back next year. read more

We had a great time at the Pirate Fest in Las Vegas! And although others are saying that it might be a little too expensive we had some discount coupons that we received from using our Smith's Receipt (a nice incentive seeing as no matter what we have to go grocery shopping!). My fiance and I brought with us my little niece and nephew, and they LOVED it! There was a treasure map that the kids had to fill out that was completely interactive. They walked the plank, played some games, and even got to make rope like they did in the ye old days. We really enjoyed watching the Cardboard regatta, where they race cardboard boats, and we finished by sitting in the shade and enjoying the music while having some slushies. Overall, it was a great experience! read more

I am reviewing last years pirate fest(2019). For the price you pay, there isn't much to do but look around shops at overpriced items. There were also very limited food and drink options. I came across two very rude vendors in the short time I was at pirate fest. Pirate fest is very small- it is pretty much an overpriced small version of renaissance fair. There are a few things for small kids to do, and they also had a small petting zoo. Other than that, don't waste your time and money. Renaissance fair is much better for the price. read more

I'm rating this years (2021) fest. I am giving them a one star because their COVID policy is absolutely ATROCIOUS!! walking in there, I thought to myself "did we just transport to another dimension where Covid doesn't exist?" I wanna say 80% of the people there were not wearing a mask! Even the vendors and workers had no masks!!! Like how are you gonna have an event with this many people and not enforce masks??? The funniest part was that there was a sign in front and on their website saying they would enforce masks and kick out people if they weren't wearing masks. Bullshit!! We ended up getting a refund and the girl at the ticket booth kept trying to tell us that they cared about the policies and would tell people to put up their masks which is a lie because there were so many people not wearing them! She also tried telling me that people were getting comfortable bc of the vaccine and because it was out doors. If that's the case don't advertise that masks are mandatory bc it makes it seem to people that they are safe to come!! And it's not hard to mandate masks at these events bc Renaissance Fair did it perfectly fine last October. Super disappointed... seems like this event does not care about its people read more