Port Deposit Pirate Takeover

10/05/2026

🏴‍☠️ We LOVE seeing your Pirate Takeover photos and videos!

Today’s share comes from the YouTube channel Eclectic Butterfly, who captured a little of the weekend’s pirate magic. ⚓☠️

Have photos or videos from the Takeover you’d like us to share? Send us a message! We’d love to see the adventure through your eyes.

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Sneak peek of the 5th annual Port Deposit Pirate Takeover 2026 in M...

09/24/2026

Check out these shots from Dark Apparitions. 🖤 ☠️

09/23/2026

What a weekend! 🏴‍☠️

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Port Deposit Pirate Takeover such a great event.

To our sponsors, community partners, volunteers, performers, vendors, local businesses, the Town of Port Deposit, and every neighbor who showed up and joined the fun . . . thank you! This event takes a whole crew, and we are incredibly grateful for every person and organization that helped bring it to life.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the weekend. I’d love to see yours too!

Drop your favorite Pirate Takeover photos in the comments. 📸 By sharing them with us, you’re giving us permission to use them on our website and in future promotion of the event.

We’d love to see the weekend through your eyes and save some of those great memories for next year.

Huzzah, mateys! ⚓☠️

Erica Berge
President, Community Connecting Us

09/20/2026

Some great shots from this weekend thanks to The HdG Beacon. 🤩

09/20/2026

Dark Apparitions, Kyliegh Whiteman, amazing us all.

09/20/2026

Don't let the threat of bad weather keep you away. The fun and the crowd are great.
Great show with Comedian Michael Rosman

09/20/2026

PIRATE TAKEOVER PARKING NOTICE 🏴‍☠️

Please park inside Marina Park at 160 S. Main Street when attending the Port Deposit Pirate Takeover.

There is plenty of parking available, and we have volunteers stationed in the parking area to help direct you and find a spot.

Please do not park at private residences or local businesses to attend the event. We want to be good neighbors and make sure driveways, customer parking, and private property remain available to the people who need them.

Tome’s Marina Landing parking is reserved for their customers only.

Marina Park
160 S. Main Street
Port Deposit, MD

Follow the signs, look for our volunteers, and they’ll get ye safely into port. ⚓

09/20/2026

Some people say it may rain today, but a little rain never scared a pirate! 🏴‍☠️🌧️

Rain or shine, the pirates show up. So grab yer crew and come ready for an adventure. We’ll even have rain ponchos available while supplies last for any mateys who need a little extra protection from the seas...or skies.

Now, storms and lightning? That be another story. ⚡☠️

See you at Pirate Takeover! Gates open at 10. Huzzah!

09/19/2026

Today the cannons fire and Pirate Takeover begins, but first we want to thank the people and businesses whose generosity makes this weekend possible. 🏴‍☠️

Because of our sponsors, families can enjoy the Port Deposit Pirate Takeover for free. Their support helps cover the entertainment, activities, and all the pieces that go into creating this weekend for our community.

A special thank you to our top-tier sponsors:

Jolly Roger Sponsors:
MRP Industrial
Constellation
Bainbridge Development Corporation

Neptune’s Grail Sponsors:
NAI Michael
Moran Properties
APGFCU
York Building Products

And to every sponsor who came aboard at every level, thank you. This event truly would not be possible without you.

Saturday, September 19 | 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, September 20 | 10 AM–4 PM

Huzzah to our sponsors! ⚓☠️

09/19/2026

Arrr, follow the beat downtown! 🏴‍☠️🥁

Stop by the Gerry House today, Sept. 19, at 3:30 for a family-friendly drum circle during Pirate Takeover. Bring yer own drum or borrow one and join the band of pirates!