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Gasparilla Pirate Invasion Day Celebration

April 4 11:30 am - 8:30 pm

🏴‍☠️ Ahoy & Huzzah! Gasparilla 2026 (aka Pirate Invasion Day) is rescheduled for Saturday, April 4th! Gather ye hearties and join us for an all-day celebration including “Pirates-in-Training” activities and plundering fun for small seafarers (11:30-1:30 pm), then live music performances by pirate band, Nelson’s Blood (2-4 pm), followed by Will Shehan & Off the Plank (err, we mean Off the Wall!) from 5:30-8:30 pm! All shows are family-friendly. Stay tuned for more details, such as our themed menu and special beverages, as we get closer to paarrr-ty day!

About “Pirates in Training”:

🦜 Join us for swashbuckling activities! Take pics with a pirates, dig for buried for treasure, and gather for special pirate story times! There will also be face painting and a coloring corner from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. All children’s activities will be covered/indoors/or tented.

About the Bands:

🥁 Nelson’s Blood (2-4 pm) is 4-piece pirate band focusing on sea shanties both old and new. The members come from every musical background imaginable: jazz, blues, rock, Americana, country, western classical, Eastern European folk music and more. But they have all come together and found a love of singing traditional songs of the sea!

🎸 Will Shehan & Off the Wall (5:30-8:30 pm) are the perfect parrrrrty band! Upstate pop artists, their songs have catchy pop hooks, but their unique sound is rooted in soulful melodies and chords reminiscent of artists like John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and Maroon 5. Their songs reflect a lifelong love of and respect for many eras of great music.

Enjoy the Fireforge Galley food menu all the day long to fill ye bellies!
🏴‍☠️ Mains:
🌭 Foot Long Hot Dogs:
🏄‍♀️ Surf Ninja: bacon, guava mustard bbq sauce, pineapple salsa & pickled jalapeno.
🦜 Quartermaster: American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, potato sticks & Forge sauce.
😎 Captain Doug E. Fresh: chili, coleslaw, onions & beer mustard.
🐴 Bucko: mustard & ketchup.
☠️ Calico Jack’s Cuban Sandwich: slow-roasted pork, shaved ham, pickles, guava mustard bbq sauce & Swiss cheese pressed on a Cuban roll.
🍍Captain’s Quesadilla with queso Oaxaca, pineapple salsa & sour cream. Option to add roast pork!
🧀 Scallywag’s Quesadilla with queso Oaxaca & sour cream.
🥙 The Pita Frampton: roasted chicken salad dressed in Caesar dressing on a Pita House pita with house-made hummus, garlicky breadcrumbs, lettuce & grape tomatoes.
😻 The Brisket Reuben: house-smoked brisket pastrami with melted Swiss, sauerkraut & 1000 Island on toasted Engelman’s marble rye.
🏴‍☠️ Nibbles:
🛥️ Hummus Jolly Boat: pickled & raw veggies, feta, olives & Pita House pita bread.
🥨 Soft Toasted Pretzels & Pimento Beer Cheese.
🥒 Pickle Party!
🥬 The Wedge Salad
🧀 Cheese & Crackers
🏴‍☠️ Sides:
🥒 Bread & Butter Pickles
🥔 Carolina Kettle Chips
🥗 Side Salad