Beaufort's own Captain Sinbad recruits pirates from afar to set up camp at the Beaufort Historic Site and participate in the Invasion. Throughout the 2-day event, you can find these buccanneers either at their encampment or wandering the streets wreaking havoc on our unsuspecting visitors and townspeople.
Sinbad & Meka II
"Steady as she goes an' stand t'yer guns". Words spoken hundreds of times as Captain Horatio Sinbad, a modern day swashbuckler born at least 250 years too late, steers his dauntless hermaphrodite brig, Meka II, into battle. Captain Sinbad has lived aboard continuously for over four decades making Beaufort, NC his homeport. Cheer on Sinbad as he and the Meka II defend Beaufort against his invading brethren!
Shadow Players
For over seventeen years the Shadow Players Stage Combat Group has brought fun, excitement, and entertainment to Pirate Festivals, Renaissance Faires, general fairs and festivals, movie premiers, and charity events throughout the U.S. They'll be invading Beaufort this year, engaging in battles, sword fights, and other mischief. Be sure to stop by their encampment at the Beaufort Historic Site!
House of Cadarn
House of Cadarn is a musical duo comprised of Roger Collins and Stacy Cassidy. They specialize in maritime, nautical and Celtic music, songs of ships past present and future among other random silliness. Coming from a renaissance fair and re-enacting background both have developed an appreciation for the origins of the music styles they perform and the instruments they play.
Crewe of the Archangel
Dedicated to the recreation of the Golden Age of Pyracy, these living historians encompass all manner of mariners and civilians of the times. From brave privateers to the most nefarious pirates, the great actress of the London stage, to the lowly laundress aboard ship, merchants, lawyers, soldiers, tavern owners, dress makers, hangmen, and children are but a few of what they have to offer.
Cascabel and Braze
Black powder weapons, storytelling, and singing, Cascabel and Braze travels the high seas looking for adventure. Bedecked in authentic garb and props, they create mischief and mayhem wherever they go with their swashbuckling swordplay and sharp wit...bedazzling one and all with tall tales and sea stories from the magical days of pirates and buccaneers.
Blackbeard's Crew
Blackbeard's Crew, founded in the year 2000, is a living history performance group dedicated to the accurate representation of seafaring life in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries as it relates to Black Beard, specifically the time period between1650-1730 better known as "The Golden Age of Piracy". The Crew has invaded Beaufort annually since 2008.
Rusty Cutlass
Rusty Cutlass is a band of Pirates from Central Florida. They are all full-time professional performers, so when they invade the stage you can expect lots of entertainment, harmony, and good times. The Rusty Cutlass performs authentic Sea Shanties, Pirate songs, Traditional Irish tunes, Tavern songs, Contemporary Nautical favorites and more, most with close vocal harmonies. Occasionally, they feature guest singers and instrumentalists as well..
