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Purbeck Pirate Festival

When? 22 May 2020 to 24 May 2020
Where? Swanage

  • Purbeck Pirate Festival
  • Purbeck Pirate Festival
  • Purbeck Pirate Festival
  • Purbeck Pirate Festival

The Purbeck Pirate Festival will be held from 22nd - 24th May at Sandpit Field, Swanage, where there will be much raiding, pillaging and plundering.

There will be stalls for you to buy all the "effects" you need to become a pirate or just update/add to your wardrobe, food and beverages aplenty, as well as an assortment of other stalls, re-enactments and entertainment for all ages.

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