Ahoy Mates!  Get Yer Pirate On at the Tennessee Pirate Fest!

GREATER KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (TN Tribune):  The eighth annual Tennessee Pirate Fest invites you to go back in time to the Age of Piracy.  This outdoor daytime family entertainment-oriented festival will be held the last two weekends in May including Memorial Day at the Tennessee Medieval Faire site in Harriman–just 30 miles west of Turkey Creek. “Get Yer Pirate On! with famous British privateer, Sir Captain Henry Morgan, in Port Royal, Jamaica, circa 1679.& Now as Governor of Jamaica, Captain Morgan is throwing a festival in his honor, and all are invited – especially YOU.& Drama awaits as Lord Carbery, of British high society, has come to Port Royal, waving his papers of nobility, demanding HE should be governor not a PIRATE!& Will sparks and swords fly?& Come and See!” said Barrie Paulson, President/GM. Rotating on several stages will be professional touring and local talent.& New this year will be comedy duo, The Washer Well Wenches; Disney Cruise headliner, Magic of E.C. Hannah; interactive circus trick artist, Tony the Tosser; and award-winning author, Robert Jacob (May 18-19).& Back by popular demand will be slapstick Punch and Judy puppet shows by Professor Brent DeWitt, Middle Eastern dance by Tanasi Fusion (May 18-19),...