Dress like a Pirate & help us make this the best Quay Day ever - Prizes will be given
Pirates on the Quay
Dress like a Pirate and join the crew you Swab Rats!!!!
Quay Day is the traditional opening of Burnham Sailing Week, the peak of season regatta & over the years propelled the town to international fame!
Pirates on the Quay is to celebrate our seafaring history, have some fun and support our local businesses. We look forward to our musicians The Captains Beard, The Swashbucklers and Burnhams Own 'Bassett & Fraser'.
We will pillage along the Quayside, up the high street causing mayhem, looking for Grog and Grub provisions all along the front and town. We try to encourage business and trade for all pubs, bars, restaurants, cafes and take aways and some of the details of our Pirate Route and Map will be in planning the early part of the year!
They'll be music all over town, shanties, performers and of course Professional Pirates, watch your purses and wallets, a few extra coins buys us beer and rum!
Enjoy and try and find us if you dare . . . Blackbeard and the Crew xxxxx 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
The only place to be is with The Pirates on the Quay
The plans have only just started, but this years POTQ - Hang em or Burnham will be the best one yet!
Keep an eye on the horizon shipmates, we have already confirmed Captain Jack Sparrow, the Royal Marines, Captains Beard and many more Pirate Crews from all over Blighty! We'll keep you posted on social media and here when more events and details are confirmed.
Love Blackbeard x
Look at our ye olde Map for where we'll be, on the Quay malingering with intent!
We have two days of festivities planned for this year on the Sunday and Monday, so keep your eyes peeled for the updated map and plans of where to find us and what's on!
Music for Pirates on the Quay
Hoy Shanty Crew of Leigh on Sea
The Hoy Crew’s infectious enthusiasm & rousing delivery of local and national ‘sea songs’ has meant they have become a firm fixture at many events in Essex and the UK, the Crew and Pirates of Burnham and Blackwater parlay, walking the length of the town and Quayside stopping off along the route of the Map. Thirsty work for these Black hearted scoundrels!!!
Bassett & Frazer
Burnham's Favourite Folk Pirates and a right Pair of Swab Rats you'll ever see or hear, the boys will be Rocking & Rolling all day!
You'll normally find them up the bar before and after sets!!!
The Captains Beard
The Captain's Beard a folk-rock, pirate band from Brighton. Their music ranges from trad folk & sea shanties, upbeat originals & downright silly songs about Cockney Mermaids, English Monarchs & rubbish vans. , See them at Quayside during the day, the main gig at The Victoria Inn at 6pm
Ska & Mash aka Pirate Pete Lacey
The Country's No.1 Ska DJ, Pete Plays everything from Ska, 2-Tone, Boss Reggae, Rocksteady, Mod, Soul, Motown, New Wave, Punk, Indie, & 70s80s90s disco.
A regular opener for Madness and various 2-Tone Legends, Pete is THE Rock Steady Pirate!
Black Rabbit
Playing for the first time at Pirates on the Quay we are proud to announce Black Rabbit who play Rock, Indie, Blues, Metal and Punk covers band from Essex and are guaranteed to set the place alight!