Privateers & Buccaneers

Since 2012, local Port Adelaide businesses have collaborated to deliver a mass participation experience that provides significant social and economic impact to our local community.  We think that’s very cool and very Port Adelaide!
 
The Organisers continue to grow partnerships with local businesses to create a Pirate Festival of international renown that will deliver mutual benefit for local businesses, our community and visitor audiences.
 
The Pirates of Port Adelaide Festival is a community-led economic event:

• that builds the Pirate brand through one-to-one interaction creating an opportunity to strengthen the bond between Port Adelaide, our community and visitors;
• that provides an annual opportunity to engage an audience that is passionate for pirates, and where our community and visitors become part of the Pirate brand story, creating their own family experiences, memories and anticipation;
• that provides meaningful content for local businesses, clubs and tourism attractions to collaborate around and collectively build a unique marketing theme (and story) that gets amplified across media;
• that enables a long-term, sustainable economic development campaign centred around local businesses leveraging a unique theme, a shared experience, collaboration, tourism and community pride. 

 
In 2017, the Pirates of Port Adelaide Festival would not be possible without the kick-starter financial support provided by:

• Flinders Ports;
• Maritime Constructions; and
• Renewal SA

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Our community is most grateful for this sponsorship support and for the confidence that it shows in Port Adelaide’s future by business leaders.

The Pirate Festival would also not be possible without the involvement of over 60 local businesses, clubs and tourism operators, including:

• Port Mall Shopping Centre;
• The Port Visitor Information Centre;
• Symons & Clark Logistics;
• The Dolphin Explorer;
• Back Diamond Tattoo Studio;
• The One & All Sailing Ship;
• The British Hotel Port Adelaide;
• The Lighthouse Wharf Hotel; and
• Haunted Horizons Tours.

 
But what if we held a Pirate pAARRRty and no-one came? 
 
The Organisers of the Pirate Festival curate the weekend's activities so that the visitor experience is both positive and memorable. They also promote the Pirates of Port Adelaide Brand, and market the Festival, far and wide! 
 
As distinct from chain retailers and box shopping centres, The Port is a challenging layout to stage cohesive events that benefit all interested traders, and much of its ‘treasure’ is not easily discoverable.  Using a fun treasure map, this challenge is met head-on allowing visitors to find the hidden treasures of our local, small businesses and to spend money in them.  The local economy, and our community, then benefits by an estimated $73 out of every $100 spent being recirculated locally, creating product demand, jobs and investment.
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“YAARRR!” 
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Thanks to the Sponsors of the
2017 Pirates of Port Adelaide Festival