Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival

The Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival is a pirate-themed community event in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, staged by the Krewe of Bowlegs, a costumed group of pirates and wenches formed alongside the festival to promote tourism for the area. The festival week centers on a mock skirmish and the Landing of Billy Bowlegs at the Fort Walton Beach Landing, with attacks by land and sea leading to a symbolic takeover of the city. It closes with a Torchlight Parade along Eglin Parkway, where Captain Billy and the Krewe distribute loot, and includes a challenge-coin treasure hunt played with rhyming clues.