Blackbeard Pirate Festival

Jackie Scott, recovering from surgery, reschedules her Hampton Block Party gig

2013-05-01 12:58:00

Organizers of the Hampton Block Party have made a change to the entertainment for Saturday's season launch. Blues singer Jackie Scott has been replaced by Blues Empacts, Mojo Collins and Herbie D and the Dangermen. Scott had to reschedule her...

Get out and get festive: Spring and summer festivals in Hampton Roads

2013-04-28 00:00:00

Dust off those party clothes and dig out that crazy hat. It's the time of year when folks in our part of Virginia get together to celebrate in the fresh air and sunshine. If you're looking to socialize and depressurize, you're in luck. Festivals devoted...

Hampton Roads pirates: Black Bart vows revenge after shipmates hang in Virginia

2012-05-30 20:17:00

Bartholomew Roberts didn't start out wanting to be a pirate. But not for nothing did the Welshman captured by a buccaneer crew in 1719 get the nickname "Black Bart" — or compile a record of plunder that ranks among history's greatest. In just...

Pirates of Hampton Roads: Hampton seaman's heist inspires Treasure Island

2012-06-01 21:52:00

In the 262 years since he last sailed from the King Street docks, Hampton merchant captain Owen Lloyd has been forgotten. Long gone are any memories of the house he owned on Queen Street near St. John's Church — or his voyages carrying peas,...

Pirates of Hampton Roads: Can Hampton make its pirate history pay?

2012-06-03 00:00:00

When it comes to gauging the power of the past and its ability to spur the imagination, it's hard to argue with the box-office clout of pirates. Only the Civil War can compete with the lure of buccaneers, historian John V. Quarstein says, noting the...

Dad works while family rides out storm

2012-11-03 00:00:00

Like every other reporter at the Daily Press, I'm expected to go out and look for news in big storms when almost everybody else but the police and emergency crews are inside watching the Weather Channel. That meant some long, wet hours during Hurricane...

Toby's Dream grants wishes to children in Hampton Roads

2012-04-21 21:15:00

"Whatever their dream is, we try to make it happen," says Joan Steele, executive director of the 2-year-old nonprofit Toby's Dream Foundation. The wish-granting foundation has already fulfilled dreams for 70 children with chronic medical conditions and...

Living Here: Festivals

2012-05-23 00:00:00

Festivals throughout Hampton Roads. May May 26-27: Pungo Strawberry Festival, Pungo community of Virginia Beach Taste strawberries prepared 50 different ways, enjoy entertainment on three stages and see a parade on Saturday, carnival, livestock show,...

Don't miss the boat on Hampton Roads festivals this spring

2012-04-07 20:14:00

Scurry up into the metaphorical crow's nest and train your eyes on the calendar's horizon. You'll spot a fleet of festivals heading straight for Hampton Roads. Spring is when outdoor parties start popping — right along with the flowers. This...

Hampton dig uncovers 18th-century structure

2010-06-25 19:26:00

Archaeologists probing the site of the future Old Point Bank headquarters in downtown Hampton have unearthed a 1700s foundation that may be linked to one of the 400-year-old city's most famous families. Discovered about 3 feet below the surface after a...

Old Hampton dig turns up growing evidence of lost landscape

2010-07-01 18:25:00

Archaeologists exploring the site of the future Old Point Bank headquarters have uncovered evidence of two early wells, a cellar and an outbuilding that appear to be linked to the previously unearthed brick foundation of a mid-1700s dwelling....

Big events for June

2011-05-20 11:24:00

At long last, summer is about to arrive — at least in name — and with it a bumper crop of outdoor festivities, from a pirate fest in Virginia to a watermelon-seed-spitting soiree in Texas. For more fun in the sun there's Coney Island's wacky...

You've been to film festivals. You've been to music festivals. Now immerse yourself in the swashbuckling world of the 17th and 18th centuries with this tribute to Blackbeard and his brethren.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Nancy Robbins of the Baltimore-based Vigilant Crew hangs up a fish net to dry at the Blackbeard Pirate Festival in Hampton on Saturday.

2012-06-03 19:15:00

The Blackbeard Festival was held in downtown Hampton along the waterfront, Lee Anders from Md looks out for his family.

2011-06-03 21:00:00