let's party like it's 1699
Get ready to drop anchor at the wildest bash in the Midwest! The Fine & Bawdy Wenches invite you to join us for the 2025 Southern Illinois Pirate Festival: Dead Men Get No Tail, a full day of pirate-themed debauchery that will leave your timbers shivered and your rum rations depleted!
This year, we're planning an all-out piratical takeover of PeachBarn Winery & Café in Alto Pass, IL. From noon to sundown, we’ll be serving up a full feast of live music, wenches, burlesque, games, vendors, and scandalous surprises. It’s everything you love about our crew—now concentrated in one epic, rum-soaked location with some extra surprises to keep things exciting!
Advance General Admission tickets are only $25 and include a Souvenir cup and a signature rum cocktail (or house beverage of your choice) to help get you in the mood. Designated Drivers who purchase in advance can score a special $10 ticket (limit one per purchase) to say "thank you" for making sure your crewmates get home safely.
*Tickets purchased the day of the event do not include a souvenir cup or drink ticket. ALL TICKET SALES MUST BE MADE ONLINE. THERE WILL BE NO CASH TICKET SALES.
Event Schedule:
12:00 Gates open
12:30 Welcome Ceremony and Crew Swearing In
12:45 Let the Games Begin! Roam our festival grounds, getting into trouble with our ridiculous reprobates who will try to lure you into all sorts of shenanigans and naughty endeavors
1:30 Tankard Hoisting Competition - Are you in it to win it? Sign up and show us what you've got!
2:30 Main Stage Performers* - Round 1 - Join us on the patio where our band of misfit mauraders and sweet sirens will tease and taunt you
4:00 Snatch the Hat fight in the center ring
5:00 Main Stage Performers* - Round 2 - No repeats here, second round of weird and wonderful
6:00 Costume contest & judging
6:30 Fine & Bawdy Wenches & All-Musician Sign Off
*Game booths will be closed during main stage performances so everyone can enjoy the show.
This year, we're planning an all-out piratical takeover of PeachBarn Winery & Café in Alto Pass, IL. From noon to sundown, we’ll be serving up a full feast of live music, wenches, burlesque, games, vendors, and scandalous surprises. It’s everything you love about our crew—now concentrated in one epic, rum-soaked location with some extra surprises to keep things exciting!
Advance General Admission tickets are only $25 and include a Souvenir cup and a signature rum cocktail (or house beverage of your choice) to help get you in the mood. Designated Drivers who purchase in advance can score a special $10 ticket (limit one per purchase) to say "thank you" for making sure your crewmates get home safely.
*Tickets purchased the day of the event do not include a souvenir cup or drink ticket. ALL TICKET SALES MUST BE MADE ONLINE. THERE WILL BE NO CASH TICKET SALES.
Event Schedule:
12:00 Gates open
12:30 Welcome Ceremony and Crew Swearing In
12:45 Let the Games Begin! Roam our festival grounds, getting into trouble with our ridiculous reprobates who will try to lure you into all sorts of shenanigans and naughty endeavors
1:30 Tankard Hoisting Competition - Are you in it to win it? Sign up and show us what you've got!
2:30 Main Stage Performers* - Round 1 - Join us on the patio where our band of misfit mauraders and sweet sirens will tease and taunt you
4:00 Snatch the Hat fight in the center ring
5:00 Main Stage Performers* - Round 2 - No repeats here, second round of weird and wonderful
6:00 Costume contest & judging
6:30 Fine & Bawdy Wenches & All-Musician Sign Off
*Game booths will be closed during main stage performances so everyone can enjoy the show.
Location
Peachbarn Winery
560 Chestnut St
Alto Pass, IL 62905
560 Chestnut St
Alto Pass, IL 62905
Date & Time
September 20, 2025
Noon-7:00PM
Noon-7:00PM
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