The Bilge Pumps - Friendly Ports

PIRATE SITES

The Bilge Pumps' Facebook - Sharkbait Simon got bored one day and started our official facebook clubhouse.

The Bilge Pumps' Myspace - Our fan Luscious the pumpette created this cyber-home away from home for our fans to meet.

Beej's Pirate Image Archive - The name says it all... historical pirate images.

Brethren of the Coast - Captain Cutlass has more pirate stuff than you can shake your rigging at.

No Quarter Given - One of the best pirate sites... on the 'net or in print.

Pirates Magazine - -color glossy piracy, packed with tips for getting your mast-on.

Pyracy.com - On online community for all the pirates in the cyber-seas. Drop by and steal some cyber-loot!

The Pyrates Way Magazine - More 4-color glossy piracy, just the thing to pass quality time in the head.

Talk Like a Pirate Day - Every September 19th, you can celebrate the holiday for us pirates.

ACTS, SHOWS, AND GROUPS top

Bret Roberts - An entertaining soul with a heart made of coal.. or sole.. or something.

Ded Bob - Classic example of how to haunt people from the grave.

The Dragon Attack Stunt Show - Getting medieval on ourselves. See the Bilge Pumps in high-flying stunt action!

The Duelists - True masters of the dueling art. Of course, real artists would cut their ears off like Van Gogh.

The Ladies of the Salty Kiss - A pirate comedy crew with not a single bloke among 'em! Who wouldn't like that?

The Merfolk - These mermaids (and men) are our favorite flotilla of flippered fans.

The Musical Blades - Hard hitting pirate music, meaning that they swordfight and sing... sometimes at the same time.

Smee and Blogg - These executioners'll have you laughing so hard, your head will fall off. That's good, right?

The Stilt Lady - Terrie Lutke's many characters are available for those lookin' for 8 foot pirate women to (ahem) flesh out their crew.

MUSIC ACTS top

Bedlam Bards - Hawk and Cedric will be sure to entertain, especially if you're drunk.

The Counterfeit Bards - A quartet of musicians that plays so sweet and nice, it makes ya just wanna take potshots at 'em.

Craig of Farrington - Smooth and fun minstrel who earns the title of closest singer at a faire. Wrote the "3 Song"

Diane the Bard (a.k.a. the Bard O'Neill) - A great singer who's just plain fun to spend time drinking with.

The Dublin Double - Rolickin' brother and sister pirate duo that like to ask about your trousers.

The Doxie Chicks - Fun name, fun group that we met in California. They can fiddle and faddle with the best of 'em.

Gypsy Soul - True, they're not a ren faire group, but they are one of Maroon's favorites, so here they are.

Alexander James Adams - Legendary and very awesome Celtic singer-songwriter who wrote "March of Cambreadth".

Howl-o - Great sounding, frolicking, musical duo that puts fun back in the word "clap".

The Jolly Rogers - A hilarious group performing in the Midwest. One of the best pirate groups around.

Michael O'Quinn - Former Bilge Pump Gil Burton Sullivan has up and gone solo on us... like that time below decks.

Schooner Fare - The brothers Romanoff are spreading the love of all things nautical to the world.

The Sea Dogs - A huge West coast pirate band... well, not huge individually... uh... I mean there's 15 of em, dammit!

Tullamore - Awesome 3 piece band. Fully stocked with 2 good lookin' women and a guy... who's pretty good lookin' too.

VENUES, FESTIVALS, & PUBS top

Chandler's Landing Marina - Home of our Talk Like a Pirate Day party. It's got boats and booze, whaddya want?

Dickens on the Strand - Victorian Christmas festival that's been accepting and banning piracy for over 30 years.

Granbury Pirate Invasion - City-sponsored pirate festival on the beach and downtown Granbury, TX.

Lawton Renaissance Festival - Nice lil' up-and-coming faire in Oklahoma.

Louisiana Renaissance Festival - Bodices and gator tails, what better way to say Renaissance. A-yeeee!

Mardi Gras Galveston - Mardi Gras, the biggest party in Texas! We've been known to crash it.

Middlefaire - Newer festival down in Hillsboro that doubles as the Texas Pirate Festival in the spring.

O'Malley's Pub - An Irish pub in Weston, MO that's 60 ft underground in an old multi-level lagering cellar.

OU Medieval Fair - Our "home faire". Full of insane pirate fans. Big on crafts. No admission charge! We likes.

Pirate Days of Texas - A fun, local pirate festival for the north Texas buccaneers.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival - Renaissance faire in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. You've all been there.

Surfside Beach Pirate Festival - Brand new pirate festival on the Texas coast right on Laffite's beat.

Texas Renaissance Festival - Size makes it big. No political correctness makes it great!

MUSIC SITES top

Bilgemunky - Any site with a name like that deserves to get sniffed out... and spanked!

Cantaria: The Bards - List of songs, lyrics, and MIDI's for artists represented by Chivalry.

Modern Bard - Rapidly becoming the be-all and end-all of sites for listing renfaire musicians' music for sale.

Mudcat Discussion Forum - Detailed listing of traditional folk songs. Lyric search included.

Rambles - A musical review site that gives the skinny on us hard working bands.

Renradio - The coolest place on the 'net to check out the music of the ren faire artists.

Texas Gigs - Giving info and schedules on all the bands and venues in the Lone Star State.

NAUTICAL & SAILING top

San Diego Maritime Museum - Home of the tall ships Star of India, H.M.S. Surprise, Californian and more!

Tall Ship Rose - Now renamed to Surprise and featured in "Master and Commander". The largest wooden ship still sailing.
Check out Maroon the Shantyman's trip on the Rose here

Tall Ship U.S.S. Constitution - "Old Ironsides". The undefeated wooden ship of the US Navy.

Texas Seaport Museum - Home of the Tall Ship Elissa, an iron-sided barque based in Galveston, TX with the nicest crew around!

PIRATEY GOODS top

Goodies Unlimited - Soaps and lotions to make you not smell quite to pirate-like.

Pirate Mod - A quite swashbuckling stash of pirate shirt with traditional and original jolly rogers on 'em.

The Pirate's Cove - Our friends at the Pirate's Cove are gonna hook you up, pirate-style... with a real hook!

Renboots.com - Want new boots so ya can look piratical? Here's a good place to spend yer loot

Renshirts.com - 'Cause, unless you wanna get arrested, there's no wearing renboots without a renshirt... and pants.

Sablewood Village - A community of old-world craftsmen making unique items for you.

SteelDrumMallets.com - Maroon the Shantyman's own store where he makes and sells steel pan mallets.

Stormwatch Jewelry - These guys have nice jewelry for sale. Since they're friends, though, we can't steal it, dammit!

Woody's Smokehouse - By far the best meat jerkey on the planet. The Bilge Pumps proudly consider themselves addicts.

MISCELLANEOUS AND PERSONAL PAGES top

The Directorie of Renaissance Faires - The latest faire and performer compendium on the web. Ready to pillage.

Dossey's Diversions - Where to go to hire John Crow or Fannie as a Santa & Mrs. Claus or as DJ's.

The End of Destiny - The on-line fantasy novel Maroon's been writing. Too bad he can't read.

Hip Pocket Theatre - Nice little outdoor theatre that Harvey the Corpsman is president of.

Nearly Nature - Maroon's mom's site where you can find the nicest silk flower arrangements in cyberspace... and beyond!

Sir Stalkwell's Gallery - pics from one of our favorite photographers. We're pretty sure he owes us a beer.

World's a Stage DFW - Listing of artists and entertainers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

LINK IMAGES top

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For booking information contact Craig Lutke at:
214-415-9563 or by e-mail at