The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association has canceled the 2020 Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke due to concerns with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The board acknowledged that this multi-day festival, scheduled for the last weekend in October, brings revenue to the island, but the challenges of conducting the kind of quality event the public is … Continue reading Ocracoke’s 2020 Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree canceled