Join us for a family-friendly weekend packed with unique entertainment, great food, and lots of fun. Come out to Longwood’s Pirate Days Festival at Reiter Park, 311 W Warren Ave., on Saturday, February 24 from 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday, February 25 from 10 am to 5 pm for some pirate fun. Hang out with a mermaid or two! A huge variety of food is on the menu. Free to attend!
Saturday, February 24th
10:00 – A-Tribe
11:00- Red Line
1:00 – A-Tribe
2:00 – Caribbean Crew
6:00- Dance Finals for Orlando Predator Prowlers
Sunday, February 25th
10:00 – A-Tribe
11:00 – Old School Banditz
1:00 – A-Tribe
2:00 – Caribbean Crew
Longwood has been a destination point for Florida travelers since coastal tribes used The Senator, an ancient bald cypress, to find their way overland from the St. Johns River to trading grounds at Spring Hammock. This was what the wilderness sanctuary early tribes found when they escaped inland from the Spanish. Later, when Creeks and others from the tribes of the Southeast United States fled into Spanish Florida and settled new villages among escaped African slaves, they became the Seminoles. The word “Seminole” is adopted from Spanish and Creek terms for people who live away from others. The Senator, at more than 3000 years old, is easily Central Florida’s oldest tourist attraction and can still be seen today at Big Tree Park in Seminole County’s Spring Hammock Preserve near Longwood.