EASTPORT – The first Eastport Pirates Festival will be held Sept. 8-9.

Festivities will begin with a Pirates’ Ball at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at the Eastport Chowder House. Prizes will be awarded to the best-dressed pirate and wench.

The Eastport-based windjammers Halie & Matthew and Sylvina W. Beal will compete in a Pirate Race at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, in Passamaquoddy Bay.

Events will coincide with the Maine Salmon Festival.

For tickets and reservations on the Pirate Race, call 853-4303.