Last year, Dorian damage thwarted the Ocracoke event

(Ocracoke Civic & Business Association)

The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association announced on Aug. 11 that it 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 used to, coupled with adhering to COVID-19 safety concerns, prompted this action taken Aug. 10.

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