Pirates and Vikings walk the plank to Edgewood for weekend festival

Lindsay McCabe, front, has reticulated python Stewart placed on her by Linzey Hargrove during the Scales And Shells animal presentation at the Pirate Viking Summer Festival in Edgewood on Saturday.

Reticulated python Stewart wraps around Darius Hargrove during the Scales And Shells animal presentation at Wildlife West Nature Park, which hosted Pirate Viking Summer Festival on Saturday.

Amanda Smith performs with the Santa Fe Flow Collective during the Pirate Viking Summer Festival at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood on Saturday.

Troupe Leader Catt Allen performs with her group Shamshir during the Pirate Viking Summer Festival at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood on Saturday.

Amanda Smith, left, Jessica Feather, center, and Melarie Foller, right, perform with the Santa Fe Flow Collective during the Pirate Viking Summer Festival at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood on Saturday.

The Pirate Viking Summer Festival was held at the Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood on Saturday.

Catt Allen reads Rose Basso and Jon Strong's coffee grounds at a psychic booth during the Pirate Viking Summer Festival at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood on Saturday.

Jessica Baca Jessica Baca Jessica Baca Journal Staff Photographer

Published August 25, 2025 - 5:06 p.m. Modified August 25, 2025 - 10:00 p.m.

Avast ye matey! The sixth annual Pirate Viking Summer Festival took place last weekend in Edgewood. Attendees headed down to the Wildlife West Nature Park dressed in their best pirate and Viking outfits to partake in a quest or enjoy one of the event’s several shows. Shamshir, an Albuquerque sword and belly dance troupe, and a stowaway python named Stewart from Scales and Shells Herpetarium drew attention at the festival.

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