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The Festival is our SS in SL nautical exposition, by far the biggest boat show in this (or any) virtual world. But it’s much, much more!
The Festival now has its own Website. Scroll down to see the schedule, but for ALL the info head over to the Festival of the Oceans Home Page.
Explore the Festival to find free goodies, 2026 clothing items and other surprises!
SCROLL DOWN for our list of exhibitors and landmarks.
NEW FOR 2026: For Those in Peril On The Sea
This year we have two SL search-and-rescue organizations participating! We also have a panel display on the work of the UK’s real-world Royal National Lifeboat Institution and a display of all the SL lifeboat models available, which will be alongside the Legends Of Second Life Sailing display in the adjacent Hrosskell region.
There will be a SL Coast Guard ship on-site; exact vessel will be announced.
Our Land and Event Venues
The new land area is named Admiral’s Walk, and the existing land used in previous years is named The Hard. Music/dance events will take place on The Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower (formerly The Spire), and other events on the dais at Admiral’s Walk. The Age of Sail battle (to be confirmed), Hotlaps and any other water-based activities will take place in adjacent Loorq ocean region and beyond. There’s even an underwater Mer environment that is open to the ocean, here’s the entrance.
Sailstice Week Events at the Festival of the Oceans
(This information is all subject to changes and additions! Check back Sailstice Week!)
Events that have already taken place are grayed out. (This gets done manually so will be behind.)
Monday June 15 2026
1:00 AM Early Birds Opening Summer Themed Video Dance Party for Brits/Europeans and other ‘early’ countries, at Zoe’s By the Sea.
7:00 AM — Phoenix Rising Yacht Club Cruise Hrosskell Rez Zone
7:30 – 9:00 AM — Phoenix Rising Yacht Club after-cruise music at The Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
9:00 AM SL Offshore Endurance Race (OER) sail cruise Hrosskell Rez Zone
10:00 AM SL OER after-cruise party at The Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower.
10:00 AM Tall Ships Parade arrives at the Festival off Loorq Region with viewing from the Sky Bleachers
11:00 AM SLCG Guard Ship Mandy Carthage Leeks arrives
11.30-12:00 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH, Shippe and Saile vessel, at Festival Park
12:00 N — Welcome and Festival Opening, The Dais, Admiral’s Walk
12:00 N – 2:00 PM — SL Coast Guard Welcome Event Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
5:00 PM Forgotten Riffable Flicks from THE DEPTHS! with Captain Street B. Reaper ARKHAM Theater (aboard the ASPC Sky Carrier)
Tuesday June 16
11:00 AM — NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH — 1st release of WindCompass GLW 1.0 and major update of WindCompss PRO 5.0 – The Dais, Admiral’s Walk
12:00 N — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
2:00 – 4:00 PM Peter Milkyway Galaxy Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
5:00 PM Forgotten Riffable Flicks from THE DEPTHS! with Captain Street B. Reaper ARKHAM Theater (aboard the ASPC Sky Carrier)
Wednesday June 17
10:00 AM-12:00 N– How to Sail a Square Rigger with Karlos from N+K Shipyard at The Dais, Admiral’s Walk
10:00 AM — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise ESA-C-19 Meets here and sails/motors to the Festival:
11:00 AM(ish) — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise ESA-C-19 arrives
12:00 N – 2:00 PM — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
1:00 PM — Guitarist Joaquin Gustav performs at the Mer Grotto
2:00 PM — Blue Angels Display Team Blue Angels Spectating
5:00-7:00 PM — Jessi Stiller Goth-rock for Sky Pirates for the ASPC Sky Pirate Coalition Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
Thursday June 18
Time TBA — D&D Nautical Campaign — 3 hours with Mythbehaven Fantasy Gaming
10:00 AM — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise ESA-C-19
11:00 AM (-ish) — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise ESA-C-19 arrives at the Festival
12:00 N — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
1:00 PM — Guitarist Joaquin Gustav at the Mer Grotto
1:00 PM — Phoenix Rising Yacht Club Cruise Hrosskell Rez Zone
1:30 – 3:00 PM — Phoenix Rising Yacht Club after-cruise music Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
3:00 PM — NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH: Historic Sails Barges, The Dais, Admiral’s Walk
Friday June 19
Time TBA — D&D Nautical Campaign — 3 hours with Mythbehaven Fantasy Gaming
0:00 AM — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise ESA-C-19 Meets here and sails/motors to the Festival:
10:00 AM (-ish) — European Sailors Association Summer Sailstice Cruise arrives
12:00 N — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
12:00 N — Pixil:Verse New Product Preview and Demonstration: Tall Ship Sloop. Festival Park
5:00 PM Forgotten Riffable Flicks from THE DEPTHS! with Captain Street B. Reaper ARKHAM Theater (aboard the ASPC Sky Carrier)
Saturday June 20 — Sailstice Day
10:00 AM – 12:00 N The Festival Cruise – departing / returing to Hrosskell Rez Zone
12:00 N Second Life Coastguard sail training ship Sea Eagle and flotilla departs View from Sky Bleachers
12:00 N — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
4:00 – 5:00 Naval Battle with N+K Ships Loorq Region with viewing from Sky Bleachers
5:00 PM Forgotten Riffable Flicks from THE DEPTHS! with Captain Street B. Reaper ARKHAM Theater (aboard the ASPC Sky Carrier)
8:00 PM Boatbuilders’ Teatime – discussion panel for boat-maker exhibitors only – date and time subject to change
Sunday June 21
09:00-10:00 Main Summer Theme Video Dance Party – Last Day Dancing to Summer Themed Music Videos with V.J. Zoe, at Zoe’s By the Sea.
10:00 AM-12:00 N– How to Sail a Square Rigger with Karlos from N+K Shipyards
12:00 N — DJ Dance with DJ Jess Mandy Carthage Leeks Tower
1:00 PM — Bonaire Salon at Sea Bonaire venue, Erik region at the Festival
5:00 PM Forgotten Riffable Flicks from THE DEPTHS! with Captain Street B. Reaper ARKHAM Theater (aboard the ASPC Sky Carrier)
6:00 PM Festival of the Oceans official closing
2026 Exhibitors:
Festival Of The Oceans 2026 Plot and Basin Bookings:
At Festival Park, Samphire Creek, Erik region:
- 0: Overhead ASPC Sky Carrier
- 1 & 2: Bonaire
- 3: SL Coast Guard
- 4: Astral Technologies, Warship Waifu
- 5: Pixil:verse
- 6: Mermaid Marina
- 7: Isard Design
- 8: Celtica Nautic
- 9: Infinity Industries
- 10: St. Aubrey Racing
- 11: Water Air Land Technologies
- 12: Penlee Search And Rescue & Penlee Oceaanic Institute
- 13: SL Marne/Corinthians
- 14: Loren Bhalti
- 15: Outlaw Shipyard
- 16: Shippe and Saile
- 17: HunterMarines/Ultramesh
- 18: Mythbehaven Fantasy Nautical Gaming
- 19: Real Meat Marine
- 20: N O E and Bianca’ Painted Fantasies
- 21 & 22: Hollow Family Industries
- 23: Marion Foxpaws Sjogin Owners Club
- 24: Cressida
- 25: sl-sar.org (helipad)
- 26: sl-sar.org
- 27: Marion Foxpaws Rainbow Sails
- 28: Kim’s Little Sailing Store
- 29: Tradewinds Yacht Club
- 30: Monika
- 31: AURO
- 32:
- 33: Aeropunk Sky Pirate Coalition
- 34: Port De La Dame
- 35: Get The Freight Out
- 36:
- 37: Almut Brunswick
- 38: Dae Dismantled
- 39:
- 40: Topless sailors
In Hrosskell: - 41 Crazy Lynx Shipyard
- 42 N+K Ships
- 43 Phoenix Rising yacht Club
- 44 Night Heron Graphics/Demon Grrl
- 45 Second Life Lifeboats display
- 46 Legends Of Second Life Sailing – display of inactive creators’ work still available and worth having – Cybersculpts, Trudeau, Shields
- 47 BBX Yachts
- 48 Hotlaps – running a course all week
- 49 Mer undersea environment to and from Loorq ocean region
- 55 Gulls Wing Sailing Club