After learning that his favorite Treasure Diver Fizz is attending Treasure Fest, MN Jack Sparrow will be sailing on down to join him. MN Jack Sparrow will be interacting with all guests and causing his own special brand of entertaining mischief.

The pirate act started 4 1/2 years ago for Godfredson, 32, an Austin High School graduate and son of the Hardy Geranium’s Vicki Trimble. “Halloween comes, and I need a costume,” said the Northfield resident. Godfredson is a big fan of the late Hunter S. Thompson, a Colorado author and journalist most famous for his novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and the creation of “Gonzo journalism,” a style of reporting in which the author becomes the central figure of stories. Initially planning to don a Thompson costume that year, he instead opted to go as quirky pirate “Jack Sparrow” from the then-recent blockbuster hit “Pirates of the Caribbean” when noting the similarities in both characters Depp played.

After winning his first-ever costume contest that night at a bar, the pirate routine became a gig as an impersonator. Godfredson’s Jack Sparrow character has appeared on Albert Lea’s Pelican Breeze tour boat and Big Island Rendezvous and at numerous birthday and Halloween parties.

Joshua Godfredson saunters — not in a straight line — toward the pirate ship, pausing briefly to stick a finger into the running water of a Leaf Guard roofing display and lick it. “It’s very hard to drop the character,” says Godfredson, better-known as “Minnesota’s Captain Jack Sparrow” to children, Johnny Depp aficionados and tipsy women in Northfield, Minn. bars.

Joshua Godfredson will be appearing at Treasure Fest at DePaula Jewelers in Tavernier, FL on April 9-10 20011.