Tag: Pirates Week
North Side District Heritage Day cancelled
The Pirates Week Office in conjunction with the North Side District Heritage Committee advises the public the Heritage Day originally scheduled for Thursday, 14 November, and all events associated with the North Side District Heritage Committee have been cancelled for this year. The Pirates Week Office assists committees in the various districts with hosting of […]
Pirates Week vendor applications open
Food and craft vendors interested in participating in the upcoming Pirates Week Festival can reserve stalls starting Monday 3rd June, 2019. Food Festival dates are:Friday 8th November – 6:00 pm to 2:00 amSaturday 9th November – 1:00pm to 2:00 amMonday 11th November – 10:00 am to 11:00 pm A valid DEH Food Handling Certificate must accompany […]
Pirates say no to plastic
(CNS Local Life): This year’s Pirates Week Festival, which starts 2 November on Cayman Brac, is including an environmental message, with its #PiratesAgainstPlastic campaign. In addition to marking the 60th anniversary of the Cayman Islands Coat of Arms, the festival will be “Celebrating the Seas!” to raise awareness on how to reduce single-use plastics.
New queen reigns for Pirates Week
(CNS Local Life): Tracey Barnes-Fagan of Bodden Town took the top prize at the 2017 Pirates Week Festival Queen competition on Friday, 10 November. Designed by Julio Fagan, her costume “Isle of Gems” played on the festival’s “Treasures Of Change” theme. “The areas of adjudication for the competition include authenticity, stage presentation, use of Caymanian products, design […]
Festival Queen contestants announced
(CNS Local Life): This year’s Pirates Week Festival Queen competition takes place Friday, 10 November, on Harbour Drive, starting at 7:15pm. Contending for the title are Victoria Ebanks (Miss West Bay), Latoya Lightbody (Miss East End), Amanda Hurlston (Miss George Town) and Tracey Barnes-Fagan (Miss Bodden Town). Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the costume […]
Pirates Week to celebrate 40 years
(CNS Local Life): The annual Pirates Week Festival, celebrating its 40th anniversary and themed “Treasures of Change”, is set to take place 3-19 November with 30 different events spread over all three islands. This year, the festivities will start in Cayman Brac (3-5 November), then move to Grand Cayman (9-13 Nov) and close in Little Cayman (17-19 Nov).
Golf Tournament aids Alzheimer’s Association
(CNS Local Life): The Pirates Week Charity Golf Classic went off without a hitch on Friday 17 February with dozens of golf lovers teeing up to help raise funds for the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Association of the Cayman Islands (ADACI). Although due to inclement weather the event had been postponed from its original date of […]
Inmates’ skills paraded at Pirates Week
(CNS Local Life): Inmates from HM Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) put their carpentry skills to work, building a wagon that was featured in the Pirates Week float parade, held 12 November 2016. Members of the prison workshop built the wagon at the request of the Cayman Islands’ Civil Service Association Co-operative Credit Union, whose […]
Pirates Week parade celebrates ‘Age of Romance’
(CNS Local Life): Crowds gathered on the waterfront were treated to the annual Pirates Week parade Saturday, 12 November, as floats of all descriptions passed by. The popular event showcased creative forces from the various districts with the East End entry taking top honours in the float competition, besting George Town by a single point, […]
Pirate pooches prepare to parade
(CNS Local Life): The annual Pirate Pooch Parade, set for Saturday, 19 November, is a chance for swashbuckling canines and their owners to strut their stuff to benefit the Cayman Islands Humane Society. The dogs, dressed in pirate-themed costumes, and their “parents” will parade around a short section of Harbour Drive between 9am and 10:30am.
Pirates Week drops anchor in Grand Cayman
(CNS Local Life): The 39th Pirates Week festival kicked off in Grand Cayman under the theme, “Age of Romance”, Thursday, 10 November with the “Pan in de City” steel pan competition and showcase on the waterfront. Events set for today (Friday, 11 November) include a 5K walk/run, Festival Queen competition, street dance and fireworks. As usual, […]
Pirates Week sets sail with Little Cayman celebration
(CNS Local Life): The annual Pirates Week festival kicked off Saturday, 5 November with a celebration on Little Cayman attended by about 100 people. Among the revellers were Cayman’s own pirates: Darvin “Captain Black Terrence” Ebanks of the Bloody Bay Buccaneers and Orneil “Captain Gunpowder Wes” Galbraith of the Las Tortugas Pirates, along with tourists and […]
Calling all swashbucklers: Pirates Week is landing
(CNS): The 38th annual Pirates Week festival kicks off tonight (Thursday, 12 November) with the CUC Pan in de City steel pan competition and a launch party with live music. A full calendar of events follows, but things begin at 7pm today with steel pan performances on the harbour front. The first party of the 10-day […]
Caymanian culture to hit the street
(CNS): In what will be a monthly celebration of all things Caymanian, visitors to Cardinal Avenue can get a taste of local food, and traditional arts and crafts, on Thursday, 11 June. The East End Pirates Week Committee and the Pirates Week Office are presenting the “Culture Shop! Street Fair”, from 9:00am-4:00pm.
