Location: George TownOpen: November 7-17Telephone: (345) 949-5859Website: www.piratesweekfestival.comEmail: info@piratesweekfestival.com
Pirates Week 2019
Perhaps no other Caribbean nation celebrates its pirate legends and cultural heritage quite like the Cayman Islands, which erupts into a festival of spectacle and pageantry during our annual Pirates Week in November.
Pirates Week 2019 will start in Cayman Brac on Friday November 1st, move on to Grand Cayman on Thursday November 7th and finish up Friday November 17th in Little Cayman and will be another eleven fun filled days of mock “pirate invasions” and celebration of our culture and heritage! Spectators will also enjoy a series of parades and fireworks displays, street dances, costume contests, sporting competitions, happy hours, a celebration of traditional foods, music and much more, stretching across all three islands.
We start the Grand Cayman festival with a fantastic happy hour and kick-off party on Thursday November 7th and on Friday night, the festival goes off with a bang with a spectacular firework display that is not to be missed! After the fireworks, we move straight into the annual festivities; there’s no better place to be in the Caribbean.
On Saturday we have fun events from early morning to late night. You won’t want to miss the hilarious Cardboard Regatta as home-made cardboard “ships” test their structural integrity while attempting to race each other without sinking. How many will make it this year? Then the highlight of the day is the mock ‘pirate invasion’ from the sea! Two old-time sailing vessels, loaded with pirates make a Saturday surprise landing at the bowl-shaped George Town harbor with the pirates capturing the Governor. Thousands of people line the streets to watch the spectacle and its all good-natured fun with a new twist every year. Families just love it. It’s the only event of its kind in the Caribbean region. For a more detailed schedule of events, click here.
The days after the main downtown event—Tuesday through Saturday—one can experience what life was like in the islands a hundred years ago, hear stories of prominent Caymanians, watch traditional dance and craft demonstrations and experience the national cuisine of the Cayman Islands. These individual district days offer some of the best opportunities to see and purchase Caymanian craft work and local food and desserts. Of course no party would be complete without the sounds local Caribbean musicians. District Days dates are as follows:
- Tuesday, 12th November – East End
- Wednesday, 13th November – West Bay
- Thursday, 14th November – North Side
- Friday, 15th November – Bodden Town
- Saturday, 16th November – George Town
Whether you are visiting Little Cayman, Cayman Brac or Grand Cayman for their individual Pirates Week celebrations, you are sure to have fun! Become a fan of the festival on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and if you want to be in the ‘pirate invasion’ or volunteer for the festival then please contact us at info@piratesweekfestival.com
We hope to see all our Passenger Picks friends in November, pirates and landlubbers alike with you, all ready to have lots of fun with us in the Cayman Islands.
