Topic: CayMAS
CayMAS 2025 ignites the streets with unforgettable energy
More than 2,000 CayMAS revellers turned the streets of George Town and West Bay into a vibrant river of colour, glitz and Caymanian pride.
Reigning soca monarch returns with music for the road
CayMAS carnival is in full swing, and Cayman's reigning soca monarch, Jason 'JG' Gilbert, is giving revellers the ultimate Soca theme song.
CayMAS and Fete For A Cause reunite after legal row
Two carnival groups are to let bygones be bygones and continue to join forces for CayMas despite a legal dispute that threatened to derail the partnership.
CayMAS Carnival promises weeklong lineup of music and festivities
Revellers are gearing up for this year’s CayMAS Carnival celebrations, which will run from 28 June to 7 July, under the theme ‘Experience the Carnival, Discover the Islands’.
Summer events for lovers of wine, spirits and good times
Discover exciting summer events in Cayman, for lovers of wine, cocktails and spirits, starting with CayMAS in June
Inaugural CayMAS junior and teen carnival a ‘resounding success’
Camana Bay streets were filled with a colourful spectacle of brightly feathered costumes, rhythmic dancing and music as some 125 young revellers took part in the inaugural CayMAS junior and teen parade on Saturday, 13 July.
Road closures for CayMAS on Saturday
A series of rolling road closures will be in place for Saturday's CayMAS parade.
CayMAS adds junior and teen carnival
Cayman's carnival season is reaching a crescendo as CayMAS gears up this month for a full schedule of colourful parades and celebrations.
Carnival: After the glitter comes the litter
Food containers, beer cans and bottles, and plastic water bottles were left behind in the carnival 'after mas', strewn along the road and in bushes.
In photos: CayMAS parade a riot of sound and colour
The annual CayMAS street parade and carnival was a riot of sound, colour, sequins and feathers Saturday as hundreds of revellers danced and jumped their way from George Town to Seven Mile Beach under the blazing sun.
CayMAS 2023 hits the road
Wayne Kirkconnell and Craig ‘Festa’ Frederick had a vision of a carnival which would revolutionise the industry and create a new tourism product within Cayman’s low tourist season.
Festa’s carnival playlist
Craig ‘Festa’ Frederick gives his recommendations of artists and songs to add to your carnival playlist this year.
Carnival costumes
Danielle Watler designs costumes for the Renegade Mas carnival band which she co-owns alongside husband John Watler.
CayMAS a riot of colour and music
There was no shortage of feathers, sequins, colourful costumes, music, dancing and fun as the annual CayMAS street carnival hit the road on Saturday afternoon.
CayMAS Carnival promises weekend of music and festivities
Cayman is home to many beautiful tropical birds, but it’s hard to compete with the flock of colourful feathers that will be seen at...
A year of historic events: 2021 in review
No question, COVID has caused challenges for many industries, particularly the dining and entertainment sector.
That being said, thanks to imaginative organisers, enthusiastic audiences, and...
Gay Pride organiser calls foul over alleged CayMAS breaches
Cayman LGBTQ Foundation president Noel Cayasso-Smith claims authorities turned a blind eye to breaches of COVID-19 restrictions during Saturday’s CayMAS parade, saying the rules were much more strictly enforced for the Gay Pride Parade he organised a week earlier.
CayMAS braves heat to parade
One could imagine that musical artist Arrow’s 1983 hit song ‘Hot, Hot, Hot’ had been inspired by a Caribbean Carnival summer parade, after CayMAS hit the road on Saturday afternoon.
CayMAS revs up for carnival weekend
What with Cayman Pride last weekend and CayMAS hitting the streets this Saturday, 7 Aug., it seems that colourful parades are very much in...
Headed for the road: Gov’t approves CayMAS street parade
CayMAS will be heading for the road on Saturday, 7 Aug., CayMAS chairman Craig Frederick confirmed.
Carnival organisations promise two lively weekends
With the recent further relaxing of COVID regulations, the organisers of CayMAS and Batabano are each planning a weekend of revelry.
The first will be...
CayMAS goes offroad and online Saturday
Usually, at this time of the year, revellers all bedecked and bejewelled in stunning costumes would be dancing their way down Cayman’s streets to...
Carnivals to hit the virtual road
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced organisers of the 37th annual Batabano parade and CayMAS to turn to creative means, like virtual events, to keep the carnival spirit going.
Carnival road closures pending
Applications for road closures for Cayman’s new carnival events have not yet been sent to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service for approval.
One carnival, two parades
Cayman’s plan for a single carnival parade has now reverted to two separate events.
Swanky International Band Launch
If you want to capture all the colours of nature, you can walk the Mastic Trail, visit the QEII Botanic Park, scuba dive one...
No road closures granted yet for carnivals
Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has said he is yet to give road closure permission to Batabano and CayMAS.
Clash of the Carnivals
A division within the local carnival community has flared up again as CayMAS organisers rejected government’s carnival dates, maintaining that the Discovery Day (14-18 May) weekend is the best option for Cayman.
CayMas draws lively crowd for parade
Hundreds of people hit the streets on Saturday for round two of the territory’s carnival celebrations.
Street closures for CayMAS Carnival
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service issued an advisory Thursday regarding road closures that will take place on 18 May to facilitate the CayMAS Carnival Street Parade.
CayMas takes to the streets this weekend
This is definitely the time of year for carnival. Believe it or not, the streets of Cayman will once again come alive with colour this weekend when the CayMas Carnival bands strut their stuff.
EDITORIAL – A welcome reunion of Batabano and CayMAS celebrations
Batabano and CayMAS will both be held on the second weekend of May next year. One after the other, they will follow the same parade route before branching off into separate parties, government has announced.
EDITORIAL – A welcome reunion of Batabano and CayMAS
But by far the most exciting announcement this season has been that next year Batabano and CayMAS will be held on the same day, in one combined event.
Rival carnivals to merge in 2020
Next year, instead of two separate carnivals staged a couple of weeks apart, the Batabano and CayMAS parades will be held on the same day, the government announced on Friday.
EDITORIAL – What we’re watching out for in 2019
As a rule, Compass editors are cautious about indulging in the temptation of attempted prognostication. However, there are some issues and themes, classified as “in progress” or “recurring,” that we expect to find ourselves writing about in the coming year.
Carnival events remain divided
Recent efforts to recombine Cayman’s Carnival events appear to have failed for now.
Take two as carnival dancers return to Cayman
Exotic costumes, colorful floats and a party atmosphere – it must be carnival time in Cayman.
CayMAS Carnival weekend is here!
Batabano took to the streets on May 5, and now CayMAS is ready to bring the Carnival to Cayman two weeks later.
CayMAS Carnival 2017
CayMAS Carnival 2017 video
CayMAS Carnival celebrates inaugural fest
Just when you thought carnival time was done, there is one more weekend to go. CayMAS, a new festival of mas bands, brings a schedule of musical and parade events to Cayman this weekend.
