Topic: Pirates Week Festival
Pirates Week 2025 to showcase Caymanian culture and heritage
The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Culture have announced the return of the country’s national festival, Pirates Week, unveiling the official theme and dates.
Pirates Week launches with a flourish
This year's Pirates Week set sail Friday night, with a special launch party centred around a pop-up shop and exhibition of the event's history.
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Pirates Week website lost… but not at sea
Cayman's Pirates Festival has lost its website, just days before the launch of the new longer festival.
COVID spike prompts Pirates Week postponement
Cayman's signature festival Pirates Week has been postponed due to the continuing rise of local COVID-19 cases.
Video: 2020 Pirates Week turtle release
Ten yearling green sea turtles were released into the wild on Friday at the annual Cayman Turtle Centre and Cayman Islands Pirates Week Festival...
Downsized Pirates Week celebration planned for November
Cayman's popular Pirates Week remains on the calendar for November, but on a smaller scale than usual, festival general manager Melanie McField has confirmed.
Pirates Week food vendors required to take safety course
Food vendors looking to sell their fare at the upcoming Pirates Week festivities are required to have taken a food safety training course put on by the Department of Environmental Health.
Pirates wage war on plastics
The battle between Cayman’s swashbuckling buccaneers and single-use plastics will continue at this year’s upcoming Pirates Week when the festival adopts biodegradable products made from sugarcane and cornstarch.
Pirates Week Festival thanks volunteers
It takes a gigantic crew of volunteers to pull off one of Cayman’s most popular events.
Pirates to give plastic the heave-ho
Pirates will be returning to Cayman’s shores once again this November. This year, they are not after your gold doubloons or priceless jewels, they are here for a different bounty – plastic.
Pirates Week Sea Swim this weekend
The 37th Annual Pirates Week 5K Sea Swim takes place Saturday, beginning at 7 a.m., and will feature international swimmer and three-time Olympian Stephanie Horner.
Handmade ship joins Pirates Week
“People thought I was a crazy man,” Grosse Ile captain Didier Epars said with a grin. “Pirates Week is a good place for a crazy man.”
Pirates Week road closures
The following roads and lane will be closed for the Pirates Week festival in George Town this weekend.
EDITORIAL – Pirates Week 2017: Welcome all sailors, sea dogs and scalawags
It’s time to trim the mainsail and dust off the old cutlass, as we kick off the 40th annual Pirates Week Festival of the Cayman Islands.
Calling all swashbuckling golfers
Ahoy! All golfers, pirates (and golfing pirates) should mark their calendars and sign up for the Pirates Week Charity Golf Classic, scheduled for Oct. 27.
Pirates trade looting for scooting at Youth Skate Jam
A pirate flag waved over the Black Pearl Skate Park on Saturday. The skate park, which shares its name with the fictional Pirates of the Caribbean ship, played host to the annual Youth Skate Jam, this time with pirate flare.
