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Pirates Week Festival (Cayman Islands)

19° 17.7′ N · 81° 22.9′ W · approximate

Cayman's national festival in November: fireworks over George Town's Harbour Drive, a mock pirate invasion from the sea, street dances, heritage days and events on all three islands.

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Coordinate approximate (Harbour Drive, George Town, where the fireworks and pirate landing happen - right off the visiting-yacht moorings). The festival website shows the 2021 pattern: Cayman Brac first (early November), then Grand Cayman (about five days mid-November), then Little Cayman (late November); Wikivoyage lists it as mid-November. Virgintino (2015) describes two old-time sailing vessels landing 'pirates' at George Town harbour on the first Saturday. Pirates Week office: 10 Shedden Road, +1 345 949 5859. Check this year's dates.

Best for

Front-row seats to the pirate landing from a George Town mooring

Season

November

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