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Cayman Islands Festivals and Events
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Batabano festival
April
Visitors in late April will witness our Batabano festival
when Spring is ushered in with a colourful parade of costumes,
music and dancing.
You can join the costume street parade where local groups
and schools have let their imagination go wild. Usually on
a tropical theme, you will see anything from dancing flowers
to swimming stingrays. Local bands playing island music fill
the streets & dance groups, and the school children move
and groove. You'll find it hard not to join in the fun!
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Million Dollar Month
April 24 - May 02, 2000
A 8 day contest whereby the local and visiting fishermen get
the chance to prove their skills and win great prizes. The
winner is judged by getting the first angler to break the
existing all tackle Cayman Islands line class record for Blue
Marlin.
The event is hosted and organised by the Cayman Islands Angling
Club with support and sponsership of the CI Government Department
of Tourism and Cayman Airways.
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The Queen's Birthday
Government House, June 19, 2000
In honour of the Islands' British heritage, the birthday of
the Queen of England is celebrated in every June of a year.
This grand celebration is celebrated by the Cayman; filling
the streets with a full military dress parade, 21-gun salute
and an Open House and Garden Reception at the Government House.
Aviation week always coincides with the Queen's Birthday celebrations.
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Taste of Cayman Cook-Off
Grand Cayman, July
This annual event takes place over the July bank holiday weekend
in Grand Cayman and brings together over 50 of the most popular
restaurants on the Island to let locals and visitors have
a real 'Taste of Cayman'.
On Saturday evening, you may see the gourmet fund raising
event takes off with samples of every type of cuisine you
can imagine. There is live music throughout the evening and
childrens' entertainment; including face painting, pony rides
and dance competitions.
This is followed by a 'Chili Cook Off' on the bank holiday
Monday, where as many teams as possible are recruited to try
and produce the best Chili - everyone is invited to join in
both the cooking and the tasting! The winning team gets the
chance to fly to Reno, Nevada to complete in the 'World Chili
Cook Off' (where first prize is $50,000 bucks!)
There are also fantastic prizes for best booth costumes as
judged by the amazing crowd. So, make sure all your friends
come along too!
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Pirates Week festival
George Town, October 27- November 05, 2000
The annual Pirates Week festival is held during the last week
of October, and flagging the kick- off winter tourist season.
It aims to commemorate the Islands' early days when the Cayman
Islands were plundered by bands of pirates who stopped to
make merry and bury their treasures.
The Cayman Islands has a colourful seafaring past which is
celebrated with pride during this national event. You should
come prepared for days and nights of pirate parades, costume
contests, music, fireworks, sports competitions and craft
fairs.
The celebration's kick-off is a show of mocked- up pirate
landing by bands of rowdy pirates who arrest the Governor
in George Town Harbour, followed by a float parade of colouful
costumes and local steel drum bands. In the evening the roads
are closed in George Town as the whole Island parties the
night away, dancing under the stars and enjoying the sumptuous
local food.
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Native Son's Art Exhibition
November 10- 13, 2000
On the Native Son's Art Exhibition. There will be a display
of Cayman art variety at the Harquail Theatre.
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