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Splice the mainbrace – Cayman’s National Festival is gathering pace at a rate of knots and will be here before ye know it. This is our 33rd year of our world-famous family festival and it takes place between 11 and 21 November 2010. It is a blend of active, culinary, heritage and above all fun events for all the family.

It’s eleven fun filled days on our glorious islands with music, street dances, competitions, games, wonderful local food and drink, kids day, glittering parade, sports events for everyone, Heritage Days, pirate invasion and fireworks galore! There is just too much going on for you to miss out on.

We start our festival with a bang with a fantastic fireworks display, followed by a local song contest and then, almost every day for eleven days, Caribbean rhythms pulsate in open-air street dances until the small hours of the morning. An authentic slice of the native Caribbean!

Then on the first Saturday we have a 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 harbour, as thousands line the streets to take part in the spectacle or just watch. It's good-natured fun, there's a new twist every year, and families just love it. It's the only event of its kind in the Caribbean region.

Please take a few minutes to browse our web site and find out all about this year's Festival. We hope that you'll come out and join the fun during your visit to the Cayman Islands.