Throughout the year, Bermuda hosts a plethora of events covering a wide range of interests.
Dolphins Dazzle in Dockyard for Free
You can see a dazzling new dolphin show for free every Saturday from now until springtime courtesy of Dolphin Quest. The show takes place at the majestic Maritime Museum in Dockyard.
Pay the $10 museum admission charge and the dolphin performance is free. Children under 13 don’t even pay to get into the museum.
The show is described as an amazing acrobatic display and the audience can get close enough to the action to feel some of the water splash on their skin. High-energy music has also been incorporated into the show to keep spectators’ toes tapping.
The free show every Saturday at 3:00 p.m. will last until March 27th.
Meantime, Dolphin Quest offers visitors the opportunity to get in the water and swim with the dolphins. You can find more information about that in our “Tours & Wildlife” section under “Things to Do”.
Good Friday - Friday April 2nd, 2010
For most Bermudians, Good Friday means church, flying Bermuda made kites, and eating codfish cakes, and hot cross buns.
There is said to be a special Bermuda civilian religious significance to kite flying. It started on Good Friday when a local teacher with a British Army connection had difficulty explaining Christ's Ascension to Heaven to his Sunday School class. So he launched a kite with a likeness of Christ. A traditional Bermuda made kite, from different colors of tissue paper, is still in the shape of a cross. Originally, kites were not flown until after 3 pm. Now, they stay up all day. Only if it rains do they come down. Bermuda kites have long cloth tails and are in different colours of paper tissue, wood, metal and string. Some are huge, in exquisite patterns, requiring several men to get aloft. Some are deliberately made to emit a humming or buzzing sound, with a hummer made from glued paper, which spoils their spiritual serenity. The hummer is always made with purple tissue paper because it is said to be louder. Another variation of the Bermuda kite is the traditional Somerset brown paper kite. It is made of cross sticks with a hummer behind the head stick.
Good Friday Kite flying at Horseshoe Bay includes:
- A non denominational religious service.
- Live musical entertainment.
- Children's games.
- Kite competition and judging from 1:30 to 1:45 pm,
- Locals versus tourists tug of war from 1:45 to 2:00 pm.
- Live entertainment from 2:00 to 4:00 pm
- Warwick Gombey Dancers at 4:00 pm.
Bermuda Day - Monday May 24th, 2010
This is the day of the annual Bermuda Heritage Day Parade. It includes the Marathon Derby, in reality a half marathon - raced from Somerset to Hamilton, 13 miles by road, over hills and dales. There are also the Sinclair Packwood Memorial Cycle Race, Inline Skaters, more sporting events and a parade with floats and more at about 2 pm.
Participants include marching bands, dancers, Bermuda Gombeys, Bermuda Islanders pipe and drum band, and restaurant stands offering tasty, hot and cold selections of specialty Bermudian dishes. It began in 1909, from the town of St. George to Somerset.
Bermuda Day is also when the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Racing begins its annual season. Dinghies are 14 feet long, with 40 foot masts and more sail than any other vessel of similar length. The crew improvise for survival and seamanship. They jibe from port to starboard for prevailing winds, try to keep upright and can take on gallons of water.
Newport Bermuda Race - 2010
June 18 - 26, 2010 - See website for event timesNewport, Rhode Island to St. David's, Bermuda Show Details
The Newport Bermuda Race is an ocean racing classic first run in 1906 and always stands as one of the world's premier blue water sailing contests. Special events and yacht viewing will be held all week at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the Onion Patch RBYC Anniversary Regatta will be featured in Hamilton Harbour on June 25.
For more information, visit www.bermudarace.com
Bermuda Triple Crown Billfish Championship - 2010
July 2 - 18, 2010 - See website for event times
Various Locations Show Details
The Bermuda Triple Crown Billfish Championship comprises the Bermuda Billfish Blast, the Bermuda Big Game Classic and the Sea Horse Anglers Club Billfish Tournament.
2010 Schedule:
Bermuda Billfish Blast: July 2-5, 2010
Bermuda Big Game Classic: July 7-11, 2010
Sea Horse Anglers Club Billfish Tournament: July 14-18, 2010
For additional information, please go to: http://www.bermudatriplecrown.com
PGA Grand Slam of Golf - 2010
October 18 - 20, 2010 - See website for event timesPort Royal Golf Course, Port Royal Drive, Southampton Show Details
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is the season-ending showcase of the year's Major Champions: winners of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
For the second year in a row, the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will be held at the Port Royal Golf Club, ranked by Golf Digest as the world's best public course.
For more information, go to www.pga.com/grandslam/2010
