Cup Match, Bermuda’s famous 2-day cricket match, will take place on July 30 and 31 2009 at St George’s Cricket Club (Wellington Oval, Wellington Slip Road, St George’s Parish).
Admission is $15 ($5 for children aged 5 – 12, free for children under 5 and senior citizens with ID) and tickets are available on the door.
There will be a special seating section for tourists with guides offering an insight into the game.
Bermuda is set to lose two of its most famous residents; Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.
The couple are relocating to New York for work and personal reasons. 64-year old Douglas is set to play Liberace in Scott Soderbergh’s biography of the flamboyant pianist, and also star in the sequel to the 1987 blockbuster Wall Street.
The celebrity couple have rented out their home in Warwick Parish and taken their children out of Warwick Academy.
Michael Douglas has strong ties to Bermuda. He is a shareholder in the Ariel Sands hotel and his mother, Diana Dill, was born in Bermuda in 1923.
They moved to the island in 2002 and supported local organisations such as the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Masterworks Foundation, National Dance Foundation of Bermuda, and the Bermuda International Film Festival. Douglas is a keen golfer and is a member of the Mid Ocean Club and Riddell’s Bay Golf & Country Club.
A new restaurant has opened at one of Bermuda’s most famous attractions.
The Dining Room at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse opened last week. It is owned and managed by Odilio and Natalie Angeli, who also own Ristorante Primavera and the Rustico Restaurant.
The restaurant is situated on the ground floor of the restaurant in the space previously occupied by the Lighthouse Tea Room.
A series of free summer concerts in Victoria Park has been announced by the Corporation of Hamilton.
The first of the Summer Sundays in the Park will take place tomorrow and will feature live entertainment, island cuisine, and a children’s play area.
The events run from 3 pm until 8 pm. Other dates are June 7, July 12, August 9 and September 13.
The first of this year’s series of Harbour Nights will be take place tomorrow on Front Street in Hamilton.
It will run from 7 pm until 10 pm and feature live entertainment, Gombey dancers, stalls offering local arts and crafts for sale, children’s activities, food stands, and more.
Ferries depart from Royal Naval Dockyard (Kings Wharf/Heritage Wharf) at 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm, returning at 10 pm and 11 pm.
Harbour Nights run every Wednesday evening until August 26th 2009. They are organised by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Pickled Onion, Hog Penny, Flanagan’s, Café Cairo, Bermuda Bistro, Norwegian Cruise Line, the Department of Tourism, and the Department of Community & Cultural Affairs.
Bermuda’s Annual Exhibition will be held at the Bermuda Botanical Gardens April 16 to 18 2009.
To mark Bermuda’s 400th anniversary the theme of this year’s event will be ‘Celebrating 400 years of agriculture, horticulture, and tradition.’
A food and drink festival in Bermuda has been cancelled due to the current economic crisis.
The Bermuda Gourmet Getaway was scheduled to be held February 26 to March 2 2009 at the Fairmont Southampton hotel and other locations around the island.
A statement on the event’s website reads ‘Due to the current economic climate and, more importantly the effect on our various sponsors we have no choice but to postpone the 2009 event. The BGG will now be held on Thursday February 25th through Monday March 1st, 2010.’
The Phoenix Store will open a new pharmacy at the Royal Naval Dockyard in April.
The new store will cater primarily to cruise ship passengers docking at the former naval base.
The company also plans to move its store in the Clarendon Building to the new Victoria Place development on Victoria Road, Hamilton.
Restoration work on the Deliverance is on schedule for completion next month.
The replica of the famous ship in St George had fallen into disrepair in recent years but was saved from demolition by the St George’s Foundation, aided by a $300,000 grant from the Bank of Bermuda Foundation.
Once the work is complete, visitors will be able take tours of the vessel and view multi-media presentations illustrating its history.
Premier Ewart Brown announced today that the PGA Grand Slam of Golf will be held in Bermuda in 2009 and 2010.
The 2009 event will be held at the Port Royal Golf Course October 19 to 21, currently undergoing renovations and expected to open in January next year.
Premier Brown said, ‘We are so proud to extend our valued partnership with the PGA of America and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. We’re especially proud to have an event as prestigious as the Grand Slam at Port Royal – a spectacular public golf course that belongs to the people of Bermuda and speaks loudly to our country’s commitment to the game.’
For the last 2 years the event has been held at the Mid Ocean Club.