KiteFest is ready to fly

The Bermuda Good Friday KiteFest is set to take flight at Horseshoe Bay. 

The traditional family event aims to bring together the community in the spirit of national pride and takes place on April 18.

KiteFest will feature the island’s largest Kite Competition, categories include; Best Boxy (Fennel Sticks), Biggest Kite, Smallest Kite, Best Design, Best Traditional Kite, Best Innovative Kite Design, Loudest Kite, and even the Ugliest Kite! The Bermuda Good Friday KiteFest will feature music and activities starting at 10 am and plenty of ways to get involved and win fantastic prizes. The contest is wide open, just go through with your kite and enter right there on the sand. It is free to enter the competition for the chance to win great prizes, including the grand prize of free internet for a year courtesy of Logic Communications. 

The event will also showcase a diverse cross-section of Bermuda talent including traditional folk music, acoustic reggae, contemporary gospel and African Dance. Performers will include dancers The Bermuda Squad, ukulelist Mike Hind, steel pannist Paul Smith, rapper Haz, acoustic reggae artist Rivah and more! 

The event has been made possible this year thanks to the support of KeyTech, BTC, Logic, Bermuda Commercial Bank, BELCo, Bermuda’s Best and the Ministry of Public Safety.

This year will see the return of the competition for Bermuda’s Best Fishcake, with sponsors Bermuda’s Best: this will not only be a chance to win bragging rights for a year, but to walk away with a substantial prize as well.  To enter just bring one fishcake to the beach to be sampled by KiteFest judges.