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Activities

Community BBQ Lunch

Thursday, May 8, 12pm
Esquimalt Recreation Centre

Join us on Thursday at the Esq Rec Centre for a community lunch to get the 2025 Esquimalt Buccaneer Days started!
For more details and to register: https://www.esquimalt.ca/community-events/buccaneer-days-community-bbq 
Everyone welcome starting at noon.

Midway Carnival

Wristbands pre-sale at locations and events across Esquimalt. Find out where!

Thursday, May 8, 5pm - 9pm
Friday, May 9, 3pm - 11pm
Saturday, May 10, 11am - 11pm
Sunday, May 11, 11am - 6pm

West Coast Amusements returns with the Midway in the Archie Browning parking lot. Open Friday 3-11pm, Saturday 11-11pm, and Sunday 11-6pm. 

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Save with pre-sale wristbands available online here or at the Esquimalt Rec Centre to early May! 

Buccaneer Galley

Friday, May 9, 3pm - close
Saturday, May 10, 11am - close
Sunday May 11, 11am - 5pm

Check out our local community food vendors in the ball diamond! Same hours at the Midway. This year features:

  • Ali Baba Pizza

  • Greek on the Street

  • Hog Dog Hustlin'

  • Kid Sister Ice Cream

  • Trios Truck Extreme Mac and Cheese

  • Esquimalt High School Langos and snacks

Family Music Bingo

Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults
Friday, May 9, 7 pm to 9 pm
Curling Lounge

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Upstairs of Archie Browning in the curling lounge. Doors open at 6pm!​

There will be two games, one general music and a Taylor Swift game too!

 

Single Tickets​ $12 at the door ($10 in advance)

Family Ticket (max 4)​ $32 at the door ($30 in advance)

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Non-alcoholic fundraising concession on site. All proceeds go to Rock Heights PAC. 

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Ticket pre-sales at locations and events across Esquimalt. Find out where!

Adult Music Bingo

Saturday, May 10, 7 pm to 10 pm
Curling Rink

Ticket pre-sales at locations and events across Esquimalt. Find out where!

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Located in the curling rink. Doors open at 6pm!​

 

Tickets​ $12 at the door ($10 in advance)

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Bar run by Bubble Bus Co

Concession proceeds to Victoria-Esquimalt Lacrosse Association​

Pancake Breakfast

Saturday, May 10 , 7:30am - 10am
Curling Rink

Esquimalt Lions kick-off Bucc Days with a pancake breakfast outside the Archie Browing entrance. Join us Saturday from 7:30-10am!

Parade

Saturday, May 10, 10am
Esquimalt Road

Join us on Saturday at 10am for the opening parade. It runs along Esquimalt Road from Dominion to Admirals. There is also still time to register to participate in the parade!

Market Place

Saturday, May 10,10am-5pm
Sunday, May 11, 10am-4pm

Hockey Rink

Dozens of vendors with a 'you make it, you bake it, you grow it' mandate. Open Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 10-4 in the hockey rink.

Pirate's Den Family Zone

Saturday, May 10, 11am-3pm
Sunday, May 11, 11:30am-3pm

Curling Rink

Back by popular demand, the Pirate's Den Family Zone for parents and young kids. This year will feature a bouncy castle, ride on vehicles, lawn games, pirate crafts, a photo booth, and more!

 

The Pirate's Den is hosted by Esquimalt Parks & Rec and is free. Esquimalt Neighbourhood House and Theatre Al Dente will be supporting with activities on Saturday and the Military Family Resource Centre on Sunday!

Mother's Day Breakfast

Sunday, May 11, 9am-11am
Lion's Concession, Bullen Field

The Bucc Days Organizing Committee will host a second pancake breakfast on Sunday morning at 9am. We'll have mimosas for the mom's and breakfast for the family. Join us at 9am, just before the Little Bucc's Olympics at 10am!

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Little Bucc's Olympics

Sunday, May 11, 10am
Bullen Field

Esquimalt Parks and Rec will be organizing a mini olympics for kids aged ~4 to ~12! Races, relays, and fun; pirate themed as much possible.  Join us Sunday at 10am in Bullen Field! (Parent participation will be required for younger kids).

Corn Hole Tournament

Saturday, May 10, 11:30am - 6pm
Bullen Field

Greater Victoria Cornhole is back with another tournament!

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On Saturday at 11am for singles and 3:30 for doubles.

 

Registration details coming soon.

Volleyball Tournament

Friday, May 9, 4pm to Sunday, May 11, 4pm
Bullen Field

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Tug-of-War

Sunday, May 11, 11am
Bullen Field

New for 2025, a tug-of-war between Victoria Police Department, Esquimalt Fire Department, and Navy, and hopefully more! Come cheer on our military personnel and first responders as they battle it out for the ultimate bragging rights!

Skydiving Demonstration

Sunday, May 11, 3pm
Bullen Field

Sunday at 3pm will feature a skydiver demonstration. We will also have a community group selling plates as a fundraiser. Write your name and scatter it across Bullen Field. The plates that get landed on by the skydivers win a prize!

© 2025 by Friends of the Buccaneers

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