The 7th Midsummer Mutiny for Plundering Pirates began on Thursday evening, 14th June 2018, with the early birds enjoying acoustic music, food and rum under canvas in the field at Berwick Rugby Club. Things kicked off in earnest on Friday when the crew took to the streets of Berwick, setting up at the Town Hall, busking their way through a selection of traditional songs and some self-penned numbers, whilst gathering donations for the charity. After a visit to a local tavern, the pirates set off on a ghost tour of the town led by Frank n Knight Tours, who narrated many sordid tales of the town's bloody history. On their return to base camp, the official opening ceremony was performed by two of the younger crew unfurling the ship's sail and declaring that the Mutiny was ready to set to sea. The evening's festivities kicked into action with a varied musical entertainment provided by three live bands, the first being local legends Ripple, who performed the Mutiny's anthems amongst a varied set of both originals and covers. The Luna Nigra Tribal Dancers then took to the floor for a magnificent display of skirt-swirling showmanship, performed to nautical themed tunes. This was followed by re-enactors from Kynren putting on a fine display of swordsmanship for the audience. Tyneside based band Kiss Me Deadly then took to the stage for a high energy show of girl power, filling the dancefloor with their repertoire of cheesy 1980s rock hits. The night's headliners, The Panthers, then treated the packed venue to a blistering performance of 1950s rock and roll. As the exhausted pirates left the venue, they were enlightened by a live fire act, staged by a shipwrecked castaway from County Durham.
Saturday dawned bright and sunny, unlike the crew, and the Borders based band The Lime and Soda Club played in the sunshine whilst a brave crew member from Northern Ireland underwent a head shave by cutlass to achieve a sponsorship total of over five hundred pounds for the charity. Whilst archery and sword lessons were being held under the supervision of Kynren's fight arranger, other activities on offer were tribal drumming and poi juggling workshops. Meanwhile, wandering amongst all this, was a local buccaneer with an eight foot boa constrictor around her neck. This was one of several snakes that she had brought along and photos of crew members adorned with a snake proved to be extremely popular.
As an impromptu music session came to an end, the pirates headed for the cover of the inside venue for The Buccaneer's Ball, helped on their way by a thunderstorm. Once settled inside with refreshed drinks, two condemned men were led in by the Mutiny's officers. To the sound of the skirling bagpipes, the scoundrels were paraded and led to their fate, to have their painful punishment of chest waxing, again boosting the coffers by sponsorship. Once the decks were swept of loose hair, local band The Dissidents set about with their self-penned show of Alternative rock. The Luna Nigra dancers then took to the floor, a dozen of the most fearsome pirate wenches ever seen, culminating their act with a dance involving sharp cutlasses. This was followed by The Killer Cats, who played a rocking set of blues and rockabilly tunes, delighting the ship's crew and filling the dancefloor. The stage was then set for Antmusic, Britain's top Adam Ant tribute band, who brought the house down with their songs of pirates and highwaymen before the shipmates trooped back to their hammocks, being treated to another fire juggling performance on the way.
Come Sunday morning, a rather bedraggled crew started to disperse on their voyages to Edinburgh, London, York, Northern Ireland and other far flung destinations. Many long lasting friendships have been forged at this event, for some of those from afar it is their annual meet up with old and valued friends. Before parting ways, there were discussions about doing it all again next year, bigger, better, and raising even more money for The Berwick and District Cancer Support Group. This Mutiny raised £3,404, which was topped up with a further £100 from the local branch of Ramsdens.

This brought the total raised by the pirates for The Berwick and District Cancer Support Group to £12,150 over the years. To show their appreciation of the pirates, the cancer charity asked the pirates to name their newest vehicle. After a vote among the crew, the name Mutiny was chosen and the new vehicle was "christened" before joining the other cars in the charity fleet, Herbie, Percy, Torchy and Miles.