EVENTS What’s On Carnival
Anguilla – July-August: Anguilla Summer Festival Eleven days of fun, food and boatracing, musical performances, cultural and kiddie parades, pageants and other companies.
www.axasummerfestival.com
Antigua and Barbuda – July-August: Carnival
“Jouvert”, steel band and calypso music, pageants combine to make this one of the Caribbean’s greatest summer Festivals.
www.antiguacarnival.com
Aruba – month before Lent: Carnaval Carnaval is a celebration of festive street parades, colourful costumes and floats, music and dancing, contests and the election of the Carnaval Queen.
www.aruba.com
Bahamas – July:
Junkanoo Summer Festival Street parties and parades take over Grand Bahama Island with Calypso music and marching bands.
www.junkanoo.com
Belize – September: Celebrations
Celebrations in honour of two important national holidays – Batle of St. George’s Caye and Independence Day.
www.septembercelebrations.com
British Virgin Islands – July-August: Festival
This two week long celebration comprises a plethora of jouverts and parades.
www.bvitourism.com
Cayman Islands – May: Cayman Carnival Batabano A cultural kaleidoscope of music, dance and pageantry with colourful costumes and rhythmic soca and calypso.
www.caymancarnival.com
Cuba – July: Fiesta del Fuego
Santiago de Cuba is a riot of colour, music and celebration with live music and DJs.
www.travelcuba.ca
Curaçao – January-February: Carnival
Dutch, Portuguese, Jewish and African cultures all combine for an explosive and vibrant carnival.
www.curacaocarnival.info
Dominica – February: Mas Dominik Traditional creole inspired carnival.
www.dominicacarnival.com
Grenada –July-August: Spice Mas
About six weeks of festivities, spanning all of July to mid-August, this event is frenzied, non-stop partying, with cultural shows and competitions.
www.spicemasgrenada.com 22
Guyana – February: Mashramani
Celebrates Guyana independence with masquerade bands, street dancing and float parades.
www.guyana-tourism.com
Haiti – February: Kanaval
Held in Port-au-Prince, what it lacks in budget it makes up for in exuberance and atmosphere.
www.rockmasters.com
Jamaica – March-April: Carnival The carnival season includes two months of near non-stop partying and attracts crowds in excess of 100,000.
www.jamaicacarnival.com
Saint Lucia – July: Carnival
Masquerade bands parade and revel in the streets during a month of calypso, soca and steel pan music concerts.
www.stlucia.org
St. Eustatius – July: Statia Carnival Ten days of celebrations and music culminating in the burning of King Momo, the spirit of the carnival.
www.statiatourism.com/carnival.html
St. Maarten – April: Carnival
This island-wide event lasts two weeks culminating in a grand parade.
www.vacationstmaarten.com
St. Vincent and the Grenadines – June-July: Vincy Mas
This 12-day celebration features traditional street parades, steel band, calypso and soca competitions and a Miss Carival show.
www.carnivalsvg.com Suriname –
Mid-December -January: Surifesta
The capital city of Paramaribo ends the year with a bang and kicks the New Year off in style.
www.suriname-tourism.org
Trinidad & Tobago – February: Carnival
Nothing compares to ‘making mas’ in Trinidad & Tobago, where streets burst with people and music.
www.gotrinidadandtobago.com
Music
Anguilla – November: Tranquility Jazz Festival
Showcasing local and global jazz talent, this festival takes hold of the entire island.
www.anguillajazz.org www.CaribbeanTravel.com Aruba – May:
Soul Beach Music Festival R&B and soul artistes perform.
www.soulbeach.net
British Virgin Islands – May: Music Festival
Patrons can enjoy an array of gospel, reggae, calypso and R&B music while dancing under the twilight stars on Cane Garden Beach.
www.bvimusicfestival.com
Cayman Islands – December: Cayman Jazz Fest
The hottest R&B and jazz musicians take the stage in Camana Bay.
www.caymanjazzfest.com
Dominica – October: World Creole Music Festival Held three days prior to Independence Day, this is a celebration of culture with a creole flavour.
www.wcmfdominica.com
Grenada – December: Carriacou Parang Festival Bands compete with only percussion instruments.
www.grenadagrenadines.com
Guadeloupe – November: Day of Music
This is in celebration of the patron saint of musicians, Caecillia, with concerts on the streets and in churches.
www.lesilesdeguadeloupe.com
Martinique – December: International Guitar Festival Held in Fort-de-France, this festival attracts musicians and music lovers.
www.martinique.org
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