CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MARCH 2017

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MARCH 2017

 

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March 1 : Ash Wednesday (GUADELOUPE – ST MARTIN – MARTINIQUE) * Photo

March 1 : Parade or “Vidé” in Black & White / Burning of the King Vaval (GUADELOUPE – MARTINIQUE)

March 1 : Story Time – Readings of Children’s Books (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 1 : Agricultural Show – Food, Arts & Crafts, Music (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 1 : Mardi Gras Festival – Musical event (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 1, 4, 8, 11, 18, 22, 25, 29 : Weekly Farmers Market (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From March 1 to 31 : National Heroes and Heritage Month (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

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From March 1 to September 30 : Turtle Watching Season (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) * Photo

March 2 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

March 2 : James Ronald Webster Day (Father of the Nation) (ANGUILLA)

March 2 : Thursdays at the Marina/Les Jeudis de la Marina – Music & Food (ST MARTIN)

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March 2 : Carubbian Festival (ARUBA) * Photo

March 2 : Noches de Jazz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

From March 2 to 4 : Virtual Days (GUADELOUPE)

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From 2 to 5 : 37th edition Heineken Regatta (ST MARTIN) * Photo

March 3 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 3 : Living statues, Carnival characters in Santo Domingo (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 3 : Bacchanal Opening Night – Carnival (JAMAICA) * Photo

March 3 : Friday Dance (GUADELOUPE)

March 3 : Night Market in Le Gosier (GUADELOUPE)

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March 3 : Full Moon Party in Kokomo Beach – Music & Dance (CURAÇAO) * Photo

From March 3 to 4 : Break Tobago Breakfast Jam (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

March 3 to 5 : International Comedy Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

From March 3 to 5 : Sport Health Well Being & Back to Natural Fair (MARTINIQUE) 

From March 3 to 5 : Caribbean Show Jumping Competitions / Concours Inter Caraïbes de Saut d’Obstacle (MARTINIQUE)

From March 3 to 5 : BVI Spring Fest (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)

From March 3 to 17 : Festival Cri de Femmes / Exhibition NuéesenS (GUADELOUPE)

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March 4 : 10th edition Sangria Fest (PUERTO RICO) * Photo

March 4 : Nos Zjilea – Local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables (BONAIRE)

March 4 : Farmer Market (CURAÇAO)

March 4 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 4 : Christiansted Vintage & Collectibles Fair in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 4 : Sandy Lane Gold Cup – Horse racing (BARBADOS) * Photo

March 4 : Bacchanal and DanceHall (JAMAICA)

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March 4 : Carnival for children en Santo Domingo (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

From March 4 to 5 : Stepping High Festival – Rastafarian Culture (JAMAICA)

From March 4 to 6 : Salon Black Beauty (GUADELOUPE)

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From March 4 to 11 : Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival (HAITI) * Photo

March 5 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial city (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 5 : Bird Watching (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 5 : On bon Maten o Komandman with the association Akadémiduka (GUADELOUPE)

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March 5 : National parade of Carnival in Santo Domingo (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

From March 5 to 12 : Annual Women’s Week (ANGUILLA)

March 6 : Socasize – Carnival (JAMAICA)

From March 6 to 10 : Academic Week of the Creole language (GUADELOUPE)

From March 6 to 12 : International Documentaries Festival / Festival Internacional de Documentales “Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam (CUBA)

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March 7 : Grand-Case Tuesdays / Les Mardis de Grand-Case / Harmony Nights (SAINT MARTIN) * Photo

March 7 : Bon Bini Festival (ARUBA)

March 7 : H. Lavity Stoutt’s Birthday (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)

From March 7 to 12 : 16th edition Havana & Dance Festival “Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam” (CUBA)

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March 8 : International Women’s Day * Photo

March 8 : Story Time – Readings of Children’s Books (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From March 8 to 15 : Brit Jam in Montego Bay (JAMAICA)

March 9 : Thursdays at the Marina / Les Jeudis de la Marina / Musix & Food (ST MARTIN)

March 9 : Noches de Jazz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 9 : Carubbian Festival (ARUBA)

From March 09 to 12 : 27th Annual Moonsplash Music Festival on rendez-Vous Beach (ANGUILLA)

From March 9 to 18 : Plein Air Curaçao International Art Festival 2017 (CURAÇAO)

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March 10 : Transfer Day Centennial Expo in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

March 10 : Bacchanal Friday – Carnival (JAMAICA)

From March 10 to 11 : Art in the Garden in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

From March 10 to 11 : Bon Doet 2017 Day 1 – Solidarity event (BONAIRE – ST EUSTATIUS)

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March 10 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) * Photo

From March 10 to 12 : Paradise Lost / Spring Break Music Festival (JAMAICA)

From March 10 to 12 : International Comedy Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

From March 10 to 25 : Sainte-Anne Art (GUADELOUPE)

From March 10 to 26 : 39th Ateneo Theater Festival (PUERTO RICO)

March 11 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 11 : Soothe : A night of Neo-Soul Jazz Rhythms & Spoken Words (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

March 11 : 9th edition On Sanmdi O’ Natirèl (GUADELOUPE)

March 11 : Taste of Bonaire – Ban Topa edition – Food, Music, Art (BONAIRE)

From March 11 to 12 : Inksane Tattoo Fest (PUERTO RICO)

From March 11 to 12 : 11th  edition Salon Guadeloupe Prestige 2017 – Art and Crafts, Culture, Gastronomy, Heritage (GUADELOUPE)

From March 11 to May 27 : Swali Nights (SINT MAARTEN)

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March 12 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial city (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) * Photo

March 12 : Soothe / A night of neo-soul (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

March 13 : Commonwealth Day (TURKS & CAICOS)

From March 13 to 29 : Le Temps des Poètes (GUADELOUPE)

March 14 : Grand-Case Tuesdays / Les Mardis de Grand-Case / Harmony Nights (SAINT-MARTIN)

March 14 : Bon Bini Festival (ARUBA)

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March 14 : Madrastique – Madras Fabric Festival (MONTSERRAT) * Photo

March 14 : National Heroes Day (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

March 15 : Story Time – Readings of Children’s Books (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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From March 15 to 17 : Bahamas Music & Heritage Festival on Exumas (THE BAHAMAS) * Photo

From March 15 to 19 : 2th SXM Music Festival – Electronic Music (ST MARTIN – SINT MAARTEN)

From March 15 to 19, 2017 : Boys and Girls Champs (JAMAICA)

March 16 : Thursdays at the Marina / Les Jeudis de la Marina / Music & Food (ST MARTIN)

March 16 : Noches de Jazz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 16 : Carubbian Festival (ARUBA)

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From March 16 to 19 : St Bart Buchet Regatta (ST BARTHELEMY) * Photo

March 16 : Art Thursday in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

March 17 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 17 : Bacchanal Fridays / Bacchanal Beach – Carnival (JAMAICA)

March 17 : Commonwealth Day

March 17 : Commemoration of Slaves Uprising in 1768 (MONTSERRAT)

March 17 : Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 17 : Saint Patrick’s Day (MONTSERRAT ; TURKS & CAICOS ; SINT MAARTEN) * Photo

From 17 to 19 : 6th edition Caribbean Boat Show (PUERTO RICO)

From March 17 to 25 : 14th edition Terra Festival (GUADELOUPE)

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March 18 : National Anthem and Flag Day (ARUBA) * Photo

March 18 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 18 : Wadadli Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

March 18 : Sugar Ridge’s Rum Chill (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

March 18 : 48th St Patrick Day Parade in St Croix – Theme : Sea of Green (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 18 : Monthly Orchid Class in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS) * Photo

From March 18 to 19 : 8th edition Festival Lezard Ti Show (MARTINIQUE)

From March 18 to 19 : Festival de Comics & Arte Independiente (PUERTO RICO)

From March 18 to May 3 : Carnival (SINT MAARTEN)

March 19 : Grupo Bonyé en la Ciudad Colonial (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 19 : Afternoon on the Green – Arts, Food (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 19 : World Water & Forest Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) * Photo

March 21 : Grand-Case Tuesdays / Les Mardis de Grand-Case / Harmony Nights (SAINT MARTIN)

March 21 : Forests International Day (MARTINIQUE)

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March 21 : World Puppetry Day / Día Mundial de la Marioneta (PUERTO RICO)

March 21 : World Poetry Day / Día Mundial de la Poesía (PUERTO RICO)

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March 21 : Bon Bini Festival (ARUBA) * Photo

March 22 : Emancipation Day (Abolition of Slavery) (PUERTO RICO)

March 22 : Story Time – Readings of Children’s Books (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 22 : Guadeloupe Electronik Groove (GUADELOUPE)

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From March 22 to 26 : Cooking Paradise (SAINT LUCIA) *Photo

Fom March 22 to 26 : Carifta Games – Swimming (MARTINIQUE)

March 23 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

March 23 : Thursdays at the Marina / Les Jeudis de la Marina / Music & Food (ST MARTIN)

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March 23 : Carnival Parade in Red and Black of Mid Lent (GUADELOUPE) * Photo

March 23 : Noches de Jazz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 23 : Carubbian Festival (ARUBA)

From March 23 to 26 : Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest (PUERTO RICO)

March 24 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 24 : Caribbean Cigar Night (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) * Photo

March 24 : Art Society T&T Film Night (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

March 24 : Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 24 : Bacchanal Fridays / Bacchanal Dancehall– Carnival (JAMAICA)

From March 24 to 25 : 6th Annual Rake & Scrape Festival (TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS)

From March 24 to April 2 : 7th edition Guadeloupe Poésie Festival (GUADELOUPE)

March 25 : Earth Hour 2017 (BONAIRE, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

March 25 : Bird Watching (BONAIRE)

March 25 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 25 : Speightstown Sizzlin – Food & Music (BARBADOS) * Photo

March 26 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial city (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 26 : Shivaratri Festival (GUADELOUPE)

March 27 : World Theatre Day / Día Mundial del Teatro (PUERTO RICO)

March 27 : Caribbean Night Dinner Show – Food, Live music, Mocko Jumbies in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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From March 27 to April 2 : 46th Annual Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS) * Photo

March 28 : Grand-Case Tuesdays / Les Mardis de Grand-Case / Harmony Nights (SAINT-MARTIN)

March 28 : Bon Bini Festival (ARUBA)

March 28 : Hindi (Hindu) New Year (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

March 29 : Story Time – Readings of Children’s Books (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From March 29 to April 2 : Eleuthera All That Jazz Festival (THE BAHAMAS)

From March 29 to April 2 : Dance Festival in Urban Scenery (CUBA)

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March 30 : Pigeon Peas Festival in Diego Martin (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) * Photo

March 30 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

March 30 : 68th Orchids Festival (PUERTO RICO)

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March 30 : Thursdays at the Marina / Les Jeudis de la Marina / Music & Food (ST MARTIN) * Photo

March 30 : Noches de Jazz (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 30 : Carubbian Festival (ARUBA)

From March 30 to April 2 : Danzon International Meeting Miguel Failde in Memoriam (CUBA) 

From March 30 to April 5 : 8th European Cinema Festival (PUERTO RICO)

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March 31 : Bacchanal Fridays – Carnival (JAMAICA)

March 31 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 31 : Transfer Day Centennial – Military Parade in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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March 31 : St John Transfer Day – Commemoration of the day when Denmark transfered its colonies to the United States (US VIRGIN ISLANDS) * Photo

From March 31 to April 2 : Festival Agro-gastronómico (PUERTO RICO)

March : Holders Season – Music (BARBADOS)

March : Art In D’Bay – Art & Craft Fair (JAMAICA)

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March : Manioc Day in St-Louis / Island of Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE) * Photo

March : Festival Destination Aquin (HAITI)

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March : Artiflore – Flowers and Arts & Crafts (GUADELOUPE) * Photo

March: 3th Edition Roots Festival in Vieux-Bourg – Reggae (GUADALOUPE)

March : Karaoke every Friday night (SINT EUSTATIUS)

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March : Spanish Town Fisherman’s Jamboree – Fishing, Music, Food (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS) * Photo

March : Changing of the Guard Ceremony in Nassau in the Governor’s House, Every 2 Saturday (THE BAHAMAS)

March (Last Friday in the Month) : Tea Party – Meeting between Inhabitants and Tourists in Governor’s House (THE BAHAMAS)