CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MARCH 2018

On March 27 : World Theatre Day - The Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana (Photo: Amelia Duarte de la Rosa)

March 2018

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From February 8 to March 30 : 26th Crab Festival, Photo Contest (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

From February 16 to March 4 : 2018 Alternative International Comedy Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

From February 18 to March 17 : 32nd The T&T Music Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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From February 28 to March 4 : Festival Saint-Georges – Classic Music (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

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From February 28 to March 17 : 62th Casals Festival – Classic Music (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

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March 1 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday (ARUBA)*Photo

From March 1 to 15 : Exhibition “Retentions” – Celebration of African Heritage Month (BARBADOS)

From March 1 to 29 : Quizaine de la Francophonie (HAITI)

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

From March 1 to April 3 : Art Splash Gallery Exhibition – Art Attack (BARBADOS)

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

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March 2 : Changing of the Guard – The Governor’s Palace (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 2 : Les Vendredis Culturels / Music, singing with the group “La Joie de Vivre”– Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)

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March 2 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 2 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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From March 2 to 4 : Carnaval Mabó in Guaynabo (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 2 : Literary evening with Alain Rutil – Ecomuseum of Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)

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March 3 : Punta Cana Carnival (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 3 : Free entry for Residents at National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 3 : Antigua & Barbuda Horticultural Society Flower & Garden Show (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo

March 3 : Crafts Market in Trois-Îlets (MARTINIQUE)

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March 3 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 3 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 3 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 3 : Cine del Estuario – first Saturday of the month (PUERTO RICO)

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March 3 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 3 : Harvest Festival in Andros (BAHAMAS)

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March 3 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 3 : Hope Town Heritage Day Festival in Abaco – History, art, food, displays (BAHAMAS)

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March 3 : Junior Junkanoo Parade in Eleuthera & Harbour Island – Carnival (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 3 : Red Sky at Night Festival – Live performances, music and food (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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From March 3 to 19 : 20th Printemps des Poètes / Le Temps des Poètes – The Time of Poets (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

From March 3 to 4 : One Love Music Festival in Montego Bay (JAMAICA)

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March 4 : National Carnival Parade in Santo Domningo (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 4 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 4 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 4 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

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March 4 : On bon Maten o Komandman with the association Akadémiduka (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March 4 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

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March 5 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 5 : H. Lavity Stoutt’s Birthday (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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From March 5 to 11 : 17th edition Fiesta del Tambor / Havana Rhythm & Dance Festival “Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam” (CUBA)*Photo

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

From March 5 to April 13 : Art Exhibition in Eleuthera (BAHAMAS)

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March 6 : Bon Bini Festival – every Tuesday in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo

March 6 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 6 : Grand-Case Tuesdays – Craft, dancer show, live music, art, food etc (SAINT MARTIN)*Photo

March 7 : Free admission at Puerto Rico Art Museum 2:00pm to 8:00pm – San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 7 : Open Canvas at KARoo – Local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 7 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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March 7 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

From March 7 to 11 : 2nd Festival Nouveaux Regards – Cinema (GUADELOUPE)

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From March 7 to 11 : 9th Festival d’Arts de rue – Le Carbet (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

From March 7 to 11 : Caribbean Fine Arts Fair – Exhibition with over 40 Caribbean artists (BARBADOS)

March 8 : Mid-Lent

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March 8 : Carnival Parade in Red and Black of Mid Lent (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March 8 : Carnival Parade in Red and Black of Mid Lent with disabled persons – Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)

March 8 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday (ARUBA)

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March 8 : International Women’s Day *Photo

From March 8 to 10 : Bahamian Music & Heritage Festival (BAHAMAS)

From March 8 to 11 : 11th Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2018 (BARBADOS)

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March 9 : The Piano Concert – by the Classical Music Board (BONAIRE)*Photo

March 9 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 9 : Les Vendredis Culturels / Special Women’s Day – Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March 9 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 9 : Night Market in Deshaies (GUADELOUPE)

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From March 9 to 11 : 12th edition Salon Guadeloupe Prestige 2018 – Art and Crafts, Culture, Gastronomy, Heritage (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

From March 9 to 18 : 9th Literary and Artistic Festival (HAITI)

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From March 9 to 19 : St. Patrick’s Day Festival (MONTSERRAT)*Photo

March 10 : SOOTHE: A night of neo-soul, jazz rhythms ans spoken words (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

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March 10 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 10 : Crafts Market in Trois-Îlets (MARTINIQUE)

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March 10 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 10 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

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March 10 : Nicholl’s Town Music Arts & Craft Festival – Andros (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 10 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

March 10 : Free entry for Residents at National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 10 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

From March 10 to 11 : The Open Atelier Route 2018 – the public can visit artist work studios at Band’ariba (CURAÇAO)

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From March 10 to 11 : Circo Fest 2018 (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

From March 10 to 11 : The Open Atelier Route 2018 – the public can visit artist work studios at Banda Abou (CURAÇAO)

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

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March 11 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 11 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

March 11 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

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March 11 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 11 : 7th Martinique Regional Danse contest (MARTINIQUE)

From March 11 to 17 : 1st Poetry Festival – Cap Haïtien (HAITI)

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March 12 : Commonwealth Day *Photo

March 12 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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From March 12 to 16: Academic Week of the Creole language (GUADELOUPE) *Photo

From March 12 to 18 : Lebanese Cultural week in Pointe-à-Pitre (GUADELOUPE)

March 13 : Bon Bini Festival – every Tuesday in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)

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March 13 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 13 : Grand Case Tuesdays – Craft, dancer show, live music, art, food etc (SAINT MARTIN)

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March 14 : Open Canvas at KARooLocal artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 14 : Free admission at Puerto Rico Art Museum 2:00pm to 8:00pm – San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 14 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 14 : Gala Opening for “1768” by Silk Cotton Theatre Company (MONTSERRAT)

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March 14 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

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

From March 14 to 18 : SXM Music Festival (SINT MAARTEN)

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March 15 : Art Thursday in St Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 15 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday (ARUBA)

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From March 15 to 18 : 69th Orchids Festival (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

From March 15 to 21: International Documentaries Festival “Santiago Álvarez in Memoriam (CUBA)

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March 16 : Changing of the Guard – The Governor’s Palace (BAHAMAS)*Photo

March 16 : Les Vendredis Culturels / Special Children – Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)

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March 16 : Ancestral Trails – Visit of the sites of Memory in West Coast – Slavery (BARBADOS)*Photo

March 16 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 16 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

From March 16 to 24 : 13th Rencontres Cinémas Martinique – Cinema (MARTINIQUE)

March 17 : Free entry for Residents at the National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 17 : Commemoration of 250th anniversary of Slaves Uprising in1768 (MONTSERRAT)*Photo

March 17 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 17 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 17 : Saint Patrick’s Day (MONTSERRAT)*Photo

March 17 : Marché artisanal au Trois-Îlets (MARTINIQUE)

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March 17 : 49th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Christiansted – St. Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 17 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

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March 17 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 17 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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

March 18 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

March 18 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 18 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 18 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 19 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

From March 19 to 24 : 3rd Francophone Film Festival (HAITI) 

March 20 : Bon Bini Festival – every Tuesday in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)

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March 20 : International Earth Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

March 20 : Grand-Case Tuesdays – Craft, dancer show, live music, art, food etc (SAINT MARTIN)

March 20 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From March 20 to April 1 : 9th Kont Anba Tonel Festival – Jacmel (HAITI)

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March 21 : Open Canvas at KARoo – Local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 21 : Free admission at Puerto Rico Art the Museum, 2:00pm to 8:00pm – San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 21 : World Puppetry Day / Día Mundial de la Marioneta *Photo

March 21 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 21 : World Poetry Day / Día Mundial de la Poesía *Photo

March 21 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

From March 21 to 25 : 2018 Jazz Festival of the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory (PUERTO RICO) 

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From March 21 to April 1 : 26th The Crab Festival – Morne-à-L’Eau (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March 22 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday (ARUBA)

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March 22 : Emancipation Day / Abolition of Slavery on March 22, 1873 (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

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March 22 : Hindi (Hindu) New Year (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

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March 22 : Statia Taste of Culture / Traditions, arts and crafts, food and drinks, music and entertainment – last Thursday of the month (SINT EUSTATIUS)*Photo

March 23 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 23 : Bacchanal Jamaica (Carnival) – Bacchanal Live (JAMAICA)*Photo

March 23 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 23 : Les Vendredis Culturels / Dancing, Singing with the group “Touloukaera”– Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

From March 23 to 24 : 3rd edition of “Danse avec le Lamentin” (MARTINIQUE)

March 24 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 24 : Free entry for Residents at National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 24 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 24 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

March 24 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

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March 24 : 7th Annual Rake & Scrape Festival in North Caicos (TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS)*Photo

March 24 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

March 24 : Crafts Market in Trois-Îlets (MARTINIQUE)

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From March 24 to 25 : 4th Martinique Arts & Crafts Fair (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

March 25 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

March 25 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

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March 25 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

March 25 : Kalakaswé – Dancing (GUADELOUPE )

March 25 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

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From March 25 to April 7 : Meeting of the Academies for Ballet Education and Contest of Young Dancers (CUBA)*Photo

March 26 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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March 27 : World Theatre Day / Día Mundial del Teatro *Photo

March 27 : Bon Bini Festival – every Tuesday in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)

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March 27 : Grand-Case Tuesdays – Craft, dancer show, live music, art, food etc (SAINT MARTIN)*Photo

March 27 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

March 27 : Open day of the Theater in Cap Haïtien (HAITI) 

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March 27 : Poetry Nights Under the Stars – last Tuesday of the month – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

March 28 : Free admission at Puerto Rico Art Museum 2:00pm to 8:00pm – San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

March 28 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 28 : Open Canvas at KARoo – Local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 28 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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March 28 : Visit to monuments in Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March 29 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday (ARUBA)

From March 29 to April 1 : 3rd Danzon International Meeting Miguel Failde in Memoriam (CUBA)

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March 30 : Good Friday *Photo

March 30 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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March 30 : Jazz in the Park – St. Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

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

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March 30 : French Film Night – last Friday of the month – Alliance Française (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

From March 30 to 31 : Curaçao International Blueseas Festival (CURAÇAO)

March 31 : Free entry for Residents at the National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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March 31 : Story Time – for children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 31 : Crafts Market in Trois-Îlets (MARTINIQUE)

March 31 : Art in the Plaza – Old San Juan (PUERTO RICO)

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March 31 : Nos Zjilea – Cultural event with local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables and educational presentations in Rincon (BONAIRE)*Photo

March 31 : Castillo San Cristobal – Daily guidance talks at 10:00am (PUERTO RICO)

March 31 : Castillo San Felipe del Morro – Daily guidance talks (PUERTO RICO)

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March 31 : 101th Transfer Day – Commemoration of the day when Denmark transfered its colonies to the United States (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

March 31 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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March 31 : Bacchanal Jamaica (Carnival) – Beach Jouvert (JAMAICA)*Photo

March 31 : Chalkfest – Art competition (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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From March 31 to April 1 : Fèt a Kabrit Festival on the island of Désirade (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

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From March 31 to April 02 : Oistins Fish Festival (BARBADOS)*Photo

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From March 31 to April 02 : Virgin Gorda Easter Explosion (ÎLES VIERGES BRITANNIQUES)*Photo

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From March 31 to April 28 : St Thomas Carnival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

March : Speightstown Sizzlin – Food & Music (BARBADOS)

March : Holders Season – Music (BARBADOS)

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March : 8th edition Guadeloupe Poésie Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

March : Festival Destination Aquin (HAITI)

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

March : Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest (PUERTO RICO)

March : Scream of Woman – International Poetry and Arts Festival (GUADELOUPE)