OCTOBER 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: MANY CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR POSTPONED IN ALL ISLANDS, ASK THE ORGANIZERS
From February 1 to December 1 : Kingston Creative in Downtown – the 1st day of every month (JAMAICA)*Photo
From March 8 to November 29 : Parguera Baila Salsa / Parguera Dance Salsa – every Sunday free Salsa classes & performances from local salsa orchestras – La Parguera’s Plaza San Pedro (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From March 19, 2020 to February 17, 2022 : Arte & Cultura Viva – Monthly on the 3rd Thursday – Hormigueros (PUERTO RICO)
From September 25 to October 4 : Trinidad & Tobago Restaurant Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From September 28 to October 24 : Exhibition “Nègzistans” by Joël Nankin – Atrium Scène Nationale (MARTINIQUE)
From September 30 to October 4 : Tobago Fest (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From September 30 to October 4 : Jamaica Food and Drink Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 1 : Contes à la Pleine Lune – Archives de Martinique (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
From October 1 to 7 : 4th Ciné Star Film Festival (GUADELOUPE)
From October 1 to 31 : Cayman Restaurant Month 2020 (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 2 : Urban Festival Curaçao 2020 “5 Years” (CURAÇAO)*Photo POSTPONED
October 2 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
October 3&4 : Authentic Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 4 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)
October 5 : Thanksgiving Day, first Monday in October (St LUCIA)*Photo
October 5 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
October 6 : Nassau Creative Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 8 : Anniversary of Henri Christophe’s Death (HAITI)*Photo
From October 8 to 10 : Coppice Festival – food, music, games, entertainment (BAHAMAS)
October 9 : Abolition of Slavery by Sweden in 1847 (ST BARTHELEMY)*Photo
October 9 : Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s Birthday (CUBA)*Photo
October 9 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
From October 9 to 11 : Pool Art Fair Guadeloupe (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
From October 9 to 12 : National Heroes Day (BAHAMAS)
From October 9 to 15 : Monde en Vues Festival – Guadeloupe International Human Rights Film Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo / From November 27 to December 3, 2020
From October 9 to 18 : Santa Rosa First Peoples Heritage Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
October 10 : Curaçao Autonomous Day 2020 (CURAÇAO)*Photo
October 10&11 : Authentic Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
From October 10 to 12 : Mars Bay Conch Fest (BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 11 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)
October 12 : Discovery Day in San Salvador (ex Guanahani), first landfall of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492 (BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 12 (2sd Monday in October) : Christopher Columbus Day (US VIRGIN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO)*Photo
October 12 : Chinese Arrival Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
October 12 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 13 : Nassau Creative Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
October 16 : World Food Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
October 16 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
Octobre 17 : Anniversary of Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Death (HAITI)*Photo
October 17&18 : Authentic Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
October 18 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 18 : Tobago Blue Food Festival – L’Anse Fourmi Bloody Bay (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From October 18 to 25 : Bacchanal Jamaica – Carnival (JAMAICA)*Photo POSTPONED to April 11, 2021
October 19 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
October 20 : Nassau Creative Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
October 21 : Antillean Day (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo
October 21 : St Ursula’s Day (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)
From October 21 to 25 : 7th Barbados Visual Media Festival / Movie festival with local and foreigners filmmakers (BARBADOS)*Photo
October 23 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
From October 23 to 24 : Creole Heritage Month / Arts & Heritage Festival (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
From October 23 to 25 : World Creole Creole Festival 2020 (DOMINICA)*Photo CANCELLED
From October 23 to 31 : 15th edition Cinémartinique Festival – Atrium (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
October 24 : Taste of Cayman Food and Drink Festival (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 24&25 : Authentic Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
October 24 to 28 : Ibero-American Culture Festival (CUBA)*Photo
October 25 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)*Photo
From October 25 to November 1 : Antigua & Barbuda 39th Independence Anniversary (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
October 26 : Kweyol Day (DOMINICA)
October 26 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 27 : Independence Day (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
October 27 : Nassau Creative Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
October 27 : Last Sundays at The National Gallery (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 28 : International Creole Day (HAITI, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, DOMINICA, St LUCIA, St MARTIN…)*Photo
From October 28 to November 6 : Havana’s Theatre Festival (CUBA) CANCELLED
October 29 : Creole Day / Jounen Kréyòl (ST LUCIA)*Photo
October 29 : Statia Taste of the Cultures – traditions, arts and crafts, food, drinks, music, entertainment etc. – every last Thursday (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo
From October 29 to November 1 : Barbados Food & Rum Festival (BARBADOS)*Photo CANCELLED
October 30 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
October 31 : Halloween (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
October 31 : Cultural event “Nos Zjilea” in Rincon – local crafts, plants & vegetables, educational presentations, food, live music (BONAIRE)*Photo
