JUNE 2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: MANY CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR POSTPONED IN ALL ISLANDS, ASK THE ORGANIZERS
From September 19, 2019 to June 24, 2020 : Danses et sorties traditionnelles – for young people 12-17 (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
From October 1st, 2019 to June 27, 2020 : Ateliers créatifs vannerie – Mornes des Esses, Sainte-Marie (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
From February 1 to December 1 : Kingston Creative in Downtown – the 1st day of every month (JAMAICA)
From February 3 to June 26 : Exhibition “Jamaica Jamaica: How Jamaican Music Conquered the World” (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 March 28 to September 19 : Latilié Kréyol Dinamik Jenn Matnik / DJM Creole Workshop (MARTINIQUE)
From May 29 to June 1 : Festival Terre de Blues de Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)*Photo CANCELLED
June 1 : Whit Monday *Photo
June 1 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
From June 1 to July 5 : 66th edition St John Festival – Carnival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo CANCELLED
June 3 : Emancipation Day / Abolition of slavery June 3, 1848 (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
June 4 : Labour Day Celebrations – Calypso finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From June 4 to 6 : 8th edition Book Fair – virtual edition on Facebook (SAINT MARTIN)*Photo
From June 4 to 6 : Cat Island Rake & Scrape Festival (BAHAMAS)*Photo CANCELLED
From June 4 to 6 : Pinapple Festival – Eleuthera (BAHAMAS)*Photo CANCELLED
June 5 : Commemoration of the death of percussionist (tanbouyé) Marcel Lollia “Vélo” (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
June 5 : Sir Randl Fawles Day or Labor Day (BAHAMAS)
June 5 : Labour Day Celebrations – Drum Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
June 5 : 38th Caribbean Gospel Songs at Bida Nobo Church – with artists from Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Rep., Surinam, Barbados, Haiti, and more (CURAÇAO)*Photo
June 5 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
From June 5 to 7 : Rendez-vous aux Jardins (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE)*Photo CANCELLED / POSTPONED TO June, 4, 5, 6, 2021
From June 5 to 7 : Grenada Music Festival (GRENADA) CANCELLED
June 6 : Mango Mania – Queen Elizabeth 11 Botanical Park (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
June 6 : Taste of Bonaire – talent edition (BONAIRE) CANCELLED
June 6 : Jazz Meets Culture 2020 – Mix of Jazz with our Caribbean Rhythms like Tumba, Tambú, Seú, Simadam, Ritmo Kombina and Reggae (CURAÇAO)*Photo CANCELLED
June 6, 12, 13 : WeBeat 2020 (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From June 6 to 15: Puerto Rico Restaurant Week (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
June 7 : Mother’s Day (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHÉLEMY)*Photo
June 7 : Liguanea Art Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
June 7 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)
June 7 : Authentically Bahamian Marketplace (BAHAMAS)
From June 7 to 12 : 12th edition Première Rencontre Autour du Piano Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo CANCELLED
From June 7 to 14 : Ocho Rios Jazz Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
June 8 : Queen’s Official Birthday (ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, MONTSERRAT, SAINT KITTS & NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS etc.)*Photo
June 8 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
June 9 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From June 9 to 15 : Mango Madness Festival (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
From June 10 to 14 : Pool Art Fair Guadeloupe (GUADELOUPE)*Photo POSTPONED TO September 25 to 27, 2020
June 11 : Corpus Christi (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GRENADA, HAITI, ST LUCIA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
June 12 : Sovereign Day / Queen’s Birthday (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)
June 12 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From June 12 to 14 : Pineapple Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) *Photo
June 13&14 : Authentically Bahamian Marketplace (BAHAMAS)
June 14 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)*Photo
June 15 : Queen’s Birthday (CAYMAN ISLANDS, MONTSERRAT, ANGUILLA, )*Photo
June 15 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
June 16 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From June 18 to 20 : 24th All Andros Crab Fest (BAHAMAS)*Photo CANCELLED
June 19 : Labor Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
June 19 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
From June 19 to 21: 11th edition National Archaeology Days (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHELEMY)*Photo
From June 19 to 22 : Charles Town Maroon Festival & Conference – gathering of indigenous and Maroons peoples (JAMAICA)*Photo
June 20 : Yoruba Village Drum Festival – Port of Spain (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From June 20 to 21 : Sun Island Festival – Beauport (GUADELOUPE) CANCELLED
From June 20 to 21 : Shiva’s School of Danse Annual Production (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
June 20&21 : Authentically Bahamian Marketplace (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From June 20 to 28: 3rd Puerto Rico’s International Folk Festival (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
June 21 : Father’s Day (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHÉLEMY, PUERTO RICO, ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, BONAIRE, BARBADOS, DOMINICA, GRENADA, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, JAMAICA, CUBA, CURAÇAO, SAINT KITTS & NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SINT MAARTEN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
June 21 : Fête de la Musique / Music Festival (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, SAINT MARTIN, SAINT BARTHELEMY)*Photo
June 21 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)
June 21 : Tobago Culinary Festival – Pigeon Point (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
June 22 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
June 23 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
June 24 : Feast of St John the Baptist (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From June 24 to 29 : Fiestas Sanjuaneras, Carnaval de Trinidad (CUBA)
From June 24 to 29 : Camaguey Carnival (San Juan Camagüeyano) in Camaguey (CUBA)*Photo
From June 25 to 28 : XXXI Festival Internacional Boleros de Oro – guest country : Mexico (CUBA)*Photo CANCELLED
June 26 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
June 27 : Cultural event “Nos Zjilea” in Rincon – local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables, educative presentations, food, live music (BONAIRE)*Photo
June 27&28 : Authentically Bahamian Marketplace (BAHAMAS)
June 28 : Last Sundays at the National Gallery (JAMAICA)*Photo
June 28 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)
From June 28 to July 1 : 53th Jornada Cucalambeana – Fiesta de la musica del campo cubano (CUBA)*Photo
June 29 : Territory Day Holiday- in lieu of July 1st (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)
June 29 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)
June 29 : Fishermen’s Feast (Fête des Pêcheurs) – mass and activities (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
June 30 : Creative Nassau Market – Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)