CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – APRIL 2018

To go to the beach on Easter Monday is a tradition in Guadeloupe but also in several islands of the Caribbean - Anse à l'Eau Beach in Saint François, Guadeloupe (Photo: Bernard Boucard)

APRIL 2018

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

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

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

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From March 30 to April 1 : Flower Show by Horticultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

From March 31 to April 1 : 11th Annual Festival Del Mar (ANGUILLA)

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From March 31 to April 2 : Oistins Fish Festival (BARBADOS)*Photo

From March 31 to April 2 : Virgin Gorda Easter Explosion (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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From March 31 to April 28 : 66th St Thomas Carnival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 1 : National Youth Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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April 1 : Easter Sunday *Photo

April 1 : Puerto Rico Sings and Grows – musical event every Sunday in Caguas (PUERTO RICO)

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April 1 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

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April 2 : Easter Monday – Public Holiday (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, SAINT MARTIN, SAINT BARTHÉLEMY, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, ARUBA, CURAÇAO, BAHAMAS, SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, SINT EUSTATIUS, BONAIRE, SABA, MONTSERRAT…)*Photo

April 2 : Monday Easter Day Simadan (Harvest) Festival in Rincon (BONAIRE)

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April 2 : Harvest Festival Parade – Seú 2018 – Traditional Dance (CURAÇAO)*Photo

April 2 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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April 2 : 20th Annual Pelican Point Coconut Festival (BAHAMAS)*Photo

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From April 2 to 3 : Buccoo Goat, Donkey and Crab races (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

From April 2 to 30 : SVG Gospel Fest (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

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April 3 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo

April 3 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From April 3 to 8 : 17th Muestra Joven ICAIC – Cine (CUBA)

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April 4 : 2nd edition Mix Party, Deejay Contest – Le Robert (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

April 4 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 4 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 4 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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April 4, 7, 8 : 22th edition Artiflore – Trois-Rivières (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

From April 4 to 8 :Vujuday Music Festival (BARBADOS)

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April 5 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo

From April 5 to 7 : Samb’afro Festival – Dancing (MARTINIQUE)

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From April 5 to 7 : Curaçao Ponton Festival – Rock, Pop, Urban, Reggae, Latin, Soul etc (CURAÇAO)*Photo

From April 5 to 8 : St Croix Food and Wine Experience – Culinary event (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)

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From April 5 to 8 : 11th Saborea Puerto Rico 2018 – food, Drinks Cooking technique, recipe demonstrations (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

April 6 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

April 6 : Défi Lyéens 2018 – Singing (GUADELOUPE) 

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April 6 : Bèlè bò Lari in Sainte-Marie (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

April 6 : Taste of Bonaire Event 2018 (Ban Wapa Edition) – food, culture, local handcrafts etc (BONAIRE)

April 6, 3:00pm : Screening of the Documentary “SHASHAMANE at University of the West Indies, St Augustine – Free (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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April 6 : Jazz in The Park (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 6 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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April 6 : Bacchanal Jouvert & Road March – Carnival (JAMAICA)*Photo

From April 6 to 22 : Exhibition of Paintings “L’Atelier de Lucien” – Fort Fleur d’Épée, Le Gosier (GUADELOUPE) 

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April 7 : Residents free entry to National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 7 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 7 : 13th Night in the Museum – Kréol West Indies (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

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April 7 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

From April 7 to 13 : Centennial of Moune de Rivel’s Birth (1918-2018) – Exhibition “Une Vie en Chansons” (GUADELOUPE)

April 8 : Puerto Rico Sings and Grows – musical event every Sunday in Caguas (PUERTO RICO)

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April 8 : Bacchanal Road Parade – Carnival (JAMAICA)*Photo

April 8 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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April 9 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

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April 10 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 10 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)

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April 11 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

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April 11 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 11 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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From April 11 to 15 : Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018 (CURAÇAO)*Photo

From April 11 to 29 : 21th French Film Festival in Cuba (CUBA)

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April 12 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo

From April 12 to 18 : 9th European Film Festival – San Juan (PUERTO RICO) 

From April 12 to May 2 : Carnival (SINT MAARTEN)

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April 12 : Opening Carnival Village (SINT MAARTEN)*Photo

April 13 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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April 13 : Changing of the Guard (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 13 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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From April 13 to 15 : Pure Grenada Music Festival (GRENADA)*Photo

April 14 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

April 14 : Residents free entry to National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 14 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

From April 14 to 15 : Carnaval Brujo in Guayama (PUERTO RICO)

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April 15 : Kalakaswé – Dancing (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

April 15 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

April 15 : Junior Carnival Parade (SINT MAARTEN)

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April 15 : Puerto Rico Sings and Grows – musical event every Sunday in Caguas (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

April 16 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

April 16 : José de Diego Birthday (PUERTO RICO)

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From April 16 to 23 : Saint-Barthélemy Book Festival (SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY)*Photo

From April 16 to 29 : 21th French Film Festival in Cuba (CUBA)

April 17 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 17 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo

April 18 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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April 18 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 18 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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From April 18 to 22 : Encuentro Internacional de Danza en Paisajes Urbanos (CUBA)*Photo

April 19 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)

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From April 19 to 30 : 2018 Santo Domingo International Book Fair (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

April 20 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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April 20 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 20 : Kilti Kontré (Meeting of Culture) – slam, tale, poetry, theater, riddle, free expression – Bouillante (GUADELOUPE)

From April 20 to 22 : 4th edition Musiciennes en Martinique (MARTINIQUE)

April 21 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 21 : Residents free entry to National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 21 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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April 22 : 48th Earth Day (ARUBA)*Photo

April 22 : Puerto Rico Sings and Grows – musical event every Sunday in Caguas (PUERTO RICO)

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April 22 : Déboulé de Contes – Tales (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

April 22 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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From April 22 to 29 : Barbados Reggae Festival (BARBADOS)*Photo

From April 22 to 29 : XVth Havana International Guitare Festival and Competition (CUBA)

April 22, 27, 29, 30 : International Jazz Week by tbe Barbados Jazz Society (BARBADOS)

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April 23 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 23 : 7th edition Musiciennes en Guadeloupe – Musicians in Guadeloupe (GUADELOUPE)

April 23 : World Book and Copyright Day

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April 24 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo

April 24 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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From April 24 to 29 : 13th International Puppet Theater Workshop  – Matanzas (CUBA)*Photo

April 25 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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April 25 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

April 25 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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From April 25 to 29 : Bocas Lit Fest – The Trinidad & Tobago Litterary Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

April 26 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)

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April 26 : Statia Taste of Culture / Traditions, arts and crafts, food and drinks, music and entertainment – last Thursday of the month (SINT EUSTATIUS)*Photo

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April 27 : Changing of the Guard (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 27 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)

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April 27 : King Willem Alexander’s Birthday / King’s Day Celebration (SINT EUSTATIUS ; SINT MAARTEN ; ARUBA ; BONAIRE ; CURAÇAO ; SABA)*Photo

April 27 : Jouvert Morning Jump Up – Carnival (SINT MAARTEN)

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April 27 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

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From April 27 to 28 : Batabano Junior Parade – Carnival (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

From April 27 to 29 : 9th Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival (GRENADA)

From April 27 to May 6 : 8th edition Guadeloupe Poésie Festival – Poetry (GUADELOUPE)

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April 28 : Tribute to the Singer and Musician Gilles Floro in La Scène Nationale (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

April 28 : Story Time, Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

April 28 : Soirée au Clair de Lune – Poetry, singing, music, word games, jokes (GUADELOUPE)

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April 28 : National Heroes Day (BARBADOS)*Photo

April 28 : Screening of the film “La Couleur de la Victoire” at the Fort Fleur d’Épée (GUADELOUPE)

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April 28 : Bahamian Culture Fest in The Bay 2018 (BAHAMAS)*Photo

April 28 : Residents free entry to National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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April 28 : Cultural Event “Nos Zjilea” in Rincon – local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables, food, educational presentations and live music (BONAIRE)*Photo

April 28 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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From April 28 to 29 : Tobago Beach Jazz (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

April 29 : Puerto Rico Sings and Grows – musical event every Sunday in Caguas (PUERTO RICO)

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April 29 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial City – merengue, son, jazz / Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

April 29 : National Salsa Day (PUERTO RICO)

April 29 : 11th edition Balaou (fish) Festival – Rivière-des-Pères, Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)

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From April 29 to May 6 : Saba Restaurant Week (SABA)*Photo

April 30 : Grand Carnival Parade – Carnival (SINT MAARTEN)

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April 30 : Dia di Rincon / Rincón Day – Oldest Town of Bonaire and the Dutch Caribbean (BONAIRE)*Photo

April 30 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)

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April 30 : International Jazz Day *Photo

April : Rara Festival – Music (HAITI)