AUGUST 2018
From July 4 to August 29 : School Holidays Operation at the Museum – Entertainments, lectures, exhibitions, films (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
From July 16 to August 1 : Tobago Heritage Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From July 26 to August 7 : Nevis Culturama Festival (SAINT KITTS & NEVIS)
From July 27 to August 7 : 61st Anniversary Celebrations of Antigua’s Carnival (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
July 27 & August 1, 3, 10 : 29th edition Rivière-Pilote Cultural Nights / Nuits Culturelles de Rivière-Pilote (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
From July 31 to August 1 : Rise Soca Kindom (BARBADOS)
From July 31 to August 6 : Jamaica Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
August 1 : Emancipation Day / Slavery Abolition (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ; JAMAICA, ANGUILLA ; MONTSERRAT ; ST KITTS & NEVIS ; ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES ; ST LUCIA ; DOMINICA ; TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS ; BARBADOS etc.)*Photo
August 1 : Montego Bay Jerk Festival – Food, children activities etc. (JAMAICA)
August 1 : Closing of the International Zouk Festival – FIZ / Prize-giving (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 1 : Open Canvas at KARoo, every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 1 : Moruga Heritage Day Festival – Columbus Day Celebration (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
August 1 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)
August 1 : Story Time / Heure du Conte – every Wednesday at the Schoelcher Library (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
August 1 : Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Coronation (JAMAICA)*Photo
August 1 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
From August 1 to 4 : Junkanoo Summer Festival in Nassau (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From August 1 to 12 : Anguilla Carnival / Summer Festival (ANGUILLA)
From August 1 to 31 : Breadfruit Festival (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
From August 1 to 31: Chocolate Heritage Month (ST LUCIA)*Photo
August 2 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Official Opening night – Soca Rave (ANGUILLA)
August 2 : “Carubbian” Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
From August 2 to 15 : St Barth Family Festival (ST BARTHÉLEMY)
August 3 : Rainbow City Festival (GRENADA)
August 3 : Full Moon Party (CURAÇAO)*Photo
August 3 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Prince & Princess Show (ANGUILLA)
August 3 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
August 3 : Fruit Festival in Nevis (ST KITTS & NEVIS)*Photo
August 3 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 3 to 4 : Cudjoe Head Day– African Ancestors’ Commemoration (MONTSERRAT)*Photo
August 3 to 4 : Crop Over 2018 / Pic-O-De-Crop Final – Calypso music (BARBADOS)
August 4 : Miss Guadeloupe for Miss France contest (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 4 : Children’s Carnival Frolic (GRENADA)
August 4 : Anguilla Summer Festival – South Valley Street Festival, Soca band class, bandorama (ANGUILLA)
August 4 : 3rd Anniversary of the Memorial ACTe – tales, dance, films, concert etc. Admission free (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 4 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 4 : “Buy Local” Arts and Craft Street Fair (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
August 4 : Gombay Summer Festival (BAHAMAS)
August 4 : Taste of Bonaire (recycle edition) (BONAIRE)*Photo
August 4 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 4 : Residents free entry at the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
From August 4 to 6 : Bridgetown Market (BARBADOS)
August 5 : Grupo Bonyé – merengué, son, jazz every Sunday in the Ruins of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 5 : Karukéra en Folie Muzik Festival (GUADELOUPE)
August 5 : Ocho Rios Seafood Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
August 5 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Talented Teen Pageant (ANGUILLA)
August 6 : Carnival Monday (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
August 6 : Emancipation Day / August Monday Holiday (BAHAMAS ; MONTSERRAT ; TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS)
August 6 : Anguilla Summer Festival – J’Ouvert & Caribbean Beach Party (ANGUILLA)*Photo
August 6 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 6 : Grand Kadooment (BARBADOS)*Photo
From August 6 to 8 : Festival Holiday 2018 / Emancipation Festival (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 7 : “Bonbini” Festival, every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
August 7 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 7 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Junior & Senior Calypso Monarch competition – Soca relapse (ANGUILLA)
August 7 : Carnival Tuesday (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
August 7 : Independence Day (JAMAICA)
August 8 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 8 : Story Time / Heure du Conte – every Wednesday at the Schoelcher Library (MARTINIQUE)
August 8 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 8 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)
August 8 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Miss Anguilla Queen Pageant (ANGUILLA)
August 9 : “Carubbian” Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
August 9 : Ounces Seafood Fiesta (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
August 9 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)*Photo
August 10 : Soca Monarch / groovy finals – Carnival (GRENADA)
August 10 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 10 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Grand Parade of Troupes (ANGUILLA)
August 10 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 11 : National Panorama – Carnival (GRENADA)
August 11 : Anguilla Summer Festival – Leeward Islands Calypso Competition (ANGUILLA)
August 11 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 11 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 11 : Fête des Cuisinières / Cooks Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 11 : Residents free entry at the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
From August 11 to 15 : 16th edition Biguine Jazz Festival (MARTINIQUE)
August 12 : Beach Bum – cuisine, drinks and music (GRENADA)*Photo
August 12 : Dimanche Gras – Carnival (GRENADA)
August 12 : Urlings Seafood Festival (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
August 12 : 50th anniversary Rotary Carnival Fête (GRENADA)
August 12 : Grupo Bonyé – merengue, son, jazz every Sunday in the Ruins of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 12 : International Youth Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
August 13 : SpiceMas / J’Ouvert, Pageant, Monday night Mas – Carnival, the second Monday and Tuesday in August (GRENADA)*Photo
August 13 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 14 : Parade of the Bands / Last Lap (GRENADA)
August 14 : 7th edition Mister Guadeloupe Pageant 2018 (GUADELOUPE)
August 14 : “Bonbini” Festival, every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
August 14 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 15 : Assumption Day *Photo
August 15 : Fishermen Festival in Saint-François (GUADELOUPE)
August 15 : The Finale Party – Carnival (GRENADA)*Photo
August 15 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
August 15 : Camping on the Beach or at the River (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 15 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)
August 15 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 15 : La Désirade Fishermen Festival (GUADELOUPE)
August 16 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)*Photo
August 16 : Restoration Day (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 16 : “Carubbian” Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)* Photo
August 17 : Commemoration of the 1795 Slave Uprising led by Tula – Music and cultural presentations (CURAÇAO)
August 17 : Changing of the Guard Ceremony in Nassau in front of the Governor’s House (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 17 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 17 : Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted – 3rd Friday of the month (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 17 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
From August 17 to 31 : Festival Internacional Timbalaye: La Ruta de la Rumba in La Habana, Pinar del Río, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Guantánamo y Santiago de Cuba (CUBA)*Photo
August 18 : Gombay Summer Festival in Long Island (BAHAMAS)
August 18 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 18 : Residents free entry at the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 18 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 19 : Grupo Bonyé – merengué, son, jazz every Sunday in the Ruins of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 19 : Karukéra One Love Festival – Music (GUADELOUPE)
August 20 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)
August 21 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 21 : “Bonbini” Festival, every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
August 22 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 22 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 22 : Story Time / Heure du Conte – every Wednesday at the Schoelcher Library (MARTINIQUE)
August 22 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 23 : “Carubbian” Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
August 23 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)*Photo
August 24 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 24 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 25 : Residents free entry at the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 25 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 25 : Nos Zjilea – local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables and educational presentations, food & drinks (BONAIRE)*Photo
August 25 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 26 : Grupo Bonyé – merengué, son, jazz every Sunday in the Ruins of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 27 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 28 : “Bonbini” Festival, every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
August 28 : Story Time – Books & songs for children in Camana Bay (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 29 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 29 : Story Time / Heure du Conte – every Wednesday at the Schoelcher Library (MARTINIQUE)
August 29 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 29 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (BAHAMAS)
August 30 : Rose Festival / St Rose de Lima (St LUCIA)*Photo
August 30 : “Carubbian” Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
From August 30 to September 1 : Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival (CURAÇAO)*Photo
August 31 : Independence Day Parade & Fireworks (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
August 31 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 31 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
August 31: Changing of the Guard Ceremony in Nassau in front of the Governor’s House (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August : Carrefour des Arts Festival (GUADELOUPE)
August : Merengue and Caribbean Rhythms Festival ( DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August : Rabbit Festival – Food, games, exhibitions, rabbit races etc. (DOMINICA)
August : Mercury Beach (ST LUCIA)*Photo
August : Nature Island Literary Festival & Book Fair (DOMINICA)*Photo
August-September : Tobago Restaurant Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
