CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN

MAY 2021

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: MANY CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR POSTPONED IN ALL ISLANDS, ASK THE ORGANIZERS

May 1 : Indian Arrival Day – First Indians arrived from Calcutta on May 1, 1857 (GRENADA)*Photo

May 1 : Labor Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, GUADELOUPE, ANGUILLA, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHÉLEMY, SABA, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, BONAIRE, CUBA, CURAÇAO, SINT EUSTATIUS, MONTSERRAT, ST KITTS & NEVIS, SINT MAARTEN, ST LUCIA…)*Photo

May 1 : Labor & Agriculture Day (HAITI)

May 1 : Dockyard Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo

May 1 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

May 1&2 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

From May 1 to 2 : Batabano Carnival (CAYMAN ISLANDS) CANCELLED

From May 1 to 6 : Grenada Chocolate Festival (GRENADA)*Photo

May 2 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)

From May 2 to 8 : National Tourism Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

May 3 : Labor Day Holiday (ANGUILLA)

May 3 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)*Photo

From Mayo 3 to 8 : Festival International Romerías de Mayo en Holguín (CUBA)

May 4 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo

May 5 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From May 5 to June 4 : 25^th European Online Film Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

From May 5 to December 29 : Noches de Artesanías y Artes en Isabela – every Wednesday (PUERTO RICO)

May 7 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

May 8 : Victory Day 1945 (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHÉLEMY)*Photo

May 8 : Improvisation acting classes for young people by Martinique Comedy Club – every Saturday (MARTINIQUE)

May 8 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

May 8&9 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)

From May 8 to December 19 : Week-end at the Guajataca Tunnel (PUERTO RICO)

May 9 : Europe Day (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, ST MARTIN, ST BARTHÉLEMY)*Photo

May 9 : Europe Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

May 9 : Caribbean Republic Festival 2021 – organized by the Delegation of the European Union and The Symphony Foundation & 8 artists selected in the Caribbean (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

May 9 : Mother’s Day (ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, BONAIRE, BARBADOS, DOMINICA, GRENADA, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, JAMAICA, CUBA, CURAÇAO, PUERTO RICO, SAINT KITTS & NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SINT MAARTEN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

May 9 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)

May 10 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)*Photo

May 11 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)

May 12 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

May 13 : Ascension Day *Photo

May 13 : Eid-ul-Fitr / End of Ramadan (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

May 13 : Jazz Under the Stars 2021 at Green Meadows – Santa Cruz (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

May 14 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

May 15 : 17^th European Night of Museums / Nuit Européenne des Musées (GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE)*Photo

May 15 : Improvisation acting classes for young people by Martinique Comedy Club – every Saturday (MARTINIQUE)

May 15 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

May 15&16 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)

May 15 & 22 : Hike Fest (DOMINICA)*Photo

From May 15 to 23 : 24^th edition Cubadisco International Fair – La Habana (CUBA)

May 16 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)

May 17 : Discovery Day (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

May 17 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)

May 18 : Flag & University Day (HAITI)*Photo

May 18 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)

May 19 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

May 20 : Art Thursday in St. Croix – 3^rd Thursday of the month (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

May 21 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

From May 21 to 23 : 19^th Puerto Comic Con 2021 (PUERTO RICO)*Photo POSTPONED From January 14 to 16, 2022

May 22 : Commemoration of Slavery Abolition in 1848 (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

May 22 : Improvisation acting classes for young people by Martinique Comedy Club – every Saturday (MARTINIQUE)*Photo

May 22 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

May 22&23 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

May 23 : Pentecost *Photo

May 23 : National Labour Day (JAMAICA)

May 23 : National Labor Day Concert – Downtown Kingston (JAMAICA)

May 23 : Tobago Culinary Festival at Pigeon Point (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

May 23 : Dub Club – local and authentic rhythms, every Sunday (JAMAICA)

May 24 : Whith Monday *Photo

May 24 : Mojito Mondays – Music (JAMAICA)

From May 24 to 31 : Mochafest – Negril (JAMAICA)

May 25 : African Liberation Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

May 25 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)

From May 25 to 30 : Havana’s International Poetry Festival (CUBA)*Photo

May 26 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From May 26 to 30 : 3^rd Curadise Dance Xperience 2021 – Afro & latino dances (CURAÇAO)*Photo

From May 26 to 31 : 20^th edition Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival (ARUBA) POSTPONED MAY 25-30, 2022

May 27 : Commemoration of Slavery Abolition in 1848 (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

May 27 : Statia Taste of the Cultures – traditions, arts and crafts, food, drinks, music, entertainment etc. – every last Thursday (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo

From May 27 to 31 : The Film & Folklore Festival 2021 (FFF) – Theme: Our Stories (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

May 28 : Commemoration of Slavery Abolition in 1848 (ST MARTIN)*Photo

May 28 : People-To-People Tea Party – local ‘bush’ teas, live music, fashion show by Bahamian designers & locally-made sandwiches and pastries – Last Friday of the month (BAHAMAS)*Photo