JANUARY 2018
January 1 : New Year’s Day *Photo
January 1 : Independence Day (HAITI)*Photo
January 1 : Liberation Day / Revolution Triumph Birthday (CUBA)
January 1 : “Minival” – New Year’s Day Cultural Parade (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
January 1 : New Year’s Day – Firecrakers & Traditional Music Dande (ARUBA)
January 1 : New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade / Carnival 2018 in The Abacos, Grand Bahamas Island, Nassau, Paradise Island, Eleuthera, Harbour Island (BAHAMAS)* Photo
January 1 : New Year’s Eve – Fireworks over Bonaire (BONAIRE)
January 1 : National Carnival Grand Parade (ST KITTS & NEVIS)
January 1 : Sea-bathing (Ben démaré) with Gwoup a Po / Carnival (GUADELOUPE)*Video
January 1 : Unox Nieuwjaardsduik / Sea bath (CURAÇAO)
January 1 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
From January 1 to 6 : Maskarada (BONAIRE)
January 2 : Heroes’ Day / Ancestors’ Day (HAITI)*Photo
January 2 : Last Lap National Carnival (ST KITTS & NEVIS)
January 2 : Bonbini Festival (Papiamento word that means Welcome), every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
January 3 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
January 3 : J’Ouvert / Carnival in Saint-Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 3 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
January 3 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 3 : Food, Arts & Crafts Fair in Saint-Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)
January 4 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
From January 4 to 12 : National Panorama – Single Pan Prelims (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 5 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 5 : Children’s Parade / Carnival in Saint-Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)
January 5 : Su’Legria 2018 – First big party with world’s best DJ (CURAÇAO)*Photo
January 5 : Gouyave Fish Friday Festival (GRENADA)*Photo
January 5 : Mas an Foli / Opening of the Carnival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 5 : “Mas o Kannal” – Carnival Parade in Petit-Canal (GUADELOUPE)
From January 5 to 6 : 22da Three Wise Men Festival / Fiesta de Reyes Cantores Isabelinos 2018 (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From January 5 to 6 : St Barth’s Music Festival – The Paris Opera Ballet and the Trocadero on the Quai General de Gaulle in the open air (ST BARTHELEMY)
January 6 : Curaçao Carnival Village 2018 (CURAÇAO)*Photo
January 6 : Accompong Maroon Festival (JAMAICA)
January 6 : Wishes of the Bèlè Masters in Sainte-Marie / Swaré Bèlè de Présentation des Voeux des Maîtres du Bèlè (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
January 6 : Parada di Flambeu / Aruba’s Torch Parade – Carnival (ARUBA)
January 6 : Residents Free Entry at National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 6 : Fashion Show in Old Costumes in Basse-Terre / Carnival (GUADELOUPE)
January 6 : Story & Craft Time for Children – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 6 : Victory Jam / Prime Minister’s Gala – Carnival (ST KITTS & NEVIS)
January 6 : Adult Parade / Carnival in Saint Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 6 : Caribbean Night & Closing Fireworks / Carnival in Saint Croix (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)
January 6 : “Dékatman Mas 2018” with the Carnival band “Voukoum” (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 6 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 6 : Sábado del Libro / Presentation of the book “Haití, despertar de la muerte” by Amelia Duarte de la Rosa (CUBA)*Photo
January 7 : Fuik Dag – Big Party on the water, every first Sunday of the year (CURAÇAO)
January 7 : Official Carnival Opening in Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 7 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City, Ruinas de San Francisco – Music (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 7 : Carnival Opening (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
January 7 : “La Parade des Rois” in Pointe-à-Pitre / The Show of the Kings – Carnival (GUADELOUPE)
January 7 : Carnaval in Haiti – every Sunday (HAITI)*Photo
From January 7 to 21 : Mercado Orgánico en la Placita Roosevelt (PUERTO RICO)
From January 7 to February 13 : Carnival in Guadeloupe (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
From January 7 to March 18 : Les Mardis de Grand-Case / Grand-Case Tuesdays (ST MARTIN)*Photo
January 8 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
January 9 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
From January 9 to 14 : 2nd Barbados Independant Film Festival – BIFF (BARBADOS)*Photo
January 10 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 10 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 10 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
From January 10 to 14 : Cayman CookOut (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 11 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
January 12 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 12 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
From January 12 to 13 : Rebel Salute Reggae Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
From January 12 to 14 : Food and Rum Festival (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
January 13 : Chutney Soca Monarch Semi-Finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 13 : Junior Junkanoo Parade in Eleuthera & Harbour Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 13 : ” THE BIG CONCERT ” Caribbean and traditional Music (GUADELOUPE)
January 13 : Residents Free Entry at National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 13 : Story & Craft Time for Children – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 13 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 14 : Carnival Parade in Sainte-Anne (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 14 : National Panorama – Single Pan Finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 14 : Carnival Parade in Goyave (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 14 : Novilla Festival / Festival de la Novilla (PUERTO RICO)
January 14 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City, Ruinas de San Francisco – Music (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 14 : Parada di Blaas / Carnival in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
From January 14 to 17 : Pongal Festival – Indian Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
From January 14 to 22 : Havana Int’l Jazz Festival (CUBA)
From January 14 to 22 : Cuba Jazz Festival (CUBA)*Photo
From January 14 to 24 : St Barth’s Music Festival (ST BARTHELEMY)*Photo
January 15 : Living History at Fort Charlotte in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
January 15 : Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday (PUERTO RICO ; US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
From January 15 to 19 : National Panorama – Small Conventional Pan Prelims (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From January 15 to 25 : 59th Casa de Las Americas Literary Prize (CUBA)*Photo
From January 15 to February 16 : Nobel Laureate Festival in tribute to Sir Arthur Lewis & Derek Walcott (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
January 16 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
From January 16 to 22 : Havana Int’l Jazz Festival Tour (CUBA)
From January 16 to April 2 : Bacchanal Jamaica 2018 / Carnaval (JAMAICA)*Photo
January 17 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
January 17 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 17 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
From January 17 to 21 : Festival of San Sebastián Street / Fiesta de la Calle San Sebastián 2018 (PUERTO RICO)
From January 17 to 21 : Jazz Plaza 2018 in La Havana (CUBA)*Photo
From January 17 to 27 : Festival des Petites Formes – Theatre (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
January 18 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
From January 18 to 21 : Bequia Music Fest (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
From January 19 to 23 : National Panorama – Medium Conventional Pan Prelims (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 19 : “Ripaj a Mass” – Carnival Parade in Le Gosier (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 19 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
January 19 : “Mas O wa Kaz” – Carnival in Baie-Mahault (GUADELOUPE)
January 19 : Sunsezt Jazz in Frederiksted – 3rd Friday (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 19 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 19 : Children & Youth Queen Elections / Carnival (ARUBA)*Photo
From January 19 to April 13 : Ancestral Trail – Visit of the sites of memory/slavery (BARBADOS)
January 20 : “Kannaval Limass by Night” – Carnival Parade in Sainte-Rose (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 20 : Residents Free Entry at National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 20 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 20 : Water Island Music Festival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 20 : Grand Tumba Contest – Music / Carnival (ARUBA)
January 20 : Doors open at La Maison de l’Art, Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)
January 20 : Story & Craft Time for Children – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
From January 20 to 21 : Celebration of the Sea on the island of Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)
From January 20 to 23 : Large Conventional Pan Prelims (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From January 20 to 27 : 12th edition Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival (HAITI)*Photo
January 21 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City, Ruinas de San Francisco – Music (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 21 : “Goziéval” – Carnival Parade in Le Gosier (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 21 : Our Lady of Altagracia Feast (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 21 : “Le Moule en Folie” – Carnival Parade in Le Moule (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 21 : Nikkiland Children’s Carnival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 21 : “Kannaval Limass” – Carnival Parade in Sainte-Rose (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 21 : Children & Youth Calypso & Roadmarch Contest (ARUBA)
January 21, 23 : National Panorama – Small Conventional Pan Prelims (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From January 21 to May 6 : Exhibition “Afriques, Artistes d’Hier et d’Aujourd’hui” (MARTINIQUE)
January 22 : Young Kings Calypso Competition (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 22 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 22 : Tumba Festival / Carnival (CURAÇAO)
January 22 : Young Kings Calypso Competition / Carnival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 22 (4th Monday) : National Heroes Day (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 22 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
From January 23 to 25 : Calypso & Roadmarch Contest Pre-Finals (ARUBA)
January 24 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
January 24 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 24 : National Panorama – Conventional Pan Prelims Scores Results (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 24 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 24 : Tumba Festival / Carnival (CURAÇAO)
From January 24 to 28 : 3rd Bayamón International Film Festival (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
January 25 : Betico Croes Day (ARUBA)
January 25 : Carubbian Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
From January 25 to 31 : Mustique Blues Festival (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)
January 26 : “Volan an Lari-la” – Carnival Parade by Night in Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 26 : Duarte Day (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 26 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 26 : “Awmoni é Kadans an Limyè” – Carnival Parade by Night in Le Lamentin (GUADELOUPE)
January 26 : Art Society T&T Film Night (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
January 26 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Friday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 26 : “Mas An Lari-la” – Carnival Parade in Grand-Bourg, Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 26 : Tumba Festival / Carnival (CURAÇAO)
January 26 : “Mas Lannuit” – Carnival Parade by Night in Les Abymes (GUADELOUPE)
January 26 : Aruba’s 64th Carnival Queen & Mrs Carnival Election & Show (ARUBA)*Photo
January 26 : Carnival Parade with different Generations in Les Abymes (GUADELOUPE)
From January 26 to 28 : Les Journées du Patrimoine Pointois -Theme: the Creole architecture (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 27 : Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 27 : Chutney Soca Monarch Finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 27 : Junior Jukanoo Parade in Grand Bahama Island / Carnival (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 27 : National Panorama – Small Conventional Pan Semi-Finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 27 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta – every Saturday at the Plaza de España (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 27 : “Woy Mi Mas” – Carnival Parade in Grand-Bourg, island of Marie-Galante (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 27 : Residents Free Entry at National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 27 : 10th Slam Contest (MARTINIQUE)
January 27 : Story & Craft Time for Children – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 27 : Calypso & Roadmarch Contest Grand Final (ARUBA)
January 28 : “Kapès Kannaval” – Carnival Parade in Capesterre Belle-Eau (GUADELOUPE)
January 28 : José Martí’s Birthday (CUBA)*Photo
January 28 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City, Ruinas de San Francisco – Music (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 28 : National Panorama – Medium and Large Conventional Pan Semi-Finals (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
January 28 : Aruba Grand Children Parade in Oranjestad (ARUBA)
January 28 : “Doubout Pou An Gran Vidé” – Carnival Parade in Les Abymes (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 28 : St Anthony Carnival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 28 (Last Sunday) : Blessing of the Whaleboats in Bequia (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
From January 28 to 31 : Haiti Fashion Week (HAITI)
January 29 : Living History at Fort Charlotte, in Nassau & Paradise Island (BAHAMAS)
From January 29 to February 11 : International Artists converging in the Caribbean – Classic Music (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
January 30 : Bonbini Festival – every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
January 31 : Aruba’s 24th Mrs Carnival Competition in Oranjestad (ARUBA)
January 31 : Open Canvas at KARoo – every Wednesday, local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 31 : Creative Nassau Market (BAHAMAS)
January : Maritime Film Festival (BONAIRE)*Photo
January : 2nd International Organ Festival of Puerto Rico (PUERTO RICO)
January : Foyal Parade in Fort-de-France – Carnival (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
