Friday 9 December 2016

Meanwhile in the Caribbean......Christmas is close, but that means carnival is coming closer!

If you are a native of the Caribbean or are friends with a Caribbean native, you would know that Christmas is just a pit stop on the way to Carnival, the largest most beautiful display of Caribbean culture, individual to every respective island.

Here is a little run down of the Carnival festivals to come in 2017:


  • November 18th - January 8th, 2017

St. Kitts

  • Decemeber 26th - January 3rd, 2017

St. Croix (Crucian Christmas Carnival)

  • January 1st, 2017

Montserrat | Montserrat Annual Festival

  • January 2nd - February 28th, 2017

Aruba

  • January 28th & April 23rd, 2017 Tampa, Florida
  • February 19th - 28th, 2017

Curacao (Fudeka)

  • February 24th - 28th, 2017

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • February 25th - 28th, 2017

Barranquilla, Colombia

  • February 27th & 28th, 2017

Panama

  • February 27th & 28th, 2017

Trinidad & Tobago | 2016 Schedule

  • February 27th & 28th, 2017

Dominica

  • February 27th & 28th, 2017

Ecuador

  • February 28th, 2017

New Orleans, LA

  • February 28th, 2017

Guyana (Mashramani)

  • April 15th - April 23rd, 2017

Bacchanal Jamaica

  • April 1st - 29th, 2017

St. Thomas (V.I.)

  • April 17th - May 3rd, 2017

St. Marteen

  • April 29th - May 6th, 2017

Cayman Islands (Batabano)

  • May 4th - 6th, 2017 Bahamas Junkanoo (Nassau)
Bahamas Junkanoo (Nassau)


  • May 27th, 2017

Atlanta, Georgia

  • May 27th, 2017 Orlando, Florida
  • May 26th - 28th, 2017 Pheonix, Arizona
  • May 27th - 28th, 2017 San Francisco, California
  • Jun 1st - 4th, 2017

Columbia, SC (Carolina's Caribbean Culture Festival)

  • Jun 2nd - 5th, 2017

Berlin, Germany (Karneval der Kulturen / Carnival of Cultures)

  • Jun 29 - Jul 3rd, 2017

Houston, Texas (Houston Caribbean Festival)

  • June 16th - 19th, 2017 Bermuda Carnival (Bermuda Heroes Weekend)
  • June 17th 2017 (TBD)

Ottawa (Carivibe Festival)

  • June 2017 (TBD) Hollywood, CA (Los Angles Culture Festival)
  • June 22nd - 25th, 2017 Charleston Carifest, SC
  • July 2nd - Aug 2nd 2017

Montreal, Canada (Carifest)

  • July 2017 (TBD)

Baltimore/Washington DC ONE Caribbean Carnival


  • July 13th - 17th, 2017

Atlantic City, New Jersey

  • July 14th - 19th, 2017

St. Lucia (Lucian Carnival)

  • July 27th - August 8th, 2017

Nevis (Culturama)

  • July 29th 2017

Rotterdam (Zomer Carnival)

  • July 22nd, 2017

Jersey City, New Jersey

  • July 22nd & 23rd, 2017

Vancouver, BC

  • July 28th - Aug 8th, 2017

Antigua

  • August 2nd - 6th, 2017

Toronto (Caribana)

  • August 2nd - 7th, 2017

Barbados (Crop Over)

  • August 3rd - 6th, 2017

Bermuda Cup Match | FB

  • August 3rd - 13th, 2017 Anguilla Summer Festival
  • August 10th - 15th, 2017

Grenada (Spicemas)


  • August 10th -13th, 2017 Jacksonville, Florida
  • August 11th -13th, 2017

Detroit, Michigan

  • August 12th, 2017

Norfolk, Virginia (Caribfest)

  • August 19th, 2017 Chicago, Illinois (Windy City)
  • August (TBD) Hartford (Connecticut)
  • August 19th, 2017

Boston, Massachusetts

  • August (TBD)

Calgary (Carifest), AB, Canada

  • August 27th - 28th, 2017

Notting Hill (London, UK)

  • August 31 - September 4, 2017 New York (Labor Day)
  • October 5th - 9th, 2017 Miami-Broward ONE Carnival, Florida
  • November 10th - 20th, 2016

Cayman Pirates Week (Grand Cayman)

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