JANUARY 2023
From June 29, 2022 to January 28, 2023 : Exhibition “Basse-Terre et la Mer” (Basse-Terre and the Sea) – Maison du Patrimoine, Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
From July 8 to June 28, 2024 : Viernes de Salsa en Isabela (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From December 2, 2022 to January 3, 2023 : 51th edition of Sugar Mas – Carnival (ST. KITTS & NEVIS)*Photo
From December 7, 2022 to January 8, 2023 : Christmas at the Point (GRENADA)
From December 11, 2022 to January 7, 2023 : St. Croix’s Crucian Christmas Festival / Carnival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
From December 15, 2022 to January 8, 2023 : NaviTown – Christmas celebrations – Dorado (PUERTO RICO)
From December 17, 2022 to January 2, 2023 : 60th edition Montserrat Carnival (MONTSERRAT)*Photo
January 1 : New Year’s Day *Photo
January 1 : Independence Day (HAITI)*Photo
January 1 : Giraumon Soup Festival (HAITI)*Photo
January 1 : Liberation Day / Revolution Triumph Birthday (CUBA)
January 1 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City – merengue, jazz and son held every Sunday in the Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 1 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
January 1 : Unox New Year’s Splash 2023 – The Dutch tradition of starting the year by jumping into the freezing sea (CURAÇAO)*Photo
From January 1 to February 22 (Ash Wednesday) : Carnival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 2 : Ancestors Day – Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Henri Christophe, Alexandre Pétion (HAITI)*Photo
January 2 : New Year’s Day – Public Holiday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 3 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 3 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 3 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
January 4 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 5 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
January 6 : Accompong Marron Festival – victory of the First Maroon War against the British in which they fought for their freedom, led by their late hero Cudjoe (JAMAICA)*Photo
January 6 : Three King’s Day / Día de los Reyes (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
January 6 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
January 6 : 10th edition Full Moon Party – biggest monthly dance event in the Caribbean (CURAÇAO)*Photo
From 6 to 15 January : St Barts Music Festival (ST BARTHÉLEMY)*Photo
January 7 : Salsa Plein Air – Dance – André Aliker Place, Lamentin (MARTINIQUE)
January 7 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 7 : Parang Festival – Les Rois (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 7 : National Small Conventionnal Bands Semi-Finals – Victoria Square, Port of Spain (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
January 7&8 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
From January 7 to February 22 : Carnival Season (ARUBA, DOMINICA)*Photo
January 8 : Epiphany*Photo
January 8 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City – merengue, jazz and son held every Sunday in the Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
From January 8 to 31 : Nobel Laureate Festival in tribute to Sir Arthur Lewis (Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979) & Derek Walcott (Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992) – Theme: Celebrating Excellence: Nurturing our Creativity, Consolidating our Legacy (SAINT LUCIA)*Photo
January 10 : Majority Rule Day (BAHAMAS)
January 10 : World Hindi Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
January 10 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
January 10 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 10 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 11 : Art Flix – Free art documentary screenings every 2nd Wednesday of each month at The National Gallery (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 11 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 12 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
From January 12 to 16 : 15th annual Cayman Cookout – culinary event (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 13 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
From January 13 to 20 : 5th edition Cinévision Sud Film Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
January 14: National Small Conventionnal Bands Finals – San Fernando, Port of Spain (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 14 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 14&15 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
January 15 : Novilla Festival (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
January 15 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City – merengue, jazz and son held every Sunday in the Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
January 16 : Martin Luther King Day (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
January 17 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
January 17 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 17 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)
January 18 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 19 : Art Thursday in the city of Christiansted, St Croix island – 3rd Thursday of every month (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
January 19 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
January 19 to 22 : San Sebastián Street Festival in San Juan (PUERTO RICO)*Photo .
January 20 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
January 20 : Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted – 3rd Friday of the month (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
From January 20 to 21 : 27th edition Rebel Salute Reggae Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
January 21 : Our Lady of Altagracia Feast (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 21 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 21&22 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 22 : Chinese New Year – Year of the Water Rabbit (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
January 22 : National Junior Panorama Finals – Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
January 22 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City – merengue, jazz and son held every Sunday in the Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
From January 22 to 29 : 38th International Jazz Plaza Festival (CUBA)*Photo
January 23 (4th Monday) : National Heroes Day (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
From January 23 to 27 : Tumba Festival 2023 – carnival music (CURAÇAO)*Photo
January 24 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 24 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January 24 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
January 25 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 25 : Betico Croes Day – Father of the Nation (ARUBA)*Photo
From January 25 to 29 : Bequia Music Festival (ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
From January 25 to February 8 : 28th Mustique Blues Festival (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)
January 26 : Juan Pablo Duarte Day – one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 26 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
January 26 : Statia Taste of the Cultures – traditions, arts and crafts, food, drinks, music, entertainment etc. – every last Thursday (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo
January 27 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
January 27 : 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
January 27 to 28 : 13th Puerto Rico Jazz Jam (PUERTO RICO)
January 28 : José Martí’s Birthday (CUBA)*Photo
January 28 : Shorts & Shades Festival – music, dance – Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)
January 28 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 28&29 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
January 29 : Grupo Bonyé at the Colonial City – merengue, jazz and son held every Sunday in the Ruinas de San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
January 31 : Teen Art Drop-in – Last Saturday of the month (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 31 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
January 31 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
January 31 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo
January : 19th Bahamas International Film Festival – BIFF (BAHAMAS)*Photo
