CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – OCTOBER 2021

Lukuber Séjor: Musical artist, defender of the Creole language - Photo: Évelyne Chaville

OCTOBER 2021

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

flags-2455271_960_720From March 19, 2020 to February 17, 2022 : Arte & Cultura Viva – Monthly on the 3rd Thursday – Hormigueros (PUERTO RICO)*Photo

paint-1220087_960_720From June 14 to December 31 : 29th (XXIX) Bienal nacional de Artes visuales dedicated to Orlando Menicucci & guest honor : José Garcia Cordero – Museo de Arte Moderno Santo Domingo (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo

Trinidad & Tobago 35From September 24 to October 3 : Trinidad & Tobago Restaurant Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

Trinidad & Tobago 14BFrom September 28 to October 3 : Tobago Fest (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

bisexuality-6321164_960_720From September 30 to October 3 : Curaçao Pride 2021 – music, dance, food, activities (CURAÇAO)*Photo

October 1 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

suckling-pig-727974_960_720From October 1 to 31 : Cayman Restaurant Month 2021 (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

October 2 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

alcohol-21759_960_720October 2&3 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

turkey-218742_960_720October 4 : Thanksgiving Day, first Monday in October (ST LUCIA)*Photo

October 5 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)

ïles Caïmans Pedro AOctober 5 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

October 6 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

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Roi Christophe Henri – Copyright: DuchessofMalfi

October 8 : Anniversary of Henri Christophe’s Death (HAITI)*Photo

October 8 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

chain-1799916_960_720October 9 : Abolition of Slavery by Sweden in 1847 (ST BARTHELEMY)*Photo

cuba-1376702_960_720October 9 : Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s Birthday (CUBA)*Photo

October 9 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

claypots-1323747_960_720October 9&10 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

Drapeau CuraçaoOctober 10 : Curaçao Autonomous Day 2020 (CURAÇAO)*Photo

Îles Vierges USA 26_1October 11 (2sd Monday in October) : Christopher Columbus Day (US VIRGIN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO)*Photo

October 11 : National Heroes’ Day (BAHAMAS)

Bahamas 1October 12 : Discovery Day in San Salvador (ex Guanahani), first landfall of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492 (BAHAMAS)*Photo

beijing-opera-1160109_960_720October 12 : Chinese Arrival Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

October 12 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)

popcorn-1085072_960_720October 12 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

October 13 : First Peoples’ Smoke Ceremony / Day of Recognition at Hyarima Monument (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

brush-2927793_960_720October 13 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

trombone-2548982_960_720October 15 : Sunsezt Jazz in Frederiksted – every 3rd Friday (UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo

market-3642699_960_720October 15 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)*Photo

human-rights-1898886_960_720From October 15 to 22 : Monde en Vues Festival – Guadeloupe International Human Rights Film Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo

yuca-1353258_960_720October 16 : World Food Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

October 16 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

October 16&17 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)

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Jean-Jacques Dessalines – Copyright: Louis Rigaud (1873)

Octobre 17 : Anniversary of Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Death (HAITI)*Photo

united-kingdom-2066475_960_720October 17 : Tobago Blue Food Festival – L’Anse Fourmi Bloody Bay (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

olive-wood-3466396_960_720October 19 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo

October 19 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

painting-911804_960_720October 20 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

October 21 : St Ursula’s Day (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)

St-Eustache-15October 21 : Antillean Day (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo

October 22 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

Musée National Îles Cayman - Lhb1239
Copyright: Lhb1239

October 23 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo

October 23&24 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)

Cuba 0From October 24 to 30 : Ibero-American Culture Festival (CUBA)*Photo

dominica-4645327_960_720October 26 : Kweyol Day (DOMINICA)*Photo

pots-11500_960_720October 26 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo

October 26 : Movies on the lawn at Pedro St James (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

lamps-1107447_960_720October 26 to November 3 : Divali Nagar 2021 (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo

vcOctober 27 : Independence Day (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo

October 27 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

Lukuber Séjor 1October 28 : International Creole Day (HAITI, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, DOMINICA, ST LUCIA, ST MARTIN…)*Photo

Ste Lucie 19October 28 : St. Lucia Creole Day Festival / Jounen Kweyol (ST LUCIA)*Photo

St-Eustache-11October 28 : Statia Taste of the Cultures – traditions, arts and crafts, food, drinks, music, entertainment etc. – every last Thursday (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo

October 29 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)

cakes-270616_960_720October 29 : People-To-People Tea Party – local ‘bush’ teas, live music, fashion show by Bahamian designers & locally-made sandwiches and pastriesLast Friday of the month (BAHAMAS)*Photo

October 30 : Residents Free Entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

wicker-3229896_960_720October 30&31 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo

From October 30 to November 7 : Festival de La Habana de Música Contemporánea (CUBA)

jack-o-lanterns-3735386_960_720October 31 : Halloween (PUERTO RICO)*Photo