OCTOBER 2017
IMPORTANT: Certain cultural events can be cancelled because of hurricanes Irma and Maria.
October 1 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
From October 1 to 31 : Month of Creole Lenguage and Culture (HAITI)*Photo
From October 1 to 31 : Creole Heritage Month (St LUCIA)*Photo
From October 1 to 31 : See and Learn (SABA)*Photo
From October 1 to 31 : Eat local Restaurant Month (ARUBA)*Photo
From October 1 to 31 : Cayman Restaurant Month (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 2 : Thanksgiving Day, first Monday in October (St LUCIA)*Photo
From October 2 to 6 : 11th Publishers’ meeting of scientific and popularization Magazines (CUBA)
October 3 : Bonbini Festival, every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
October 3 : The Ark Second-Hand Book Sale, every first Tuesday of the month (BARBADOS)*Photo
October 4 : Open Canvas at KARoo, each Wednesday night – local artists & creative people gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 5 : Carubbian Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
From October 5 to 8 : Discovery Day Homecoming Festival – Commemoration of the first landfall otf the navigator Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492 on the island of Guanahami, today San Salvador / Food, drink, cultural performances, gospel concerts etc. (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 6 : Gouyave Fish Friday (GRENADA)*Photo
October 6 : Changing of the Guard Ceremony since 1958 in Governor’s House, Nassau (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
From October 6 to 9 : Briland Pirates Invasion – parade, live music, drinks, dancing etc. (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
From October 6 to 9 : 4th annual Barbados Jazz Excursion & Golf Tournament (BARBADOS)
October 7 : Residents free entry, National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 7 : Story & Crafts Time – Children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 7 : Open House in La Maison de l’Art, Basse-Terre (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
October 7 : Terre-de-Bas en Folie – Les Saintes (GUADELOUPE)
October 7 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
From October 7 to 30 : Festival Bleu Outre Mer – Exhibition “Mapping of the Young Creation in Guadeloupe” (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
October 8 : Anniversary of King Henri Christophe’s Death (HAITI)*Photo
October 8 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 9 : Anniversary of the death of Ernesto “Che” Guevara (CUBA)*Photo
October 9 : Abolition of Slavery by Sweden in 1847 (ST BARTHELEMY)*Photo
October 9 : Constitution Day (SINT MAARTEN)
October 9 : National Heroes Day (THE BAHAMAS)
October 9 : Columbus Day / Descubrimiento de América (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
October 9 (2sd Monday in October) : Christopher Columbus Day (US VIRGIN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From October 9 to 14 : Exhibition “Waitikubuli Dreams and Visions” of Dominican Painters in Rémi Nainsouta Hall (GUADELOUPE)
October 10 : Anniversary of the Beginning of Independence Wars (CUBA)
October 10 : Bonbini Festival, every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
From October 11 : Atelier Timoun Dali for children – Maison de l’Art de Basse-Terre, every Wednesday from 10h00 am to 12h00 pm & 14h00 pm to 16h00 pm (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
October 11 : Open Canvas at KARoo, each Wednesday night – local artists & creative people gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
From October 11 to 14 : 50th edition Bonaire Regatta (BONAIRE)*Photo
From October 11 to 14 : Pure Grenada Dive Fest (GRENADA)*Photo
October 12 : Christopher Columbus Day (THE BAHAMAS ; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
October 12 : Chinese Arrival Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
October 12 : Carubbian Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
From October 12 to 16 : 66th anniversary of Merritone Music & 26th anniversary of Merritone Music Homecoming – Musical festival (JAMAICA)
October 13 : First Peoples’ Day of Recognition (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From October 13 to 14 : World Food Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From October 13 to 21 : Guadeloupe International Human Rights Film Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
October 14 : Residents free entry, National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 14 : Donmbré an tout sos – Cuisine Fair (GUADELOUPE)
October 14 : Story & Crafts Time – Children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 14 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
October 14 : Kingston Jerk and Gospel Music Festival (JAMAICA)
October 15 : Tobago Blue Food Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
October 15 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 16 : World Food Day in Tobago (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
October 16 : National Heroes’ Day (JAMAICA)*Photo
From October 16 to 22 : 8th Latin Festival or Latin Fiesta – Latin music, food, arts & festivities (ST KITTS & NEVIS)
Octobre 17 : Anniversary of Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ Death (HAITI)
October 17 : Bonbini Festival, every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
October 17 : Marguerite Flower Festival (ST LUCIA)*Photo
From October 17 to 20 : International meeting “Preservation of the documentary Heritage in the Libraries of Latin America: Experiences and Challenges” (CUBA)
From October 17 to 20 : 23th edition Fiesta de la Cubanía (CUBA)*Photo
October 18 : Open Canvas at KARoo, each Wednesday night – local artists & creative people gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 18 : Divali (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From October 18 to 21 : Dominicana Moda – Fashion (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
October 19 : Carubbian Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
October 20 : Sunset Jazz in Frederiksted (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 20 : Changing of the Guard Ceremony since 1958 in Governor’s House, Nassau (THE BAHAMAS)
From October 20 to 27 : Cayman Cocktail Week (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
From October 20 to 28 : 4th Barbados Visual Media Festival / Movie festival with local and foreigners filmmakers (BARBADOS)*Photo
From October 20 to 29 : 17th Havana Theatre Festival (CUBA)*Photo
October 21 : Residents free entry, National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 21 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
October 21 : Story & Crafts Time – Children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 21 : Antillean Day (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo
October 21 : St Ursula’s Day (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)
From October 21 to 22 : 11th edition Artisanat en Fête – Crafts Fair (HAITI)*Photo
From October 21 to 28 : National Tourism Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
From October 21 to 29 : Jamaica Food and Drink Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
October 22 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 22 : Heritage Day / Jounen Éwitaj (DOMINICA)*Photo
From October 23 to 26 : Creole in the Park (DOMINICA)
From October 23 to November 1 : 36th anniversary of Independence Celebrations (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
October 24 : Bonbini Festival, every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
From October 24 to 28 : International Reading Congress 2017 (CUBA)*Photo
From October 24 to 30 : 23rd Ibero American Culture Day (CUBA)*Photo
October 25 : Open Canvas at KARoo, each Wednesday night – local artists & creative people gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 25 : Thanksgiving Day (GRENADA)*Photo
From October 25 to 29 : Festival Bleu Outre Mer, Journeys in the heart of the Creole Cultures – “Roots and Emergences” – Concerts (GUADELOUPE)
From October 25 to 29 : 13th Regional Book Fair Azua 2017 (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
From October 25 to November 3 : The International Days of the Harp in the Caribbean and in Guiana (GUADELOUPE)
October 26 : Statia Taste of Cultures – Traditions, arts & crafts, food, drink, music, entertainment, every last Thursday (SINT EUSTATIUS)*Photo
October 26 : Carubbian Festival, every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
October 26 : Antigua and Barbuda Heroes’ Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
October 27 : Independence Day (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
October 27 : Gospel Fest – Praise in the Park (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
October 27 : Art Society T&T Film Night (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
October 27 : Creole Day (DOMINICA)
October 27 (Last Friday in the Month) : Tea Party – Meeting Inhabitants and Tourists in Governor’s House (THE BAHAMAS)
From October 27 to 29 : 20th Annual World Creole Music Festival (DOMINICA)*Photo
October 28 : International Creole Day (DOMINICA ; GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE ; St LUCIA ; St MARTIN ; HAITI…)*Photo
October 28 : Residents free entry, National Museum (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
October 28 : Story & Crafts Time – Children (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
October 28 : Gospel Fest – Musicate (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
October 28 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
October 28 : Cultural event “Nos Zjilea” in Rincon – Local arts, plants & vegetables, food, live music (BONAIRE)
October 28 : Speightstown Sizzlin’ – arts, crafts, Bajan food, drink, music, dancing, entertainment (BARBADOS)*Photo
October 28 : Anniversary of Camilo Cienfuegos’s Death (CUBA)
From October 28 to 29 : Black Genius Festival (MARTINIQUE)
October 29 : Creole Day / Jounen Kréyòl (ST LUCIA)*Photo
October 29 : Gospel Fest (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)*Photo
October 29 : Carriacou Corn Festival – Food, steel pan, quadrille dance performances, domino competitions (GRENADA)*Photo
October 29 : Living History at Fort Charlotte (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October 29 at 4.00pm : Caribbean Live Aid Concert, Garfield Sobers Gymnasium (BARBADOS)
From October 29 to November 5 : Dominican Republic Jazz Festival (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
October 31 : Bonbini Festival, every Tuesday evening in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
October 31 : Halloween (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From 31 October to November 1 : National Dress Day (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
October : Light Day (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
October : Ocean Style Fashion Showcase (JAMAICA)
October : Spring Gardens Moravian Annual Independence Food Fair (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)
October : Great Bahamas Seafood and Heritage Festival in Arawak Cay (THE BAHAMAS)*Photo
October : Aruba International Film Festival (ARUBA)
