CULTURAL EVENTS and PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE CARIBBEAN – JUNE 2017

Photo : Tourism Development Company Limited of Trinidad and Tobago

 

JUNE 2017

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June 1 : Crop Over Festival – Crop Over in The City (BARBADOS)* Photo

From June 1 to 2 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

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From June 1 to 3 : 15th edition Book Fair (SAINT MARTIN)* Photo

From June 1 to 4 : 9th Salsa Fiesta TNT – Caribbean Salsa Congress (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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From June 1 t0 4 (1st week) : 30th edition Pineapple Festival – Eleuthera (THE BAHAMAS)* Photo

From June 1 to 5 : Barduda’s Caribana Celebrations (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

From June 1 to 5 : Nevis Winfest – Culture (SAINT KITTS & NEVIS)

From June 1 to 10 : Puerto Rico Restaurant Week (PUERTO RICO)

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June 2 : Tobago Heritage Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO) / Cancelled, next date in July 13th * Photo

June 2 (1st Friday) : Labour Day (THE BAHAMAS)

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From June 2 to 3 (1st week in June) : Rake n’ Scrape Festival in Cat Island (THE BAHAMAS)* Photo

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From June 2 to 4 : Rendez-vous aux Jardins (GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE)* Photo

June 3 : Taste Of Bonaire – Food, Culture, Local handicrafts (BONAIRE)

June 3 : Miss SVG Show (SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

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June 3 : Taste & See International Food Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)* Photo

June 3 : 3rd Pineapple Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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June 3 : Santo Domingo de Fiesta, every Friday and Saturday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)* Photo

June 3 : Easter Art Market (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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From June 3 to 4 : Sea Festival (SAINT MARTIN)* Photo

From June 3 to 4 : 2th Festival Viva La Musica Latina (CURAçAO)

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From June 3 to July 4 : St. John Festival (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)* Photo

June 4 : Ricón Sunset Festival (PUERTO RICO)

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June 4 : Whit * Photo

June 4 : Evening Under The Stars (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

June 4 : Curaçao Color Walk (CURAÇAO)

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June 4 : Grupo Bonyé in the Colonial city, every Sunday (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)* Photo

June 4 : Crop Over – Heritage Walk & Bus Tour Heritage (BARBADOS)

June 4 : Crop Over Craft Works (BARBADOS)

June 4 : Dominica’s Jazz’n Creole 2017 (DOMINICA)

June 5 : Welches Fest – Food, drinks, toys, games and music (ANGUILLA)

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June 5 : Whit Monday * Photo 

From June 7 to 11 : Caribbean Fashion Week (JAMAICA)

From June 8 to 18 : 1st Puerto Rico’s International Folk Festival (PUERTO RICO)

From June 8 to 18 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

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From June 9 to 11 : Taste Saba (SABA)* Photo

From June 9 to 11 : Fishermen’s Literary Prize (GUADELOUPE)

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From June 9 to 16 : 9th edition Première Rencontre autour du Piano (GUADELOUPE)* Photo

June 10 : Annual Yoruba Village Drum Festival – Emancipation (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

June 10 : Junior Calypso Monarch Tent 1 (BARBADOS)

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From June 10 to 11 : Muzik’Art Festival on the island of  Terre-de-Bas / Les Saintes (GUADELOUPE)* Foto

From June 10 to July 1 : Pan African Festival commemorating Emancipation (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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June 11 : Art 2 Rue – Graffitti, breakdance etc. (GUADELOUPE)* Photo

June 11 : Queen’s Birthday (ANGUILLA ; ANTIGUA ; MONTSERRAT ; SAINT KITTS & NEVIS ; SAINT LUCIA ; TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS ; CAYMAN ISLANDS etc.)

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June 11 : Open House Washington-Slagbaai National Park (BONAIRE)* Photo

From June 11 to 18 : 4th Annual Men’s Week (ANGUILLA)

From June 14 to 17 : Enfoque International Film Festival (PUERTO RICO)

June 15 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

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From June 15 to 16 : 22nd edition Book Fair  “Livres en Folie” (HAITI)* Photo

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From June 15 to 17 : Andros Crab Festival (THE BAHAMAS)* Photo

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From June 15 to 18 : International colloquium on Ernest Hemingway (CUBA)* Photo

From June 15 to 18 : Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase (CUBA)

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From June 15 to 18 : Jarabacoa Flowers Festival (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)* Photo

June 16 : Shiva’s School of Danse Annual Production (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

June 16 : Festi Marché – Agricultural, craft and culinary Fair – Games for children (GUADELOUPE) 

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From June 16 to 18 : 8th edition National Archaeology Days (GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE ; ST MARTIN ; ST BARTHELEMY)* Photo

From June 16 to 18 : Guadeloupe Pool Art Fair – Guest country : Haiti (GUADELOUPE)

From June 16 to 18 : Annual Fruit Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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From June 16 to 18 : 29th Annual Guánica Crab Festival (PUERTO RICO)* Photo

June 17 : Crop Over – Opening Night (BARBADOS)

June 17 : Miss Antigua & Barbuda Pageant (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)

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June 17 : The Antigua Dance Academy Public Drumming Sessions (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)* Photo

June 17 : Cayman Jerk Fest (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From June 17 to 18 : Roots & Soul Festival (SAINT LUCIA)

From June 17 to 18 : Salon Manten Art (GUADELOUPE) 

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The Ponce Fire brigade (PUERTO RICO)

June 18 : Father’s Day (GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE ; SAINT MARTIN ; SAINT BARTHÉLEMY ; PUERTO RICO ; TRINIDAD & TOBAGO etc.)* Photo 

June 18 : Junior Calypso Monarch Tent 2 (BARBADOS)

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From June 18 to 25 : 12th Flowers in Paradise avec World Association of Floral Artists (BARBADOS)* Photo

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June 18 : The Tobago Culinary Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)* Photo 

June 19 : Labour Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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June 19 : Celebration of the Birthday of Her Majesty, the Queen (ANGUILLA)* Photo

June 19 : Cultural Festival – A Village Ting (ANGUILLA)

From June 19 to 24 : International meeting of Underwater Photography (CUBA)

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June 21 : Fête de la Musique (GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE ; SAINT MARTIN ; SAINT BARTHELEMY)* Photo

June 21 : Fête de la Musique organized by the Alliance Française (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

June 22 : Punda Thursday Vibes (CURAÇAO)

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From June 22 to 24 : 21st St Kitts Music Festival (SAINT KITTS & NEVIS)* Photo

June 23 : Saint John’s Eve (CUBA)

June 23 : Art Society T&T Film Night (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

From June 23 to 24 : Music Festival (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

June 24 : Dera Gai / Aruba’s Harvest Festival – Saint John’s Eve (ARUBA)

June 24 : Feast of St John the Baptist (PUERTO RICO)

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June 24 : Vincy Mas – Soca Semifinals (SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)* Photo

June 24 : Speightstown Sizzlin – Music & Food (BARBADOS)

June 24 : Crop Over City Fest (BARBADOS)

June 24 : Fisherman’s Day (ANGUILLA)

June 24 : Kino Guadeloupe – Creole Tales and Legends, Session 3 (GUADELOUPE)

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From June 24 to July 18 : Carnival (SAINT LUCIA)* Photo

June 25 : Crop Over Visual Arts Festival (BARBADOS)

June 25 : Middle Caicos Crab Fest (TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS)

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June 25 : Museums Long Night (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)* Photo

From June 27 to 30 : 9th edition Varadero Gourmet Festival (CUBA)

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From June 27 to July 2 : Mango Madness Festival (SAINT LUCIA)* Photo

From June 27 to July 2 : 41th Tour Cycliste de l’île de Marie-Galante / Cycling Race (GUADELOUPE)

From June 28 to July 3 : Jornada Cucalambeana – Tribute to Farmer’s Music (CUBA)

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From June 28 to July 9 : 7th Guadeloupe International Graffiti and Street Art Festival (GUADELOUPE) * Photo

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June 29 : 30th Annual Fisherman’s Birthday Celebration (GRENADA)* Photo

June 29 : Fisherman’s Day(SAINT LUCIA)

From June 29 to July 2 : Afrolatin’MoveSXM Festival 2017 – Salsa, Bachata (SINT MAARTEN)

June 30 : Vincy Mas – Calypso Semifinals (SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)

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June 30 : 3rd Breadfruit Festival (GUADELOUPE) 

June 30 : Territory Day (British Virgin Islands) 

From June 30 to July 2 : Charlotteville Fisherman Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

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From June 30 to July 1st : Aruba Summer Music Festival (ARUBA)* Photo

From June 30 to July 3 : International Cayman Film Festival – CayFilm Festival (CAYMAN ISLANDS)

From June 30 to July 9 : T & T Opera Festival (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

From June 30 to July 9 : 49th edition Aibonito Flower Festival (PUERTO RICO)

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From June 30 to July 11 : Vincy Mas – Carnival (SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)* Photo

June : Trinidad & Tobago Jazz Week (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)

June : Latin Music Festival (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

June : Boleros de Oro International Festival (CUBA)

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June : Bonbini Festival or Welcome (in Papiamento) every Tuesday night in Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)* Photo

June : Carubbian Festival, Every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)

June : Changing of the Guard Ceremony in Nassau in the Governor’s House, every second Saturday (THE BAHAMAS)

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June : Karaoke, every Friday night (SINT EUSTATIUS)* Photo

June (Last Friday of the Month) : Tea Party – Meeting between Inhabitants and Tourists in Governor’s House (THE BAHAMAS)

From June to July : Carnival / Monarch and Queen Competition (SAINT LUCIA)