AUGUST 2023
From February 3, 2023 to January 31, 2025 : Viernes de Salsa en Isabela – every Friday at 7pm (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
From June 21 to August 1 : Tobago Heritage Festival 2023 – theme: Homage (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
From July 16 to August 13 : Anguilla Summer Festival (ANGUILLA)
From July 24 to August 5 : 69th Anniversary of the Emancipation Festival (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
From July 27 to August 8 : Nevis Culturama Festival (ST KITTS & NEVIS)
August 1 : Emancipation Day / Slavery Abolition in 1834 (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, JAMAICA, ANGUILLA ; MONTSERRAT, ST KITTS & NEVIS, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, ST LUCIA, DOMINICA, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, BARBADOS etc.)*Photo
August 1 : Tobago Heritage’s Emancipation Concert (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
August 1 : MoBay Jerk Festival – Food, children activities etc. (JAMAICA)
August 1 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
August 1 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)
August 1 : Ocho Rios Seafood Festival (JAMAICA)*Photo
From August 1 to 15 : Carnival Spicemas (GRENADA)*Photo
From August 1 to 31 : Breadfruit Festival (ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES)*Photo
From August 1 to 31 : Chocolate Heritage Month (ST LUCIA)*Photo
August 2 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 3 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
August 4 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
August 5 : Residents free entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 5&6 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
From August 5 to 26 : Junkanoo Summer Festival (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 6 : 62th Independence Day (JAMAICA)*Photo
August 6 : Grupo Bonyé – merengue, son, jazz, every Sunday in the Ruines of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
August 7 : Grand Kadooment – Carnival (BARBADOS)*Photo
August 8 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)
August 8 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)*Photo
August 9 : World’s Indigenous Peoples (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)
August 9 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 9 : Artflix – art documentary screenings – 2nd Wednesday of each month – National Galery (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 10 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
August 11 : World Steel Pan Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
August 11 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
August 12 : 107th edition Fête des Cuisinières / Cooks Festival (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 12 : International Youth Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
August 12 : Anguilla Summer Festival / Leeward Islands Calypso Competition (ANGUILLA)*Photo
August 12 : Taste of Bonaire – Recycle Edition (BONAIRE)
August 12 : Residents free entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 12&13 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
August 13 : Grupo Bonyé – merengue, son, jazz, every Sunday in the Ruines of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 15 : Assumption Day *Photo
August 15 : Camping on the Beach or at the River (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 15 : Fishermen Festival in Saint-François, La Désirade island (GUADELOUPE)*Photo
August 15 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
August 15 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 16 : Restoration Day (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 16 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
From August 16 to 20 : Puerto Rico Film Festival – Mayagüez (PUERTO RICO)*Photo
August 17 : Commemoration of the 1795 Slave Uprising led by Tula – Music and cultural presentations (CURAÇAO)
August 17 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
August 18 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
August 18 : Sunsezt Jazz in Frederiksted – every 3rd Friday (US VIRGIN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 19 : Residents free entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 19&20 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)*Photo
August 20 : Grupo Bonyé – merengue, son, jazz, every Sunday in the Ruines of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
From August 20 to September 1 : 16th edition Festival Internacional Timbalaye: La Ruta de la Rumba in La Habana, Pinar del Río, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba (CUBA)*Photo
August 22 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
August 22 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)
August 23 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 24 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)*Photo
August 25 : Nassau Creative Market – every Friday (BAHAMAS)
August 25 : 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
August 26 : Cultural event “Nos Zjilea” in Rincon – local arts & crafts, plants & vegetables, educative presentations, food, live music (BONAIRE)*Photo
August 26 : Residents free entry to the National Museum – every Saturday (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
August 26&27 : Authentically Bahamian Market (BAHAMAS)
August 27 : Grupo Bonyé – merengue, son, jazz, every Sunday in the Ruines of San Francisco (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)*Photo
August 29 : “Bonbini” Festival – every Tuesday evening at Fort Zoutman (ARUBA)
August 29 : Nassau Creative Market – every Tuesday (BAHAMAS)
August 30 : Open Canvas at KARoo – each Wednesday night local artists gather to paint (CAYMAN ISLANDS)*Photo
August 31 : Independence Day (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO)*Photo
August 31 : “Carubbian” Festival – every Thursday evening in San Nicolas (ARUBA)
August 31 : Statia Taste of the Cultures – traditions, arts and crafts, food, drinks, music, entertainment etc. – every last Thursday (ST EUSTATIUS)*Photo
August : Havana Carnival (CUBA)*Photo
August : Rabbit Festival – Food, games, exhibitions, rabbit races etc. (DOMINICA)
August : Outdoor cinema in Sainte-Anne (MARTINIQUE)*Photo
