Antigua Carnival
Jul 24 - Aug 3, 2010
Barbados Crop Over Festival  Jul 3 - Aug 2, 2010
Bermuda Music Festival
Oct  2010 - TBA
Dominican Merengue Festival 
Jul 1 - Jul 31, 2010
Dominican Republic Jazz Festival - Nov 2010 TBA
Jamaica Reggae Sumfest
Jul 18-24, 2010
Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest -  Jun 5-6, 2010
St Lucia Jazz Festival
May 1-9, 2010
St Lucia Carnival
Jul 19-20, 2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Vincy Carnival
May 8, 2010
Dominica World Creole
Music Festival 
Oct  31 - Nov 2, 2010
St Kitts/Nevis Music Festival
Jun  24-26, 2010
Grenada  Carriacou Regatta 
Jul 25, 2010
Trinidad Festival of Lights
Oct 28, 2010
Trinidad Carnival
Feb 15-16, 2010
Tobago Goat & Crab Race
April, 2010
Tobago Heritage Festival
Jul 16 - Aug 1, 2010
Trinidad Emancipation Day  Aug 31, 2010
Trinidad Great Fete Weekend
Jul 28- Aug 2, 2010
Trinidad -Leatherback Turtle Conservation 
Aug, 2010 - TBA
Barbados Holetown Festival
Feb 14-21, 2010
Barbados  Oistins Fish Festival
Apr 3-5, 2010
Martinique Carnival
Feb 15-16, 2010
St Martin/St. Maarten Carnival Apr 15 - May 3, 2010
North Sea Curacao Jazz Festival
Sept 3-4, 2010
Curacao Salsa Festival
Aug 2010 - TBA
St. Kitts/Nevis Carnival
Dec  2010 - Jan 2011, TBA
Junkanoo Carnival  - Nassau
Dec 26 - Jan 1, 2011
Bahamas, Nassau
Emancipation Day  Aug 4, 2010
St John, USVI Emancipation & American Independence Day
July 3 -4, 2010
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Guadeloupe Festival of Women Cooks - Aug  2010 TBA
Barbados Annual Jazz Festival
Jan 11-17, 2010
*Trinidad's Carnival is the definition of  "street party" -  This is where Carnival was invented !!

Five days leading up to Ash Wednesday, all vehicles are banished from center of Port of Spain. All Caribbean islands have Carnival celebrations, however Trinidad takes CARNIVAL to another level of celebration.
Hundreds of hikers and conservationists travel to the coastal regions of Trinidad and Tobago to watch (and guard) Leatherback Turtles while they lay their eggs.  During this same period, the Islanders of Tobago participate in one of their most anticipated events of the island: goat and crab racing.
*Reggae Sumfest, Montego, Jamaica is the Reggae event of  the Summer held annually in July. Visitors travel from other Caribbean Islands, the US, Canada, England and Europe.
*Great Fete Weekend, on island of  Trinidad is a five-night beach party at Club Pigeon Point, Top DJs, Soca and pop rock stars from Trinidad and Tobago. Great Fete is extreme partying at its best.
*Dominica World Creole Music Festival  is one of most prominent festivals in the Caribbean. The tiny island gets plenty crowded hosting Creole singers, dancers, and visitors from around the world.
*Trinidad's Divali, or Festival of  Lights, is one of the most anticipated events in Trinidad. Although a Hindu festival, it is national holiday observed by people of all religions.

The entire island is lit by candlelight  during the festival, and prayers are offered. Of course it wouldn't be Trinidad if there wasn't an ongoing party also.
*Every year the town of Ponce, Puerto Rico, stages an annual Carnival with parades, parties and church services. Carnival features devil dancers in red, yellow, blue papier-maché masks, who whack onlookers with inflated cow's bladders! Leading the parade is King Momo, the spirit of Carnival, who dances behind his huge mask.
*Junkanoo Carnival Party - Nassau, Bahamas
The party celebration in the month of December. You can't resist the beat of the goat drum as the drummers call out for Junkanoo to begin.
*Barbados,  St. Lucia and Puerto Rico have some of the best attended Jazz Festivals in the Caribbean.  All three island festivals host top name entertainment and numerous events around the islands.
*Think you know how to Merengue?  Oh no, you don't know Merengue until you've made it to the Dominican Merengue Festival. Non-stop week long music and festivities. Many of the best parties are right in the streets. This festival attracts only the top name Merengue Bands.
*Grenada, the Spice Island, gets all the celebrating done for the year in 3 weeks. From July through August the island celebrates the Regatta, City Festival, and Carnival.
*Head to Guadeloupe in August for Guadeloupe's Festival of Women Cooks. All the women try to out due each other with their recipes, and are pleased for  you to taste their cooking. Many excellent cooks on Guadeloupe, eat your way across the island.
Planning a vacation in conjunction with Caribbean Island Festivals or Carnivals is an opportunity to experience cultural aspects of the island, and have an enjoyable time. TBA = To Be Announced by Organizers
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*Ocho Rios, Jamaica - Caribbean Music Expo is a popular Trade Show for those who love Caribbean Music. Many exhibitors and artists. Beach parties during and after the event
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Jamaican Musician plays drum before the Raggae Sumfest in Montego Bay. Raggae Sumfest is the Reggae event of the summer. Visitors travel from other Caribbean islands, the US, Canada, England and Europe. You can party and dance from July 20 straight to the 26th of July.
Music Festival Singer performs at Jamaica Caribbean Music Expo in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. There are many exhibitors, artists and beach parties during and after the Music Expo.
The St Lucia Jazz festival is one of the more popular music festivals in the Caribbean with top notch musicians from all over the world. Most of the visitors come from the US and Canada. The only other two jazz festivals that are as well attended are Puerto Rico Jazz Festival and the Barbados Jazz Festival. Air Jamaica and BET are the two main sponsors of the caribbean jazz festival.
Trinidad is the Caribbean island where Carnival was invented
Although a Hindu Festival, Trinidad's Festival of Lights is a national holiday observed by people of all religions. The entire island is lit by candlelight, and prayers are offered. The Festival of Lights, or Divali, is one of the most anticipated events on the island of Trinidad. The festival is an annual events and starts on October 25th of each year.
Jazz Sax Player performs during Barbados Jazz Festival. Barbados has one of the best attended jazz festivals along with St Lucia and Puerto Rico. Each year top name entertainment flocks to the island for the week long festivities. Top name performers such as Alicia Keys are always in attendance, and the 2005 festival was a tremendous success.
Curacao dancer displays colorful dress during the Curacao Jazz Festival held in may of every year. Curacao is home to the most diverse population in the Caribbean, and therefore has a diverse array of music and entertainment.
Merengue dancers take to the street of Santo Domingo during the Dominican Merengue Festival. The festival is a week long celebration, and the best parties are right in the streets. Top name Merengue Bands appear.
Jazz festival performer at Bermuda Jazz Festival, held at Navy Dockyard every year during October.
*Each year divers head to the Cayman Islands for almost seven weeks of diving centered around the annual festival. 

Grand Cayman is the picture perfect Caribbean resort, with pleasant daytime temperatures, white sandy beaches and clear, blue-green sea perfect for diving or snorkeling.
Dominica Diving Festival
July 9-18, 2010 
Cayman Islands Diving Festival attracts divers from around the world. The annual dive festival lasts for seven weeks and starts every year in September.

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Havana Int'l  Jazz Festival
Cuba - Dec 2010 - Jan, 2011
*Havana's Jazz Festival is an internationally renowned event that takes place every two years. Festival consistently attracts an excellent line-up, with gigs at many venues around the city.
*Once the Trinidad Parang Season is launched, you know  that Christmas is just around the corner. Trinidad Christmas is a time to celebrate and Parang is the ultimate music of celebration.
Parang Season Festival
Trinidad - Nov/Dec, 2010 - TBA
International Guitar Festival
Martinique  - Dec 08 TBA
Festival of Lights,Trinidad - Young girls preparing for celebration
Performer at Bermuda Jazz
Festival
Diver explores reefs - Cayman Dive Festival
St Lucia Jazz Festival - May
Curacao Jazz Festival Parade
Reggae Sumfest
Drummer
Barbados Jazz
Festival - Jan
Merengue Festival  Dancers
Caribbean
Music Expo
Trinidad Carnival
Heineken Aruba Catamaran Regatta  - Nov, 2010 - TBA
Nine Mornings Festival
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Dec  2010 - TBA
New Year Sailing Regatta
Bahamas  - Jan 2010
Foxy Wooden Boat Regatta
B.V.I. May  28-30, 2010
Tour des Yoles Rondes
Martinique - Aug  TBA
Billfish Tournament Puerto Rico - Aug, 16-22, 2010
Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival - May 26-31, 2010
British Virgin Island Musicfest - Tortola
May 2010
Cayman Islands Int'l
Rugby Sevens
Jun  2008 - TBA
*The Cayman Islands' International Rugby Sevens competition attracts teams from around the world to watch first-class Caribbean Sevens
Fisherman's Birthday Celebration
Grenada - Jun 29, 2010
Columbus Annual Regatta
Jamaica - Oct  TBA
World Rugby Classic
Bermuda - Nov, 2010 - TBA
Falmouth Blue Marlin Tournament -
Falmouth Jamaica 
Sept - Oct 2010 TBA
*The Blue Marlin is one of Jamaica's favorite fish. Fisherman take great pride reeling in these magnificient fish in the Blue Marlin Tournament  held every September.
*New Years Sailing Regatta starts off  the coast of Nassau's Montagu Bay.  Between 30 and 40 ships compete in three classes. The event is a  spectacle for visitors,  and is  followed with great enthusiasm by the residents.
Batabano Carnival - Caymans
Apr - May, 2010
St Lucia Marguerite Festival
Oct  2010 - TBA
Santa Rosa Festival
Trinidad and Tobago -
End of Aug  2010 - TBA
The Rose Festival
St Lucia - Aug 30, 2010
Market Vendors Feast
St Lucia  - Aug, 2010 TBA
Grenada's August Carnival is unique with the Shakespeare Masin which brightly dressed Peirrots engage in a battle of wits using only lines from Shakespearean plays.

Carnival in Carriacou climaxes with two days of street parades and various competitions among calypsonians and masquerade bands.
Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta, held annually on the smallisland of Jost Van Dyke, is one of the biggest eventsin the British Virgin Islands. It is a competitionthat allows wooden boats to rule the waves in an agewhere fibreglass and speed dominates.
British Virgin Island Regatta
*Christmas Festival on Montserrat celebrates the birth of Jesus, and carnival merrymaking and a general atmosphere of goodwill. Families abroad reunite with loved ones at home to enjoy the festivities.
Montserrat Christmas Festival
Dec 25,26,27 & 31, 2010
Jamaican Jerk/Southern BBQ Cook-Off   - Sept 2010 dates TBA
*International Jamaican Jerk and Southern Barbecue Cook-Off is an annual Caribbean cooking competition attracting thousands of barbecue experts from Jamaica and around the world.  Many cooks from the U.S. attend this event every year.
*The First European settlers in Montserrat were Irish, so St. Patrick's Day is celebrated for
St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. March 17 is also the day on which the island’s slaves staged a revolt and marched on Government  House. Calypso, soca, iron band music along with masquerades, and wearing green and the shamrock as an emblem.
San Sebastian Street Festival
San Juan - Jan 16-19, 2010
Ocho Rios Jazz Festival
June  13-20, 2010
Turks & Caicos Music Festival Jul - Aug, 2010 TBA
Aruba Music Festival
Oct  2010 - TBA
Caribbean Music Expo - Ocho Rios
Sept - Oct, 2010 TBA
Pineapple Festival
Eleuthera, Bahamas
Jun 2010 - TBA
Eleuthera, Bahamas
Pineapple Festival
The St Lucia Jazz Festival is the crown jewel of BET Jazz produced caribbean festivals with an expansive ten days of programming at various island venues including Pigeon Island national park. The park is a lovely, rolling acres of green grass overlooking the beautiful Caribbean Sea.
St Lucia Jazz Festival Crowd. Smooth jazz overlooking the sea.
Haile Selassie Anniversary Crowning - Nov 2, 2010 (International) Jamaica
The date of the coronation of Haile Selassie I, former Emperor of Ethiopia and central figure of the Rastafarian faith, is celebrated by Rastafarians throughout the world as one of the most sacred days of their calendar. Most Rastas in the Caribbean are on the island of Jamaica.
Haile Selassie Anniversary Crowning most sacred day for Rastafarians worldwide - Nov
Barbados Holders Festival
Mar 7 - 27, 2010
Run Barbados
Dec 3-5, 2010
Cayman Brac Family Week
July  2008 - TBA
Caymans Pirates Week
Nov 2010 - TBA
Breadfruit Festival - Jamaica
Aug 2010 - TBA
*Crop Over, a five-week summer festival, is Barbados' most popular and colourful carnival festival. It's origins can be traced back to a time when Barbados was the world's largest producer of sugar. At the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the end of another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop Over celebration.
*Nine Mornings Festival - Christmas celebrations begin early in St Vincent. From 16 December people get up in the early hours and parade through the streets of Kingstown in seasonal attire.
Christmas celebrations in The Bahamas would not be complete without Junkanoo bands "rushing" in the streets. Venture down to Bay Street in Nassau during the early morning hours of Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) and New Year's Day and behold this cornucopia of color and sound. The darkness of the early morning adds to the bewitching atmosphere. Overhead streetlights highlight the hues of the costumes and banners intricately designed and patterned from minute strips of crepe paper of all colors glued to clothing, cardboard and wood.
Junkanoo Festival in the Bahamas. The parade is held twice - once on Dec 26th and again on Jan 1st
The Cayman Pirates Festival officially begins on a Friday, but there is a traditional Thursday "Kick Off" party at the Royal Palms site on Seven Mile Beach from 9pm to 2 am. Live bands, giveaways, plenty to eat and drink, and free admission.
Cayman Pirates Week Kickoff party on seven mile beach.
Breadfruits are a staple food in many Caribbean and tropical islands. They are very rich in starch, and before being eaten they are roasted, baked, fried or boiled. The taste is described as potato-like. The Jamaica Breadfruit festival is the only festival in the Caribbean that celebrates the breadfruit.
Jamaica Breadfruit Festival - Aug
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St Thomas Carnival
April 12-May 2, 2010
Caribbean Festivals and Caribbean Carnivals  are an expression of each island's culture and ethnic background. Music, Dance, Colorful Costumes, Parades, and Island Cuisine are all on display during these events.
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Puerto Rican Music Festival
Nov , 2010 - TBA
Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Fest
Nov 2010 TBA
National Wari Festival
Antigua/Barbuda
Oct 2010 - TBA
Dance Festival - All Month Sept
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Jost Van Dyke Festival, BVI
Sept  2010 - TBA
The tiny island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas celebrates a Pineapple Festival in June of every year. The pineapple is an important export product for Eleuthera, and one of the most popular festivals on the island. The festival has parades, lots of food and vendor booths, along with the favorite fruit of the day - the pineapple.
Barbados claims to have the world's greatest street party and world's longest Congaline. During the April celebration, thousands of dancers form a huge congaline across the island. Take comfortable shoes, cause you'll have miles to "Conga".
Africa Jamfest Music Festival
Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Oct  2010 - TBA
World Golf - World Cup
Barbados - Dec  2010
*Aruba's Catamaran Regatta
in November has become a highlight of the year, as champions and new sailors alike converge on the little island for a week of sailing.

Touting itself as one of the best catamaran events in the world, there is no doubt that the conditions off the island, with its temperate winds, are ideal for the vessels.
Nevis Culturama
Jul - Aug, 2010  TBA
Moonsplash Music Festival Anguilla
Mar, 25-28, 2010
Dominica Carnival
Feb 15-16, 2010
On the island of Montserrat, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated for St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. March 17 is also the day on which the island’s slaves staged a revolt and marched on Government House. Calypso, soca, iron band music along with masquerades, and wearing green and the shamrock as an emblem.
Montserrat St Patrick Day Festival
Guadeloupe's Festival of Women Cooks. All the women try to out due each other with their recipes, and are pleased for you to taste their cooking. Many excellent cooks on Guadeloupe, eat your way across the island.
Festival of Women Cooks - Guadeloupe
Jamerica Film/Music Festival
Nov 2010 - TBA
Turks and Caicos Conch Festival - Nov, 2010 - TBA
Grenada  Easter Regatta
Mar 12-14, 2010
Grenada's Round the Island Easter Regatta is the event for sailing enthusiasts. The land-based activities include parades, music and lots of local food offerings.
Barbados Gospel Festival
May 22-30, 2010 -
St John USVI Carnival
May 1, 2010
St Lucia Food/Rum Festival
Nov 2010 TBA
Grenada Carnival
Aug 9-10, 2010
Port Royal Music Fest - Jamaica - Aug 2010 - TBA
Old Harbour Fish & Bammy Festival - Jamaica - Oct TBA
Aruba St Nicholas Day
Dec 6, 2010
National Day St Lucia
Dec 13, 2010
International Caribbean Guitar Festival in
Martinique 
New Years Sailing Regatta
Nassau - Jan, 2011
St Lucia Creole Day
Oct  2010 - TBA
Dominica World Creole Music Festival is one of most prominent festivals in the Caribbean. The tiny island gets plenty crowded hosting Creole singers, dancers, and visitors from around the world.
Dominica World Creole Music Festival - Nov
Every two years, Martinique'hosts an international guitar festival, attracting musicians and spectators from all over the world
Marguerite Festival
St Lucia Oct 2010 TBA
Tobago Festival
Sept - Oct , 2010 TBA
Slave Uprising Day
Curacao Aug 17, 2010
Cudjoe Head Celebration
Montserrat  Jul 30-Aug 4, 2010
Curacao Day
July 26, 2010
Montserrat St Patrick's Celebration 
March 13-20, 2010
Antigua Sailing Week
Apr 24 - Apr 30, 2010
Antigua Regatta
Apr 15-20, 2010
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Aruba Soul Beach Festival
The Weather, The Sun, The Concerts, The Shows, The Beach And The People Have Made Aruba The Classiest Beach Event Of The Summer. Put this event on your Caribbean calendar for this annual Memorial Day weekend event.
British Virgin Island Music Fest - This three day extravaganza is one the whole family will enjoy. The British Virgin Islands Mocko Jumbie troupe opens the Caribbean fest, and music genres include calypso, fungi, reggae, rhythm & blues, soul, jazz, soca, steel pan, rap and rock. Enter the sand castle contest!
Bequia Fisherman Day - Grenadines
July 5, 2010
Barbados Crop Over Festival
Tobago Jazz Festival
Apr 1-30,2010
Dominican Soul Siesta
May 28 - Jun 1, 2010
Island Roots Heritage Festival
Abaco, Bahamas
Apr 30 - May 1, 2010
Jamaica Rock and Blues Jam - Sept 4-11, 2010
Caribbean Fashion Week -
Jamaica - June 8-14, 2010
Cayman Islands Marathon
Dec 5, 2010
Anguilla reggae star Bankie Banx is the organizer of the islands wildest music festival. For over 15 years, Moonsplash has become Anguilla's biggest weekend festival held at Rendezvous Bay.
Tobago's Plymouth Jazz Festival is one of the islands biggest events of the year. Festival attracts many leading blues musicians and jazz artists to the island.
St Lucia Jazz Fest - held at Pigeon Island, is one of the top five Jazz Festivals in the world.

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Barbados International Film Festival – December 1-5
Barbados International Film Festival - This annual festival brings together the best of world cinema and international film culture and provides a major showcase for the exhibition of the Caribbean, Latin America and world-wide independent film.
The popular Turks & Caicos Music Festival premiers International stars & local performers. Other festival events include Miss and Little Miss Turks and Caicos pageants, Caribbean beauty shows, regatta races, jolly parades and beach parties.
Sept 3rd & 4th 2010 the first edition of the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival will be held in the World Trade Center in Piscadera Bay. John Legend, Sergio Mendes, George Benson, Michel Camilo Trio, La India, and Luis Enrique are scjeduled to perform.
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