caribbean carnival

Caribbean Carnival is an event that takes place in many of the islands annually. Caribbean Carnival features traditions and various aspects of Caribbean Culture which revolves around music and other festival events.

Music Styles

Local Carnivals

The following islands celebrate carnival; approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities on each island. (On some islands, most notably Trinidad and Tobago, the carnival season lasts for over a month, and the exact dates vary from year to year.)

Anguilla (first week in August)
Antigua and Barbuda (first week in August)
Aruba (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Barbados (first Monday in August)
Bonaire (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Curacao (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Dominica (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Dominican Republic (late February)
Grenada (early August)
Guadeloupe (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Haiti (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Jamaica, (late March, early April)
Martinique (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Puerto Rico (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Saba (early August)
Saint-Barthlemy (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Saint Croix (Three Kings Day)
Saint John (July 4)
Saint Lucia (July)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (roughly New Year's Day)
Saint-Martin (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
Saint Thomas (last Friday and Saturday in April)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (July, August)
Sint Eustatius (early August)
Sint Maarten (roughly a month after Easter)
Trinidad and Tobago (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)

International Caribbean Carnivals

Caribana - In the city of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.
Notting_Hill_Carnival - In Notting Hill located in London, England.

Caribbean Carnival

Music Styles

Local Carnivals

International Caribbean Carnivals

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