• Sugar Mas 55

    St. Kitts , Saint Kitts and Nevis

    St. Kitts National Carnival: J'ouvert Dec. 26, Panorama Dec. 27, Junior Carnival Dec. 30, Grand Parade Jan. 1 and Last Lap Jan. 2.

  • Montserrat Carnival

    Montserrat

    Montserrat's Christmas-season festival, culminating on New Year's Day. Dates provisional.

  • Crucian Christmas Festival

    St. Croix, USVI , Virgin Islands (U.S.)

    St. Croix's Christmas carnival: boat races Dec. 27, Food Fair Dec. 30, Children's Parade Jan. 1 and Adult Parade Jan. 2.

  • Mas Domnik – Dominica Carnival

    Dominica

    The Real Mas: a month of calypso, pageants and shows, ending with J'ouvert and the street parades on Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

  • Guadeloupe Carnival

    Guadeloupe

    Weeks of Sunday parades from Epiphany to Ash Wednesday, with Pointe-à-Pitre's Mardi Gras parade and the burning of Vaval. Full 2027 schedule not yet published.

  • Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián

    Puerto Rico

    Old San Juan's SanSe: four days of street parties, cabezudos, music and food that close the holiday season.

  • Dominican Carnival (Sundays in February)

    Dominican Republic

    Carnival celebrations run every Sunday through February in towns across the Dominican Republic, culminating in the national parade. The national parade schedule is still to be finalised.

  • Carnaval Ponceño

    Puerto Rico

    Ponce's pre-Lenten carnival with its famous vejigantes, parades and the burial of the sardine. Dates provisional.

  • Carnaval de Martinique

    Martinique

    Fort-de-France's Jours Gras: Shrove Monday Feb. 8, Mardi Gras Feb. 9 and the burning of Vaval on Ash Wednesday Feb. 10. Dates provisional.

  • Saint-Martin Carnival

    Saint-Martin (French side) , Saint Martin

    French-side carnival parades in Marigot on Shrove Monday and Mardi Gras. Dates provisional.

  • St Barth Carnival

    St. Barthélemy , Saint Barthélemy

    Carnival parade in Gustavia on Mardi Gras and the burning of Vaval on Ash Wednesday.

  • Holetown Festival

    Barbados

    A week commemorating the first English settlement at Holetown in 1627, with street fairs, tattoo, folk concerts and the Holetown parade.