Carnival season never stops in the Caribbean and it's time for you to join in the celebrations. Discover all the upcoming festivals in the Caribbean and get ready to have the time of your life while you stay at one of our hotels. Hurry and book your room at one of our hotels conveniently located in the middle of all the action.
New Year's Day Junkanoo Parade: Nassau & Paradise Island
Junkanoo, the Bahamas’ National Festival is the perfect opportunity to live a true Bahamian expression of art and culture. The parade takes place along Bay Street in downtown Nassau during January 1st and 2nd. People with elaborate costumes dances while several musicians plays their instruments, as thousands of local and visitors watch and enjoy all day long.
Aruba’s Carnival
A lot of events that bring you colorfully decorated floats, contagiously throbbing music, luxuriously costumed groups of celebrants of all ages, King & Queen elections, electrifying jump ups and torch light parades that wind their way through the streets at night, the Jouvert morning: the Children's Parades and finally the Grand Parade from February 10th and 11th.
Curacao Carnival
The period of carnival festivities at Curacao culminates at February 11 to 13, with the “Gran Marcha” which is the Main Parade on the last sunday before Ash Wednesday and the Farewell Parade on the evening of the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Haiti Carnival
At Haiti, Carnival is still a time of great joy and intense celebration. The popular Mardi Gras, is the end of the renamed carnival season which begins on Sunday to reach its culmination during the three days prior to Ash Wednesday, from February 11 to 13.
Santo Domingo Carnival
While carnival events take place around the entire Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo's festivals along the Malecón are the most large-scale and occurs every weekend in February. Visitors can expect spectacular parades, costumed performers, dancing, rum drinking, and street food. The masks worn by the over 30,000 participants in the parade symbolize good and evil.
St. Kitts
Celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the Kittitian people, while gracefully combining the exuberant festivities with the more solemn religious observance of the holidays. Join the main celebration on December 16 or the closure party on January 6.
Celebrate, dine and dance, Bahamas style! Experience the 500+ year old tradition, Junkanoo, the soul of Bahamian culture and enjoy authentic Bahamian entertainment, food, arts & crafts, face painting, costume creation and dance lessons. Held Friday nights only at 7PM-9PM in the Royal Lobby.
