CARIBBEAN WORLD SAILING & YACHTING CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JANUARY 2024

● 13th - 22nd:

Barbados Sailing Week: Set sail for adventure at the Barbados

Sailing Week. This prestigious regatta features world-class yachts

and crews competing in exciting races along the stunning coast of Barbados. https://www.roundbarbados.com/

● 14th - 18th:

Gov't Mule's Island Exodus 14:

https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/govt-mule-announces-island-exodus-14

● 14th–15th Martin Luther King Regatta, St. Thomas.

https://stthomasyachtclub.org/sailing/regattas/mlk-regatta

● 15th - 21st January:

St. Barts Music Festival: Experience the 40th Edition of magic of music at the St. Barts Music Festival.

https://www.saintbarthmusicfestival.com/en

● 19th - 20th January:

Rebel Salute, Plantation Cove, Jamaica:

https://www.rebelsalutejamaica.com/line-up-2/

● 16th–21st Barbados Independent Film Festival.

https://barbadosfilmfest.org

● 24th–28th Bequia Music Fest.

https://bequiamusicfestival.com

● 24th–7th Feb Mustique Blues Festival.

https://basilsbar.com/whats-on

● 27th–3rd Feb Manhattan Caribbean Week, BVI.

https://myc.org/cruising/caribbean-week

● 28th–2nd Feb Grenada Sailing Week.

https://grenadasailingweek.com

FEBRUARY 2024

● 1st-4th Caribbean Multihull Challenge.

https://caribbeanmultihullchallenge.com

● 4th Feb: Curaçao Carnival Adult Parade

https://www.divecuracao.info/curacao-events-and-festivals/carnival-in-curacao/

● 7th - 14th Feb: Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

https://socaislands.com/trinidad-carnival-2024/

● 15th-25th Feb: Havana International Book Fair

https://www.radiosurco.icrt.cu/havana-international-book-fair-2024-reschedules-dates/

● 9th: Valentine's Eastern Caribbean from Barbados (cruise event)

https://www.iglucruise.com/britannia/9th-february-2024_c290796

● 9th: Valentine's Day Jump-Up, St. Croix

https://stxcalendar.com/events-calendar/valentines-jump-up/

● 10th-13th: Carnaval de Ponce, Puerto Rico

https://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/ponce-carnival/

● 11th-14th: Martinique Carnival

https://www.carnivaland.net/martinique-carnival/

● 12th-13th: Mas Domnik (aka The Real Mas), Dominica

https://avirtualdominica.com/project/carnival-in-dominica

● 12th-13th: Carriacou Carnival

https://www.carnivaland.net/carriacou-carnival/

● 13th-19th: Dancehall Week, Jamaica

https://www.dancehallweek.com/dancehall-week-events

● 14th-18th: RORC Nelson's Cup Series, Antigua

https://rorc.org/notice-of-race-2024-rorc-nelsons-cup-series

● 17th: Antigua 360 RTI Race, Antigua Yacht Club

https://antigua360race.com/

● 17-18th: Sweethearts of the Caribbean & Classic Regatta, BVI

https://westendyachtclubbvi.com

● 18th-23rd: ProCigar Festival, Dominican Republic

https://procigar.org/procigar-festival/

● 19th-23rd: RORC Caribbean 600 race, Antigua

https://caribbean600.rorc.org/

● 22nd: Public holiday in St. Lucia (Independence Day)

https://nationaltoday.com/st-lucia-independence-day/

● 23-25th: Union Island Conch Festival, St. Vincent & Grenadines

https://caribbeanevents.com/event/union-island-conch-festival/

● 27th: Keelboat Season Championship, Heineken Regatta Warm Up, St. Maarten

https://smyc.com/keelboat-season-championship

● 29th-Mar 3rd: St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

https://www.heinekenregatta.com/

MARCH 2024:

● 1st: Dominica Independence Day: Celebrated across Dominica

● 1st-3rd: St. Maarten Heineken Regatta:

https://www.heinekenregatta.com/

● 8th: International Women's Day: Celebrated across the Caribbean

● 15th-17th: Anguilla Jazz Festival:

https://downbeat.com/news/detail/anguilla-jazz-festival-lineup-announced

● 15th-17th: Tobago Goat Races:

https://www.destinationtnt.com/events/buccoo-goat-race-festival/

● 16th-23rd: Carriacou Maroon & String Band Festival:

https://www.insandoutsgrenada.com/events/carriacou-maroon-string-band-festival

● 18th-24th: Barbados Food and Wine Festival:

https://www.foodandrum.com/

● 23rd-24th: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Nine Mornings

Festival: https://www.gov.vc/index.php/nine-mornings

● 24th-30th: Carriacou Parranda Festival:

https://www.insandoutsgrenada.com/events/carriacou-maroon-string-band-festival

● 30th: Virgin Gorda Easter Festival:

https://www.vicarnivalschedule.com/virgingorda/

APRIL 2024:

● 1-7 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival.

https://bvispringregatta.org

2 Round Tortola race for the Nanny Cay Cup.

https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eid=16228

6 Panama Posse Belize Yacht Fest, Placencia Yacht Club, Belize.

https://oceanposse.com/events/belize-placencia-yacht-fest

1st-8th: Antigua Sailing Week

https://sailingweek.com/schedule/

● 3rd-9th: Jamaica Carnival

https://socaislands.com/home/soca-islands-jamaica-carnival/

● 4th-7th: Grenada Chocolate Festival

https://www.grenadachocolatefest.com/

● 5th-7th: St. Kitts and Nevis Carnival

https://www.visitstkitts.com/

● 6th-14th: St. Barts Music Festival

https://www.saintbarthmusicfestival.com/en

● 7th: Bequia Easter Monday Regatta

https://www.bequiaregatta.com/

● 12th-14th: Cayman Carnival

https://www.carnifest.com/batabano-cayman-carnival-2024/

● 13th: Carriacou Easter Parranda

https://www.hoppingaroundtheglobeinstyle.com/how-to-spend-a-perfect-day-in-carriacou/

● 15th-20th: Barbados National Independence Festival of the Creative Arts

https://www.gov.bb/Visit-Barbados/independence-celebrations

● 16th-20th: BVI Spring Regatta

https://bvispringregatta.org/schedule-of-events/

● 17-22 Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.

https://antiguaclassics.com

18-22 Tobago Jazz Experience.

https://tobagofestivalscommission.com

20 Governor’s Cup Race, BVI.

https://royalbviyc.org

20th-27th: Grenada Sailing Week

https://grenadasailingweek.com/

● 23rd-28th: St. Croix International Blues Festival

https://www.stxfestival.com/

25th-28th: Mustique Blues Festival

https://www.facebook.com/mustique222/

26th-28th: Turks & Caicos Conch Festival

https://turksandcaicostourism.com/turks-and-caicos-conch-festival/

● 27th-30th: St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

https://www.heinekenregatta.com/

MAY 2024:

● 1-27 U.S. Virgin Islands Caribbean Music Festival.

https://visitusvi.com/us-virgin-islands-caribbean-music-festival

● 1-31 Mai de Saint-Pierre, Martinique, month-long celebration

https://azmartinique.com/en/events/mai-de-saint-pierre

● 4 Dockyard Day, Antigua.

https://antiguanice.com

● 4 Dinghy Championship Hope Ross Series Day 2, St. Maarten.

https://smyc.com/dinghy-season-championship

● 3-8 Romerias de Mayo, Holguin, Cuba.

https://rove.me/to/cuba/romerias-de-mayo

● 5 Jazz’n’Creole event, Dominica.

https://dominicafestivals.com

● 7 Antigua to Bermuda Race.

https://www.antiguabermuda.com

● 8-13 Hi-Winds Amateur World Challenge, Aruba.

https://arubahiwinds.com

● 9-10 BVI Spring Charter Yacht Show, Tortola.

https://crewedyachtsbvi.com/charter-yacht-shows

● 10-12 Virgin Islands Boating Expo (VIBE).

https://vibe.vi

● 11 Start of ARC Europe rally from St. Maarten (or East Coast USA) to Portugal via Bermuda.

https://worldcruising.com/arc_europe

● Panama.

https://oceanposse.com/events/

● 14 Windward 500.

https://caribbean-sailing.com

● 14 Belize Cashew Festival & Agriculture Show, Crooked Tree Village.

https://belizing.com/Cashew-Festival-and-Agriculture-Show-Belize

● 16-19 Antigua and Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament.

https://abyma.ag/events-calendar

● 16-19 Barbados Celtic Festival.

https://facebook.com/bcmfestival

● 17-19 STYC Invitational Regatta, St. Thomas.

https://stthomasyachtclub.org

● 17-21 Grenada Chocolate Festival

https://worldcruising.com/arc_europe

● 23-26 Anguilla Culinary Experience.

https://anguillaculinaryexperience.com

https://festopia.com

● 28 Beach-to-Beach Power Swim.

https://visitusvi.com/beach-beach-power-swim

● 30-2 Jun Martinique Boat Show.

https://martinique-boat-show.fr

JUNE 2024:

● 1-2 KLM Aruba Marathon.

https://klmarubamarathon.com/en

● 4-30 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (Cricket), Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago

● 7-9 Festival del Jíbaro Comerieño, Comerio, Puerto Rico

https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/event/43er-festival-del-jibaro-comerieno/1405

● 8 King of the Wing Festival, St. Thomas.

https://kowvi.com

● 8 Mango Fest, Hopkins, Belize.

http://www.belizebudgetsuites.com/belize-mango-festival.html

https://belizing.com/Hopkins-Mango-Fest

● 10–16 International Optimist Regatta, St. Thomas.

https://stthomasyachtclub.org

● 15-16 St. Maarten National Dinghy Championship.

https://smyc.com

● 19-22 International Choral Festival for Peace, Costa Rica.

https://choralfestcostarica.org

● 20-24 Love Fest, Costa Rica.

https://lovefestcostarica.com

● 22 Summer Sailstice

https://summersailstice.com

● 27-29 St. Kitts Music Festival.

https://stkittstourism.kn/music-festival

● 28-29 Aruba Summer Music Festival.

https://arubasmf.com

● 28-12 Jul St. Vincent Carnival “Vincy Mas.”

https://carnivaland.net/vincy-mas-st-vincent

● 29 Taste of Tortola, BVI.

https://bvifoodfete.com

● 29 CayMAS Carnival, Caymans.

https://caymas.ky

● 29-4 Jul St. John Celebration.

https://visitusvi.com/st-john-celebration

● 30–6 Jul Fiesta del Fuego (Fire Festival), Santiago de Cuba

https://www.cubatesoro.com/fiesta-fuego/

JULY 2024:

● 8-15 Mi Habana Baila Festival, Havana.

https://mihabanabaila.com/en

● 9 Mango Melee and Tropical Fruit Festival, St. Croix.

https://visitusvi.com/mango-melee-and-tropical-fruit-festival

● 10-17 St. Lucia Carnival.

https://carnivalsaintlucia.com

● 14–20 Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica.

https://reggaesumfest.com

● 27-28 AnimeCom Fest 2024, Kingston, Jamaica.

https://animecomfest.com

● 30-6 Aug Anguilla Summer Festival

● 31-6 Aug Barbados Crop Over Festival.

https://socaislands.com/barbados-cropover-2024

● Fort de France Cultural Festival, Martinique, month-long celebration.

https://azmartinique.com/en/events/fort-de-france-cultural-festival

AUGUST 2024:

● 1-5 St. John Festival, St. John, USVI

https://www.vicarnivalschedule.com/stjohn/

● 1-13 Grenada Carnival, ‘SpiceMas.’

https://spicemasgrenada.com

● 2-6 Dream Weekend, Negril, Jamaica.

https://instagram.com/dreamwknd

● 5–7 BVI Emancipation Festival

● 5-8 Anguilla Summer Festival

● 6 Barbados Grand Kadooment.

https://socaislands.com/barbados-cropover-2024

● 6 St. Kitts and Nevis Culturama Day.

https://thereisadayforthat.com/holidays/various/world-steelpanday

● 15 Feast of the Assumption, Saint-Barthelemy.

https://publicholidays.la/saint-barthelemy/fr/assumption-day

● 30 La Rose Flower Festival, St. Lucia

SEPTEMBER 2024:

● 2 Public holiday in Puerto Rico and USVI (Labor Day)

● 6 Public holiday in Bonaire (National Day)

● 16 Public holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis (National Heroes’ Day)

● 17 FULL MOON (Super Harvest Moon)

● 19 Public holiday in St. Kitts & Nevis (Independence Day)

● 22 Autumnal Equinox

● 24 Public holiday in Trinidad & Tobago (Republic Day]

OCTOBER 2024:

● 17 La Marguerite Flower Festival, St. Lucia

● 17-20 Barbados Food and Rum Festival, Bridgetown.

https://foodandrum.com

● 21 Willy T Virgin’s Cup Race, BVI.

https://royalbviyc.org

● 24 Grenada Film Festival.

https://1261filmfestival.com

● 25–27 World Creole Music Festival, Dominica, including fringe events.

https://discoverdominica.com

● 26-2 Nov Havana Ballet Festival

● 27 Creole Day (Jounen Kwéyòl), culmination of Creole Heritage Month, St. Lucia

● 28 Foxy’s Cat Fight, Jost Van Dyke, BVI.

https://westendyachtclubbvi.com

● 31-4 Nov St. Barth Rum Festival.

https://caribbeanrumawards.com

NOVEMBER 2024:

● 1 Public holiday in Antigua (Independence Day), including the Antigua and Barbuda Independence Food Fair

● 13-17 St. Barth Cata Cup.

https://stbarthcatacup.com

● 22-24 Imagine Weekend, Barbados.

https://visitbarbados.org

● 23-25 Jolly Harbour Yacht Club Annual Regatta, Antigua.

https://jhycantigua.com

● 24 ARC departs Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for Saint Lucia

DECEMBER 2024:

● 1 Cayman Islands Marathon.

https://caymanislandsmarathon.com

● 12 Parade of Lanterns, Castries, St. Lucia

● 16-24 Nine Mornings Festival, St. Vincent.

https://discoversvg.com

● 26 Maskanoo, Turks and Caicos.

https://turksandcaicostourism.com

● 26-4 Jan Crucian Christmas Carnival, St. Croix, USVI

https://www.gotostcroix.com/events/crucian-christmas-carnival/

● 31 Nelson’s Pursuit Race, Antigua.

https://antiguayachtclub.com

● 31 Festival Day, Montserrat.

https://holidayscalendar.com/event/festival-day-in-montserrat

● 31 New Year’s Eve/Old Year’s Night: Fireworks in many places.

NOTE:

● The information provided in this press release was accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication. For confirmation, please contact the event organizers directly.

● Additionally, inform us of any changes that may occur. If you are organizing a sailing or boating event not featured in our monthly calendars, kindly submit the details to publisher@caribbeanworld-magazine.com two months prior to the event date(s) for inclusion.