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Fisherman's Birthday 05
Fish Friday
Grenada Calendar of Events 2009
January
20th - 23rd. Annual Spiceisle Bill Fish Tournament( Grenada Yacht Club)
30th Jan. 3rd Feb, Grenada Sailing Festival( Grand Anse beach 5 days)
FEBRUARY
7th - Independence Day - 35yrs. One of the highlights of this public holiday is a military parade at the National Stadium . Beach parties are also prominent on the island.
23rd to 24th - Carriacou Carnival, Celebrations involving two days of street parades and Various competitions among calypsonians and masquerade bands.
19th -22nd - Grenada Classic Yacth Regatta
MARCH
17th - St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations, Celebrations take place in Sauteurs. Exhibits include local arts and crafts, agricultural produce and food.
APRIL
10th - Good Friday – public Holiday
13th - Easter Monday – public Holiday
13th -15th Annual Round the Island Regatta
MAY
1st - Labour Day – Public Holiday
Grenada Drum Festival, In 2008 the Grenada Drum Festival will transform Krumahville in the village of Tivoli into a cultural village featuring traditional drumming and dancing
JUNE
1st - Whit Monday – Public Holiday
11th - Corpus Christi – Public Holiday
24th -29th - Fisherman Birthday Celebrations
Gouyave in the Parish of St. John’s is the most popular town for this celebration. Church services and the blessing of boats and nets followed by boat races and late afternoon street festivals and fireworks.
JULY
30th – 2nd August - Carriacou Regatta
Carriacou Regatta focuses mainly on the locally built ‘workboats’ with some ten different classes of boats. Other highlights of the festival are Yatch racing, Miss Aquaval Queen Show, Donkey race, Greasy Pole, Football, Netball competition and more.
AUGUST
2nd – 4th - Rainbow City Festival
The town of Grenville in the parish of St. Andrew’s is the location for this lively celebration. Local arts, crafts, food, music and tours of scenic sites in the parish combine to make this a festival not to be missed.
1st - Emancipation Day
1st – 11th - Grenada Carnival
Carnival attracts visitors from around the world. It two days of non-stop partying and jump up, including bands and costume competition, Monday Nite Mass, J’Ouvert and the parade of the bands.
12th - 16th, St. John Reunion, Gouyave, Person of the parish of St. John, come together for its 1st reunion
OCTOBER
8th - Grenada Cricket Classic
25th – Thanksgiving 1983, USA military intervention in Grenada is celebrated with church services and beach parties.
DECEMBER
24th - Christmas Eve, Communities celebrate the birth of Christ with evening church services.
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day – Public Holiday
31st - New Year Eve, New Year’s Eve is celebrated with church services and gala parties to ring in the New Year.