Grenada Spicemas Festival

Grenada, like many other Caribbean countries, hosts a lively carnival. Since 1981, it has been held on the second Monday and Tuesday in August. Grenada Spicemas Festival was held on the Monday and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, before the country's independence in 1974. After experimenting with celebrating the carnival on Easter and in May, it was decided that August would be a better date because it would avoid clashing with the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival and would allow expatriate Grenadians and those with Grenadian roots to return home during the summer months of the North American and European seasons.

Grenada Spicemas Festival is vibrant, colorful, and full of surprises, with pageantry and expression rooted in African, French, British, and Caribbean cultures. Calypsonians, steel pan orchestras, beauty contestants, 'fancy mas' bands, and other carnival acts and parades can be found. Grenadians join together to witness, participate in, and have fun. Receives great attention and participation from thousands of people on and off the island, Grenada Spicemas Festival undoubtedly one of the most famous festivals in Grenada.

When: August