Music

Saint Kitts and Nevis music is well-known for a variety of musical celebrations, including Carnival. The St Kitts Music Festival takes place the last week of June, while the week-long Culturama on Nevis takes place from the end of July to the beginning of August. There are also other festivals on the island of Saint Kitts. There is Inner City Fest in February in Molineaux, Green Valley Festival around Whit Monday in Cayon, Easterama around Easter (April) in Sandy Point,... Parades, street dances, and music such as salsa, jazz, soca, calypso, and steelpan are common at these events.

Traditional music is most commonly associated with seasonal Christmas songs, though chanteys and other songs are also popular. Music is also a part of the island's Tea Meetings, which feature a pair of stentorian male singers in a competitive type of performance in which hecklers play an important role.

Carnival in Saint Kitts and Nevis is heavily centered on music. Folk performers are accompanied by Big Drum and string bands. Shack-shack, baha, triangle, fife, guitar, and quarto are among the other instruments. Iron bands were introduced to Saint Kitts and Nevis' Carnival in the 1940s, when bands used car rims as makeshift percussion instruments. The Silver Rhythm Orchestra, Brown Queen, Music Makers, Esperanza, and Rhythm Kings were among the ensembles of local, collaborative musicians who played drums, saxophones, bass guitars, and trumpets during this era. Roy Martin's Wilberforce Steel Pan was the first steelpan band. Eagle Squadron, Boomerang, Casablanca, Boston Tigers, and The Invaders were among the other bands. Modern Carnival did not begin in Saint Kitts and Nevis until the late 1950s. Brass bands dominated Carnival and then much of popular music in the 1960s. This is one of the Unique Cultural Characteristics In Saint Kitts and Nevis that you should know.