Festivals & Culture

Descendants, residents, and visitors come together at this annual event in a fun social atmosphere. Activities include a church service, entertainment by Bahamian artists, Old Gospel Concert, beauty pageants, a fashion show, Mr. Homecoming, basketball and volleyball tournaments. Games include Easter Egg Hunt, egg-in-the spoon race, dominoes, apple on a string, Hula-Hoop, conch cracking, balancing food/field basket on head for the elderly ladies. Bahamian food, drinks and pastries will be on sale. This event is held every year on Easter weekend.

This annual musical festival, held every year during the Bahamas Labour Day weekend, is the signature event for Cat Island. It showcases the sensuous, rhythmic vibe of the island's premier Rake and Scrape music, performed by local and national artists. It also features a Gospel concert, Battle of the Rake & Scrape Bands, quadrille dancing, a children's corner with games and a fishermen and farmers' market. During the festival, guests can partake of "Down Home" Cat Island cuisine, purchase locally made crafts such as jewelry and straw items.

Locals and visitors gather in Cockburn Town at the Almond Tree Park to sing carols and see performances by local talent. The grand finale is when the park is transformed with thousands of Christmas lights and the Christmas tree is lit. Come out and bring the whole family and enjoy lots of Games, sweets and treats.

This festival encourages San Salvadorians worldwide to come home and celebrate Discovery Day, which commemorates the first landfall of the great navigator Christopher Columbus, on October 12, 1492. He renamed the Island of Guanahani to San Salvador meaning "Holy Saviour." The activities include Bahamian food and drink for sale, cultural performances, gospel concerts, plus live entertainment by local and visiting artists.

San Salvador Goombay Summer festival features a variety of activities, including live Bahamian music, games, food and drink.

FEATURES:

• Goombay Dancers
• Junkanoo Group
• Local DJ's
• Local Artists
• Arts N Craft

Bahamain Dishes and much, much more,

• Crab n Rice
• Grill conch
• Grill Fish
• Conch Salad
• Tamrind Sauce
• benny Cake
• coconut Cake
• Gurva Duff
• Coconut Tarte

Lots of Prize Giveaways.

This festival will feature live band entertainment, a variety of games for the whole family, plus local food (with an emphasis on conch) and drinks for sale. 

This festival is the signature family-oriented event for Inagua and is a homecoming event for former residents of the island. It features an opening Ecumenical Church Service, a gospel concert, live entertainment with visiting artists, salty games, domino tournament, ball games, youth talent competition, karate demonstrations, a cultural extravaganza, tours of the Morton Salt Company, the Inagua National Park and the Inagua Lighthouse, fishing trips, a Junkanoo rush-out, fireworks, and lots of indigenous food and drinks for sale.