Caribbean Important Dates January 1 Haiti Independence Day January 2 Ancestors' Day - Haiti January 21 Errol Barrow Day - Barbados February 6 Bob Marley Day - Jamaica February 7 Grenada Independence Day February 22 St. Lucia Independence Day February 23 Rebublic Day - Guyana February 27 Dominican Republic Independence Day April 14 Pan-American Day - Dominican Republic & Haiti April 28 National Heroes Day - Barbados May 1 Labour Day May 18 Agriculture and Labor Day - Haiti May 20 Cuba Independence Day May 24 Commonwealth Day - Belize May 26 Guyana Independence Day May 30 Anguilla Day July 5 Caricom Day - Antigua & Barbuda July 10 Bahamas Independence Day July 14 Taking of the Bastille Day August 1 Emancipation Day August 2 Kadooment Day - Barbados August 6 Jamaica Independence Day August 16 Restoration Day - Dominican Republic August 31 Trinidad & Tobago Independence Day September 10 St. George's Caye Day - Belize September 19 St. Kitts & Nevis Independence Day September 21 Belize Independence Day October 20 National Heroes Day - Jamaica October 24 United Nations Day October 27 St. Vincent & The Grenadines Independence Day October 31 Heritage Day - Antigua & Barbuda November 1 Antigua & Barbuda Independence Day November 2 Dominica Independence Day November 18 Battle of Vertières' Day - Haiti November 19 Garifuna Day - Belize November 30 Barbados Independence Day December 13 National Day - St. Lucia

ISLAND DATES OF FESTIVITIES Aruba February Anguilla August Bahamas December Barbados Crop Over - July 13th to August 5th, 2002 Grand Kadooment - August 5th, 2002 Bonaire February Carriacou February Cayman Islands April Cuba July Curacao February Dominica March 3rd and 4th Dominican Republic February Grenada August Guadeloupe February Haiti February Isle de Margarita February Jamaica April Montserrat December Nevis July Puerto Rico April Saba July Saint Maarten April Saint Eustatius July St. Kitts December St. Lucia St. Lucia Brass Festival - 11th July Carnival - 16th July St. Vincent and the Grenadines Last week of June, first week of July St. Bathelemy February St. Martin February Trinidad February 11th and 12th Tobago February Turks and Caicos (Providenciales) August USVI - St. Thomas April St. John July Union Island Easterval - a three day festival over Easter Weekend