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JAN 24-25
Barbados Sailing Week
"The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Round Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its former title, the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series. Organised by Barbados Cruising Club in association with Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., and Mount Gay, Round Barbados Sailing Week 2024 on January 13-24 is expected to once again attract top class competition. The headlining 60nm Mount Gay Round Barbados Race gives crews a chance to win their skipper’s weight in rum if any of the 20 records are broken. For skippers this race is a dream come true with its golden opportunity and excuse to indulge during the forthcoming festive season for some serious fattening up!This all-comers sprint around the island of Barbados traditionally takes place on Errol Barrow Day – a public holiday to celebrate the birthday of the first Prime Minister of Barbados and ‘Father of independence’. Given the day’s significant status, the party vibe throughout the island is legendary with crowds of locals and visitors annually flocking to the best vantage points to watch the race as it unfolds down the rugged.
JAN 9-21 JAN
Barbados Film Festival
The Barbados Film Festival highlights the work of filmmakers, producers and actors from around the world.
Barbados International Polo Season
Barbados
Horticultural Society Flower & Garden Show
Join our Annual Flower and Garden Showat the BHS Headquarters, Balls Plantation, Christ Church. We have many exciting activities planned for you including plant competitions, plant sales and clinics to diagnose any issues that you may have, demonstrations, craft and jewellery, books, knick knacks, music and of course, our world famous teas!
JAN 24-25
Naniki Music Festival
Let’s meet up at the Naniki Music Festival
Three amazing shows, over three days at the enchanting Naniki – Suriname, St. Joseph, Barbados. Join us for an array of international acts and a potpourri of local acts!
FEB
Barbados Polo Season
Come out and enjoy a great day of Polo!
Fast becoming one of the most popular events in Barbados, where locals and visitors alike enjoy the exciting atmosphere of polo played by local as well as visiting clubs from overseas. All are welcome and bring the kids - its fun for the entire family!!
FEB
USA Tour Polo
FEB 8-15
Holetown Festival
The Holetown Festival takes place in Holetown, Barbados, and celebrates the arrival of the first settlers in Holetown on February 17, 1627. The week-long celebration occurs every year during mid-February and includes a number of activities which showcase the culture and traditions of Barbados. Events include folk singing and dancing, sports and games, street parades, markets, and food stalls that offer traditional Barbadian cuisine
FEB 9-15
Sun, Sea and Slam Bridge Tournament
Hosted by the Barbados Bridge League, the 29th Sun, Sea and Slams Bridge Tournament takes place at the Barbados Beach Club . This annual Bridge Festival is a mix of friendly competition and keen rivalry that attracting players from all over the world, who come together to play bridge against the alluring backdrop of Barbados.
FEB 27-28 UWI Relay Fest
FEB 27-MAR 1
Agrofest
This is Barbados Agricultural Society's annual Exhibition. Farmers, craft persons and processors of agricultural products are among the many exhibitors each year. Last year there were approximately 60,000 visitors over the three day show and over 250 exhibits running daily.
The National Agricultural Exhibition of Barbados promises to be one exciting weekend of fantastic products on sale and on display, keenly contested competitions between farmers, entertainment, demonstrations and so much more! With reduced prices and many exhibitions, you definitely do not want to miss Agrofest 2026!
FEB
Barbados Turf Club
England Tour Polo
MARCH
Sandy Lane Gold Cup
The Sandy Lane Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious events in the Eastern Caribbean horse racing calendar and, indeed, the biggest sporting events on the island. Attracting visitors from all over the world, for many years both local and regional jockeys have competed here, including some top international jockeys and trainers, with thoroughbred horses the UK and North America - some owned by the world’s leading investors in thoroughbred racing - featured. The big race is run over a turf course at 1,800 metres (8.95 furlongs) and is open to horses aged three and over. Garrison Savannah is a fitting setting for such as event, having been the home of horse racing in Barbados since 1845, and is conveniently located close to the island's capital, Bridgetown.
Polo MAR
MAR
Polo
Barbados Surf Pro
The World Surf Leage (WSL) qualifying world tour is a combination of events which takes place at various locations worldwide. Barbados is one of the designated stops on the circuit and comfortably holds its own as the host of one of the largest international surfing events in the Caribbean. The Barbados Surf Pro is open to some of the world's best male and female competitors, all vying for a spot on the World Championship Tour.
Barbados National Trust
Turf Club
CARIFTA Chess Championship APR 2-7
APR 3-6
Oistins Fish Festival
The Oistins Festival is an annual event that takes place every Easter weekend in the scenic fishing village of Oistins Barbados in the parish of Christ Church, on the south coast of the island. It is arguably the largest community festival in Barbados with activities for the entire family!
Barbados Tennis Association International Invitational
International Game Fishing Tournament
Barbados Junior International Tennis Tournament
Barbados Guineas Horse Racing
Barbados Turf Club Race Season
Barbados Reggae Weekend
The annual Barbados Reggae Festival features top quality local, regional and international Reggae acts. The unique venues in which they perform and the attractiveness of Barbados all contribute to the Festival’s ever-increasing popularity with Barbadians as reggae lovers from the region, North and Latin America, Britain and Europe, Africa, Australia and the Middle and Far East.
Music Festival
Barbados International Polo Season
European Legends Tour
MAY
Barbados International Polo Season
MAY 15-17
Roger Boyce Classic
The RBC is the premier bodybuilding event in the English-speaking region of the CACFBC. This event is in its 3rd year. This year the event is being launched at the Annual Congress of the International Federation of Body Build and Fitness and their World Championships in Santa Susana, Spain – October 31 -Nov 4, 2023. The RBC Elite Pro Ambassadors are world class athlete Kimberley Percival (Antigua) & Eddie Wilson (Suriname/Netherland)
The RBC attracts athletes from Latin America and the Caribbean and has seen 193 athletes, Coaches and delegates in 2022 and 151 in 2023 showing growth in the event. 2024 is set to be bigger and better as more international competitions will be included.
Squash - Open Maters
BCIC Rally BarbadosKing of the Hill; Rally Show
Run on the Sunday before the main event since 2008, King of the Hill plays a key role in seeding the running order for Sol Rally Barbados, and the change of venue to Stewart Hill, St. Philip has already found favour with Britain’s Rob Swann, who describes it as “a great spectator stage, which has a bit of everything.” to Stewart Hill, St. Philip has already found favour with Britain’s Rob Swann, who describes it as “a great spectator stage, which has a bit of everything.” Sol Rally Barbados 2024 will run from May 31st to June 2nd with The Rally Show and Flow King of the Hill the previous weekend (May 25th and 26th). The event has evolved from small beginnings as the International All-Stage Rally of 1990 into the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport International and a key National Event on the island’s sports-tourism calendar.
MAY 31
Gospelfest
This is the Caribbean region's premiere gospel music and arts festival, now in its twenty-seventh year.
Dedicated to Barbados, the Caribbean and the international community, the Barbados Gospelfest maintains a standard of excellence second to none, and has become a vital festival fixture for the region at large. Our commitment to people has guaranteed growth and longevity, and a new opportunity to touch lives each year.
Barbados Auto Racing League
JUN
The Midsummer
Creole Classic
JUN
Barbados
Invitational
Masters Classic
JUL 5-20
Sir Garfield Sobers International School’s Cricket Tournament
Named after the Barbadian cricketer and National Hero Sir Garry Sobers, this annual tournament attracts school teams under nineteen years of age to compete with their local, regional and international counterparts. The tournament is based on 40-over matches.
Since the year 1986 the Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket Tournament has given school boys the rare opportunity of playing in an international tournament. To date this tournament that has groomed the likes of retired West Indies captain, Brian Lara, Darren Ganga, Roland Holder, and several English and South African test match players.
Season Two
Turf Club Race
JUL 3 - AUG 4
Crop Over Festival
This summer Barbados invites travelers to live like a local and experience the island's lively Crop Over Festival, celebrating a 200 year-old tradition that honors the end of the sugar cane season. The festival celebrates all that is Bajan with dusk till dawn parties, arts and crafts markets and a culinary-driven street fares.
Grand Kadooment Day celebrates the end of Crop Over, where Masquerade Bands make their way to Spring Garden highway with revelers dressed in sequin costumes decorated with colorful feathers, jewels and bright accents; dancing behind music trucks and moving bars. The finale of Crop Over's events makes this the island's most exciting day of the year. As you will hear Bajans say: "Crop Over it sweet fuh days!"
august
AUG 3
Crop Over Festival Grand Kadooment
This summer Barbados invites travelers to live like a local and experience the island's lively Crop Over Festival, celebrating a 200 year-old tradition that honors the end of the sugar cane season. The festival celebrates all that is Bajan with dusk till dawn parties, arts and crafts markets and a culinary-driven street fares.
Grand Kadooment Day celebrates the end of Crop Over, where Masquerade Bands make their way to Spring Garden highway with revelers dressed in sequin costumes decorated with colorful feathers, jewels and bright accents; dancing behind music trucks and moving bars. The finale of Crop Over's events makes this the island's most exciting day of the year. As you will hear Bajans say: "Crop Over it sweet fuh days!"
AUG 8
Genealogy Marketplace
AUG
Barbados Dive Festival
The Barbados Dive Festival is a collection of weeklong activities, centred around various levels of diving within the marine environment. Activities range from snorkelling, scuba diving, deep sea diving, conservation activities, and much more.
One Movement Invitational Skateboarding Contest
The OMISC is a three-day festival which includes daily free skateboard clinics for children. It features professional skateboarders, the best skateboard contest in the region along with entertainment by local musicians and artists.
AUG
Caribbean Motorsport Championship
This is a regional circuit racing event which draws competitors and spectators from the Caribbean inclduing Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and of course Barbados to mention a few.
AUG 16-22
Barbados Field Hockey Festival
The Field Hockey Festival is open to all international and regional hockey teams for their participation. The festival invokes both a friendly and competitive atmosphere with a rich touch of Barbadian culture it is played on both grass and astroturf.
AUG
Barbados Ninja Throwdown
Barbados Ninja Throwdown is a local sports entertainment competition that features some obstacles that are seen on the show, “American Ninja Warrior”, with a local twist to them. It encompasses individuals from different disciplines to complete the course in the fastest time possible.
SEPTEMBER
SEP
Caribbean Premier League (CPL)
Caribbean Premier League is a T20 cricket tournament – cricket with some of the world's leading T20 cricketers mixed with a colourful carnival experience of the Caribbean... it’s the biggest party in sport!
SEP 24-27
Tour De Bim
This is a cycling event which takes riders across Barbados via 3 circuits during 3 consecutive days of riding. Circuit 1 is in Warrens while Circuit 2 is at Bushy Park. Circuit 3 runs end to end of the island.
Barbados National Triathlon
We would like to invite Triathletes from all over the world to come to Barbados to participate in our 30th National Barbados Triathlon. Our triathlons are designed to cater to all levels. They suit both the recreational to the more dedicated triathletes, individuals and teams, as well as newcomers and fun-sun seekers who want to have a great time in Barbados.
We are proud to be hosts of triathlons for international, regional, and local triathletes. Make a holiday of it, check out the other activities on offer such as Swim Smooth Clinics group swims and rides and social events all available on race roster.
OCT
Barbados Pork Festival
This festival is a pork lover’s paradise, showcasing the island’s best pitmasters, chefs, and grill masters serving up everything from slow-roasted pork belly to spicy jerk ribs, savory pulled pork, and traditional Bajan pudding & souse!
OCT 8-12
Barbados Jazz Excursion and Golf Tournament
Jazz Excursion & Golf Tournament. Bigger but simpler. That’s the mandate, soul-jazz saxophonist, Elan Trotman adopted for his flourishing music festival and benefit golf tournament in his native Barbados. Festival goers that flock to the annual Barbados Jazz Excursion on Columbus Day Weekend will be treated to the biggest and best lineup of contemporary jazz and R&B artists yet assembled at the fest along with a simplified schedule that allows more time to discover the alluring tropical beauty of the Caribbean island.
OCT 18
Carifta Nationals
OCT 26-30
Barbados Friendship Cup - Tennis
BTBA Juvenile & Breeders’ Classic
NOV
Barbados Turf Club Race Season Three
Barbados Turf Club Race Season Three
NOV
Barbados Darts Festival
In 2023 The Harrows Barbados Darts Festival celebrated its 18th successful anniversary in style. It has not only established itself as the premier annual darts event for players resident in the Caribbean & South America but also attracts large numbers of participants to Barbados from the UK, USA and Canada as well as the Caribbean.
NOV
Barbados
Open Water Swim
NOV 14
Mega Genealogy Marketplace
We are gearing up for another fun day of cultural activities at our Genealogy Marketplace. Barbados was a major trans-shipment hub from the 17th and 18th centuries, and therefore millions around the world are said to be able to trace their roots to the island. We're therefore actively developing the genealogy tourism niche and are excited about this upcoming day of activities. We hope to see you there
NOV
Barbados Independence Surf Festival
This is the biggest surfing event on the Barbados Surfing Association's Calendar. This year we are reintroducing the concept of a Surfing Festival, where different aspects of surfing and local culture will be highlighted. Expect to see amazing surfing at this international event, the famous bikini contest, live music, arts & craft, local food and much more.
NOV
Independence Day National Parade NOV
Barbados has one of the best natural open water swim locations in the world. The event is internationally recognised as demonstrated by The World of Open Water Swimming Association nominating Barbados as a Top 10 best open water swimming event in the world.
NOV
Barbados Food & Rum Festival
Barbados is often referred to as the Culinary Capital of the Caribbean. The Barbados Food and Rum Festival has given birth to a series of events, or better yet – culinary and beverage experiences –designed to tantalize the taste buds, while offering a variety of other colourful and flavourful experiences to stimulate the other senses as well.
BIIG Beach Games
BiiG (BOA Independence Invitational Games) birthed in 2016 is a multi-sport game. The kind games held under the BOA banner reemerges after a Covid-19 hiatus with the same ambitious desire to fuel the sporting passion of Barbados and provide visitors with intense entertainment and competition. Events include: beach volleyball, beach wrestling, cycling and weightlifting.
Barbados Tennis Cup
Barbados Rally Cross
Rally Cross typifies sprint-style racing between modified production cars, on mixed surface circuits specifically designed for excitement and excellent spectator viewing.
NOV 30
Independence Day in Barbados is celebrated in November with a series of events and activities. On Independence Day itself, an impressive parade is held at the Garrison Savannah racecourse, which was the site of that first independence ceremony in 1966.
DEC 4-6
Run Barbados Marathon Weekend
Run Barbados is the largest marathon in the Caribbean. The prestigious Run Barbados Marathon has evolved into one of Barbados’ premier sporting activities on the island known for its festive atmosphere and spirit of camaraderie.
The Run Barbados unique route takes participants on a scenic journey through some of Barbados’ most historical landmarks. The choice of races around the world is endless but the Run Barbados Marathon Weekend has distinguishing characteristics that can provide the experience of a lifetime.
DEC 26
Diamonds
International Boxing Day Turf Club race
DEC 26
Boxing Day Horse Racing
One of the main Horce Racing events on the Barbados Turf Clubs calendar.
