FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN TRINIDAD
Find something unique to experience in Trinidad. Here's a look at our upcoming festivals and cultural events!
THINGS TO DO IN TRINIDAD: NOVEMBER 2024
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CHRISTMAS
December 25, 2024
Christmas is known to be a religious observance of Christianity celebrating the birth of Christ. However, in Trinidad and Tobago Christmas has expanded well beyond religion to come a cultural celebration.
The entire month of December is a very joyous season. Christmas is celebrated with large gatherings of families and friends sharing sumptuous meals all while opening gifts that are under the Christmas tree.
In Trinidad and Tobago visitors known as paranderos are invited to partake in the celebrations as they go from house to house evoking the spirit of the season by serenading families with indigenous Spanish carols, known as Parang.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CARNIVAL
March 3 - 4, 2025
Known as the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’, Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is officially celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday every year. The Carnival festivities start just after Christmas and continue until Ash Wednesday, with dozens of high energy parties and premier cultural competitions.
From its diverse people and culture to its amazing biodiversity, Trinidad and Tobago ‘break the mould’ of the typical Caribbean destination and boasts a year-long calendar of cultural events and festivals, friendly, multi-ethnic people and amazing adventure.
SPIRITUAL BAPTIST LIBERATION DAY
March 30, 2025
Spiritual Shouter Baptist is indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago, comprising elements of Protestant Christianity and African doctrines and rituals. From 1917 to 1951 the Spiritual and Shouter Baptist faith in Trinidad was banned from observing their religion in Trinidad by the colonial government of the day. Baptists decided to use the term Spiritual Baptists instead of Shouter Baptists, to gain respect for their religion.
Finally, after much lobbying, the Bill to repeal the ordinance was passed on 30 March 1951, as The Repeal of Shouters Prohibition Ordinance. The Spiritual Shouter Baptists were free to practice their Religion. The holiday is marked with processions, Church services, performances and religious observances.
PHAGWA
March 2025
The beginning of the Indian spring and the Hindu New Year is celebrated in the month of March with a festival called Phagwa.
Most significant of the festival is the use of a distinctive purple dye abir, a vegetable dye that Phagwa participants spray over one another as part of the celebrations along with singing and dancing.
EID-UL-FITR
April 2025
Commonly referred to as “Eid” is the most widely recognized Islamic observance in Trinidad and Tobago. Eid marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, which is celebrated in homes and mosques throughout the country.
In Trinidad and Tobago Muslims celebrate the end of fasting and thank God for the help and strength by wearing new clothes, giving money to the homeless in their communities and serving a local Muslim treat called Sawine to friends.
CORPUS CHRISTI
May 30, 2025
In Trinidad and Tobago Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) is a Christian feast celebrating the Holy Eucharist. The feast which is primarily celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the death and resurrection of Christ with Mass or Communion whereby, Christians partake in a representation of Christ’s body and blood.
INDIAN ARRIVAL DAY
May 30, 2025
Indian Arrival Day commemorates the arrival of the first Indian Indentured labourers from India to Trinidad, in May 1845, on the ship Fatel Razack. The Fatel Razack brought not only a new labour force to assist in the economic development of Trinidad, but also a new people with a new culture.
In 1994 the day was made an official public holiday, called Arrival Day. In 1995, it was re-named Indian Arrival Day. On 30th May each year, Indian Arrival Day commemorates this momentous event by staging a re-enactment of the arrival of the Fatel Razack at various beaches throughout Trinidad and Tobago. There is also music and dance, and outstanding members of the community are honoured for their contributions to society.
Indian Immigration to Trinidad spanned the period 1845-1917. During this period over 140,000 Indians were transported to the island. The journey was long and arduous and living conditions were deplorable. After disembarking at Nelson Island, the arrivals were fed and rested for a couple weeks and then sent to the various estates that had requested them previously.