Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine January 2019 | Page 276

MONSTERRAT
GRENADA
Calendar of Events
2016
Events
CARRIACOU & PETITE MARTINIQUE
POPULATION
SIZE
105,897 (2013) 344 sq. kilometers
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CAPITAL CITY
English
CURRENCY
Eastern Caribbean Dollar
(1 US dollar equals 2.67 Eastern Caribbean )
St. George’s
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
280 C / 820 F
JANUARY
. 21
50th Annual Budget Marine Spice
OCTOBER
Island Billfish
Tournament
.
NOVEMBER
.
JANUARY
27 to
DECEMBER
Grenada’s main sport fishing event attracting
anglers from throughout the Caribbean and
beyond.
FEBRUARY 1
7th Island Water World
Grenada Sailing Week 2019
One full week of fun on the seas! Click here
for more information and to register.
NOVEMBER
FEBRUARY
2
Alliouaguana
Literary
Festival
Grenada
Sailing
Festival
Book presentations and readings by guest
Work Boat Regatta
authors, storytelling under the stars, open mike
Sailors from fishing communities in Grenada
performances and literary workshops.
and its sister islands of Carriacou and Petite
Martinique compete against each other in
this annual event.
DECEMBER
Carnival
MARCH
4
This Carriacou
Festival runs from
mid-December until
Carnival
New
Year’s
Day,
and
is
the
climax
the year.
The traditional Shakespeare Mas,
the of island’s
Calypso
competitions,
the
Festival
Queen
unique Jab Jab, masqueraders, calypso, soca
competition,
and talent are
shows,
and
music, street
parties beauty
and parades
all part
the parade of costumed troupes on New
of this carnival.
Year’s Day, as well as Masqueraders dancing
in the streets. As night falls, excitement
Click builds
here up for
events
Grenada
at more
street ‘jump
ups’ in
informal
dancing
in the street, with exuberant crowds following a
truck playing loud music.
© Grenada Tourism Authority
© Pure Kelsey
Grenada
Photo Credit:
Meyer