A New York cop with carnival revelers on Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2015.
Countdown Begins To Caribbean Diaspora Carnivals – 2016
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. July 1, 2016: Its summer, which means Carnival time in most cities where Caribbean nationals live outside of the Caribbean region.
Of course the biggest Caribbean Diaspora carnivals every summer takes place in Toronto – Caribana; the UK – Nottinghill, and NYC – the West Indian American Day Carnival.
But Caribbean carnivals also happen annually in many other cities across the US, UK and Canada. Here is a list of the 2016 carnivals set to get underway, beginning this weekend:
1: Montreal, Canada (Carifest) – July 2nd, 2016
2: Baltimore / Washington DC Carnival – July 9th, 2016
3: Atlantic City, NJ – July 15, 2016
4: Jersey City, NJ – July 23, 2016
5: Caribana Toronto – July 30, 2016
6: Vancouver, BC – July 23-24, 2016
7: Edmonton (Cariwest) – Aug 5-7, 2016
8: Detroit, MI Caribbean Cultural Festival – Aug 12-14, 2016
9: Chicago, IL Windy City Carnival – August 20, 2016
10: Jacksonville Carnival – Aug 13th, 2016
11: Virginia CaribFest Carnival – Aug 20th, 2016
12: CaribMask Caribbean Carnival, Raleigh, NC – August 27th
13: Worcester Carnival (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) – Aug 28th, 2016
14: Notting Hill (London, UK) Carnival – Aug 28th – 29th, 2016
15: West Indian American Carnival, NY (Labor Day) – Sept. 5th, 2016
16: Cambridge Carnival – Sep 11th, 2016
17: Dallas Carnival – Sep 22-25th, 2016
18: Miami Carnival, FL – Oct 9th, 2016
