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Program of events |
Events in Le Moule - click here !Events on Marie-Galante - click here !
Regattas and sailing races - click here !
Flea markets:
Every first Sunday of the month: at the Darse of Pointe-à-Pitre
Every first Sunday of the month: near the beach of Raisins Clairs in Saint-François
Every second Sunday of the month: place de la Liberté in Moule
Every third Sunday of the month: at the beach of Galbas in Sainte-Anne
Every last Sunday of the month: in Saint-Claude
| 06/01 |
Epiphany or "fête des Rois"
The dinner is culminating in the serving of a traditional cake "galette des Rois" when a King is alloted |
| JANUARY | Beginning of the Carnival season lasting until Lent, at week-ends the carnival associations rehearse in the streets |
| 24/01-02/02 | FEMI 2008, 15th International Caribbean Movie Festival of Guadeloupe. Long and short films, conferences. Festival village. |
| 02-05/02 | Carnival Days until Shrove Tuesday: Carnival is at height of frenzy, all business stops for 5 days, big parades of float, costumed groups fill the streets singing and dancing |
| 06/02 | Ash Wednesday: at a night parade, "Grand Brilé Vaval" (burning of King Carnival "Vaval") on a funeral pyre. Only in the F.W.I. Carnival lasts through Ash Wednesday |
| 23/02-02/03 |
Les Nuits Caraïbes, Festival of Classical Music
Organized at the Caféière Beauséjour by Bernadette BEUZELIN, Acomat Pointe-Noire / 05-90-98-10-09 / info@nuits-caraibes.com |
| 28/02 |
Mid-Lent - a day of carnival in lent. Holiday
Parades in black and red disguises |
| 23-24/03 | Easter - traditional picnics on the beach |
| 23-24/03 | Fair of crabs in Morne à l'Eau |
| 23-30/03 | 9. GUADARUN, Adventureraid - 5 Islands – 5 legs |
| April |
Celebration of the Sea in Saint François
Information: Tourism Bureau, Tel.: 05.90.88.72.54 |
| April |
End of the cockfight season
Informations: Office du Tourisme, Tel.: ++590-82.09.30 |
| 01/05 |
Labour Day. Holiday
Workers' pararades |
| 01/05 |
Ascension Thursday. Holiday
Traditional picnics at the beach |
| 01-03/05 | Creole Blues Festival in Moule - Informations |
| 03/05 | Saint Patron's Day in Vieux-Habitants (Saint Joseph) |
| 03/05 | Saint Patron's Day in Petit-Canal (Saint Philipp/Saint Jacques) |
| 08/05 |
Victoire (Victory) 1945
national holiday |
| 08-12/05 | International Music Festival in Marie-Galante - Information |
| 11-12/05 |
Pentcost Holiday
Traditional picnics at the beach |
| 25/05 | Mother's Day |
| 27/05 |
Slavery abolition Day. Holiday
Events all over the archipelago |
| 07/06 | 7th Volcano Trail, international run in the Soufrière mountains |
| 21/06 |
Day of Music
A cloud of music all over the Archipelago |
| 24/06 | St. Patron's Day in Baie-Mahault (St. Jean Baptiste) |
| 24/06 | St. Patron's Day in Moule (St. Jean Baptiste) |
| 29/06 | St. Patron's Day in Deshaies (St. Pierre et St. Paul) |
| 01/07-31/08 |
FESTIVAL GUADELOUPE, annual summer event
(Gastronomy, Music, Folklore) |
| July |
Forum of Arts, Crafts and Folklore in Sainte Anne
Informations: OMCS, Tel: 0590-88.12.16 |
| July |
Gwo-Ka (traditional drums) festival in Sainte Anne
Informations: OMCS, Tel: 0590-88.12.16 |
| 06/07 | St. Patron's Day in Port-Louis (Notre Dame des 7 douleurs) |
| 14/07 | Bastille Day. Holiday. Fireworks |
| 21/07 |
Holiday Victor Schoelcher
(highly contributed to the abolition of slavery in 1848) |
| 26/07 | St. Patron's Day in Goyave (Sainte Anne) |
| 26/07 | St. Patron's in Sainte Anne (Sainte Anne) |
| 26/07 | St. Patron's Day in Capesterre de Marie-Galante (Sainte Anne) |
| 01-10/08 | Tour of Guadeloupe - International bicycle race |
| Août | Ralley of Marie Galante - Information |
| August |
Miss Guadeloupe Beauty Contest
Information: 05.90.90.20.76 |
| August | Festival of Traditional Music in Moule |
| 10/08 |
Cooks' Festival: the women cooks, to honour their Saint Lawrence, bring baskets full of food to the cathedral, then parade through the city. Follows a banquet with dance that you may attend.
Information: Maison des cuisinières Tel.: 05.90.91.22.75 |
| 15/08 | Assumption Day, Holiday |
| 15-17/08 | Fishermens' Days, Marina of Saint François |
| 15/08 |
Day of the Patron and Fishers' Day at the Saintes, Terre-de-Haut
Mass for the fishermen, procession, benediction of the sea Informations: Town Hall Terre-de-Haut, Tel.: 05.90.99.53.12 |
| 15/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Grand Bourg at Marie-Galante |
| 15/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Pointe-Noire (Notre Dame de Bon Port) |
| 15/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Trois-Rivières |
| 15/08 | Saint Patron's Day on Desirade |
| 15/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Petit Bourg |
| 17/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Capesterre-Belle-Eau (Saint Hyacinthe) |
| 23/08 | Saint Patron's Day in Sainte-Rose (Sainte Rose de Lima) |
| 24/08 | St. Patron's Day on Saint Bartholomew |
| 25/08 | St. Patron's Day in Gosier (Saint Louis) |
| 25/08 | St. Patron's Day in Bouillante (Saint Louis) |
| 25/08 | St. Patron's Day in Saint-Louis at Marie-Galante (Saint Louis) |
| 28/08 | St. Patron's Day in Saint-Claude (Saint Augustin) |
| 04/10 | St. Patron's Days Saint-François |
| 04/10 | St. Patron's Day in Basse-Terre, district St François (Saint François) |
| 09/10 | St. Patron's Day in Anse Bertrand (Saint Denis) |
| 15/10 | St. Patron's Day in Basse-Terre, district Ste Thérèse (Ste Thérèse) |
| 20-30/10 | French Surf championship on the spots of Moule and Anse Bertrand |
| Nov.-April |
Cockfight season
Information: Office du Tourisme Tel.: 05.90.82.09.30 |
| 01-02//11 |
All Saints Day, All Souls' Day, Holidays
Cemeteries are illuminated by thousands of candlelights |
| 11/11 | Armistice Day, public holiday, parades |
| 11/11 | Saint Patron's Day in Gourbeyre (Saint Charles) |
| 11/11 | Saint Patron's Days of Saint-Martin, Grand-Case |
| 22/11 |
Day of Music - to honour the patron of musicians, Saint Caecilia
Concerts in the streets and the churches |
| 30/11 | Saint Patron's Day in Morne-à-l'Eau (Saint André) |
| December |
Chanté Noël
Traditional Christmas Choirs in churches, on village squares.... |
| December |
Feast of Pointe-a-Pitre's districts
Concerts, street entertainments |
| 06/12 |
Santa Claus' Day in Terre-de-Bas / Les Saintes
To honour the Saint of the city: Sailors' mass, Procession, Benediction of the sea Infotel: 05.90.99.82.27 (city hall Terre-de-Bas) |
| 08/12 |
Day of women merchants in Abymes (Immaculate Conception)
Procession of the women merchants Infotel: 05.90.20.26.89 Tourist Bureau of Abymes |
| 12-14/12 |
Pointe-à-Pitre Jazz Festival
Free concerts in the streets, some restaurants of Pointe-à-Pitre and on the Place de la victoire |
| 24/12 |
Christmas Eve
Traditional dishes: Rice and beans, blood sausages, pork colombo. Midnight Mass (with Creole carols in some churches) |
| 28/12 |
Young Saints Day
Traditional Masses for children, who are allowed to bring their Christmas gifts to church |
| 31/12 |
New Year's Eve, end of
Dining and dancing, many events till New Year's morning |
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