Expert: Michael - 1/12/2007

Question
I want to go during carnival festival and I would like to know the month and day

Answer
Hi Chis,

Bermuda does not celebrate Carnival as they do in the Caribbean.  It does however celebrate pockets of Junkanoo with Gombey Dancers on Bermuda Day, May 24 and Boxing Day December 26.  The gombeys may appear anytime during the year but not at a particular place.  They are somewhat elusive.

You may know that Junkanoo is a spirited ancestral  carnival remembering forefathers from Africa.

Bermuda is not part of the Caribbean and is about 1000 miles north of the Bahamas, so even further from the Caribbean.  If your seeking to join in on days of Carnival Celebration you must look elsewhere, not Bermuda.  More specifically Jamaica.

Happy planning!
Michael