Traditional Festivities of St. Lucia

Carnival
The Carnival is held in June & July, and is celebrated with music, dance and parades, preceded by weeks of calypso contests and feasts.

It is a high point in the island’s cultural activities, when colorful bands and costumed revelers make up processions through the streets.

It is celebrated on the 22^nd of February with a large exhibition from the various ministries, business and industry, and NGOs, along with various sporting events, serious discussions and musical programs. It marks the 25th anniversary of St. Lucia's independence from Great Britain.

Festival of Lights & Renewal
This day was celebrated in the past as Discovery Day. Much has changed however, and now St. Lucians look forward to what has become the annual switching on of the Christmas lights and the accompanying Lantern Competition. This has become an arena for intense creativity and local artistic expression.