Island Events & Festivals

Every Friday: Experience the Bahamian backyard party from 6pm until...? Enjoy the fish fry & dance in the streets at Anchor Bay in Governors Harbor.

March:
Pineapple Arts Festival features fine arts & crafts from local artists, amateurs & kids.
Wine & Cheese/Silent Auction is an annual event sponsored by the Haynes library committee, featuring a display of local arts and crafts.

April:
Annual JC Heritage Homecoming. For information, contact Glenda Johnson 242-332-2142.

May:
Labour Day festivities - May 26th.

June:
Annual Pineapple Festival in Gregory Town the first week in June features a Junkaroo parade, crafts shows, dancing, a pineapple recipe contest, tours of pineapple farms & the Pineatholon (.5 mile swim, 3 mile run & 4.5 mile bike).
Labour Union Parade - first Friday in June; a celebration of working people.

July:
Bluff Eleuthera Homecoming Celebration is an annual event that benefits the Bluff All-Age school Library & the local community center. Enjoy that parade, Junkanoo & rake 'n scrape music, fishing tournament, boat races, & more. Contact: Mr. Gregory Stewart of the Buff Eleuthera Homecoming Association 242-335-1366.
Savannah Sound Homecoming
Bahamas Summer Boating Fling/Flotilla. Join the flotilla of boats that make the five-day crossing from Florida to the Bahamas. For information, contact the Bahamas Sport & Aviation Information Centre: 800-327-7678 or 305-932-0051.

August:
Back to the Bay Homecoming Festival at Tarpum Bay.
Bay Festival at Hatchet Bay.
Governor's Harbour Homecoming festivities.
Emancipation Day is public holiday, also known as August Monday, that is held on the first Monday in August to commemorate the Bahamas emancipation from slavery in 1834.

October:
North Eleuthera Sailing Regatta is a festive five days of racing in the seas between Harbour Island & Three-Island Bay, North Eleuthera.

November:
Guy Festival commemorates the infamous Guy Fawkes, who was executed in 1605 for his part in an unsuccessful conspiracy to blow up the House of Parliament in England.
Arts & Crafts Festival is sponsored annually by the Haynes library committee.

December:
Christmas Observances - thoughout the island at churches and schools.
Junkanoo Festivals begin in the early hours of December 26th and again in the early hours of New Years Day (unless either falls on a Sunday). Junkanoo is uniquely Bahamian, with a big parade and island party. While Nassau is the premier site for this celebration, many townships, including Freeport, Harbour Island, and even Tarpum Bay have their own version of a "mini-Junkanoo" or "rush-out."