COUNTRY FESTIVALS Haiti
Country festivals :
from May 1 to November 1
Christmas holidays: from November 1 to December 25
The commemoration of January 12, 2010: from December 26 to January 12
The Haitian Jazz Festival: January 13 to 20
Carnivals: from January 20 to February 27
The “rara” festivities: from February 27 to Good Friday
The week of the Easter reunion and of the National and International Charismatic Congress,
on Quasimodo Sunday.
The calendar of festivals of the Saints or country festivals of Haiti and the performance caravan
Orchestras, in particular Septentrional and Tropicana d'Haiti, are already giving musical performances for:
1- The promotion of culture and local tourism
2- The expansion of the national economy.
3- Publicize and appreciate the beauty of Haiti.
4- Let us celebrate the festivals of the Saints in all the cities, towns and rural communities of Haiti.
January
• January 1: National Independence Day, celebrated throughout the Republic in particular on the Place des Gonaïves
• January 2: Fêtes des Aïeux, Tropicana in Damien, Port-au-Prince
• Around January 10: Jazz festival in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel and Cap-Haitien
• January 21: Ste. Agnes in Beaumont, Grande Anse; and Our Lady of Alta Thanks to Delmas
• January 25: St. Paul, in Léon / Jérémie, Grande Anse
• January 27 St. Thomas’Aquin in Aquin, South, Tropicana
February
• February 2: Marie la Chandeleur in Gros Morne, Artibonite. Tropicana
• February 7: St. Guillaume, La Chapelle Artibonite, Tropicana
• February 11: Notre Dame de Lourdes, Chansolme, North West. Tropicana
• February 11: Notre Dame de Lourdes, Grand Bassin, North East. Northern
• Around February 27: Carnival
March
• March 19: St Joseph at Asylum, Nippes
St Joseph au Portail St Joseph, Port-au-Prince
St Joseph in Thomonde. Center, Tropicana
St Joseph in Torbeck, South
St Joseph in Bahon, North
• March 25: St Gabriel in Lascahobas, Center, Tropicana
Avril
• Good Friday Rara festival in Leogane
• Easter Sunday
• April 25: St Marc to St Marc, Artibonite. Tropican
May
• May 1: Agriculture and Labor Day Fair and exhibition at the Champ de Mars in Port-au-Prince
• May 1 St. Philippe and St Jacques in Jacmel, South-East Tropicana
• May 18: Flag Festival throughout the Republic especially in Arcahaie, West
• May 19: St Yves à Baconois, Anse à Veau
• Around May 20: Livre en Folie in Port-au-Prince, Jardin du MUPHANA
• Around May 21: Fair exhibition: Women in Democracy, Port-au-Prince
June
• June 13: St Antoine Petite Rivière de nippes / Les Nippes
1) & nbsp St Antoine Les Perches, North-East
2) & nbsp St Antoine de Thomassique, Center
3) & nbsp St Antoine Bel Air Port-au-Prince
• Around June 15: Sacré Cœur du Cap Haitien Sacré Cœur de Turgeau, Port-au-Prince
• June 24: St Jean-Baptiste, Trou du Nord
1) Northeast: Tropicana
2) St Jean Baptiste in Jean-Rabel, North-West
3) St Jean Baptiste Tiburon, South
• June 29: St Pierre in Pétion-Ville St Pierre au Limbé, North: Tropicana
July
• July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel / Virgin Miracle Saut d´eau Center
1) Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Fonds des Nègres les Nippes
2) Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Belladères Center
3) Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Bas Limbé, North
• July 18: Feast of the DIASPORA at Borgne: Tropicana
• July 19/20: Ste Marguerite, Port Margot: Tropicana and Septentrional
1) July 24 St Jacques le Majeur La Plaine du Nord. Tropicana and Septentrional
• July 26: St Anne at Limonade Nord: Tropicana and Septentrional
1) Ste Anne in Camp Perrin, South
a) Ste Anne in Anse à Foleur, North West
b) Ste Anne in Maïssade, Center
c) Ste Anne in Chardonnières,
• July 26: Ste Anne in Thomazeau, West
• July 29: Ste Marie-Madeleine au Marmelade: Tropicana
August
• August 4: St Dominic in Marigot and Port-Salut.Tropicana
• August 10: St Laurent to Moran / Cotes de Fer / St Laurent to Anse a Veau
• August 11: St. Claire, Marchand Dessalines, Artibonite: Tropicana and Septentrional / August 11 St Suzanne to St Suzanne, North-East: Tropicana
• August 15: Notre Dame de l'Assomption, in Cap-Haitien
1) Our Lady of the Assumption Petit-Gonâve: Tropicana
2) Our Lady of the Assumption Port-au-Prince
3) Notre Dame de l'Assomption in Ouanaminthe, North-East: Tropicana
• August 23: Mary, Immaculate Queen in L’Estère: Tropicana
1) Ste Rose de Lima, Maniche, South
2) Ste Rose de Lima, Leogane, Tropicana
3) Ste Rose de Lima The Jacmel Valley, South-East
• August 25: St Louis Roi de France in St Louis, North West: Tropicana
1) St Louis Roi de France, Turgeau, Port-au-Prince
2) St Louis King of France, Mirebalais. Tropicana
3) St Louis King of France, Jérémie. Tropicana
4) St Louis Roi de France, Quartier –Morin: Septentrional
5) St Louis Roi de France in St Louis du Sud
• August 30: Ste Rose de Lima, Grande Rivière du Nord.
1) Northern and Tropicana
2) Ste Rose De Lima, Pilate
September
• September 4: St François Xavier Désarmes, Artibonite
1) St François Xavier in Ranquitte, North
2) St François Xavier Bombardopolis, North West
• September 8: Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Acul du Nord: Tropicana
1) Nativity of the Virgin Mary,
2) Dame Marie, Tropicana
• September 24: Notre Dame de la Merci, Les Irois, Grande Anse
1) Notre Dame de la Merci, Virgil
• September 29: St Michel Archange in Marigot, South-East
1) St Michel Archange, Plaisance, North
2) St Michel Archange, Baie-de-Henne, North-West
October
• October 7: St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Phaeton: Septentrional
1) Notre Dame du Bon Rosaire, Mont Organisé, North-East
2) Around 20 oct obre Artisanat en Fête, Port au Prince
• October 24: St Raphael, North: TropicanaSt Raphaël, Paillant, Les Nippes
• October 31: Feast of the fords, all over the country.
November
• November 1: Feast of All Saints, Grande Rivière du Nord: Tropicana
• November 4: St Charles Borromée, Gonaïves: Tropicana
1) St Charles Borromée Carrefour, Port-au-Prince
• November 11: St Martin to Dondon
• November 18: Commemoration of the Battle of Vertières, throughout the Republic, especially in Cap-Haitien in Vertières
December
• December 5: St Nicholas Môle St Nicholas, North West
• December 8: Immaculate Conception, Milot: Tropicana
1) Immaculate Conception, Hinche
2) Immaculate Conception, Port-de-Paix
3) Immaculate Conception, Cité Soleil Port-au-Prince
4) Immaculate Conception, The English, South
• December 25: Christmas, popular celebrations in all cities and towns
• December 31: New Year's Eve, popular celebrations in all cities and towns. Tropicana at the Club
International Port-au-Prince.