Get your fest on at Crop Over
Over 100,000 people gather in Barbados each year for the lively Crop Over Festival (above), which traditionally marked the end of the sugar cane season. Festivities kick off in June with the Opening Gala, igniting two months of street food markets, live soca and calypso music, art exhibitions and carnival displays. It culminates on Grand Kadooment Day (in early August) when masquerade bands parade down the Spring Garden Highway, accompanied by wing-wearing, sequin-bejewelled revellers, dancing and playing music. As you’ll hear the Bajans say: “Crop Over, it sweet fuh days!”
