Festivals & Events
Grenada Events 2012
- Grenada Sailing Festival - 27th to 31st of January 2012 at Campter & Nicolsons Port Louis Marina
- Grenada Workboat Regatta - 3rd to 5th of February 2012 at Grand Anse Beach
- South Grenada Regatta - 24th to 26th Febuary 2012 at LePhare Bleu, Calivigny
- Carriacou Carnival Feb 2012 (annual)
- Grenada Drum Festival May 2012 (annual)
- Carriacou Regatta Jul - Aug 2012 (annual)
- Grenada Carnival Aug 2012 (annual)
Grenada Carnival 2012
Looking for information about Carriacou Carnival 2012? Click HERE
When is Grenada Carnival 2012?
Grenada Carnival 2012 - Spicemas begins on June 2nd with the Carnival Launch at the Grenada National Stadium and Pan Jamboree. It continues on into June with the Soca Quarterfinals but the main events for 2012 start Friday 10 August 2012 and go through Tuesday 14 August 2012. For a list of the dates for each event CLICK HERE.
What is Grenada Carnival 2012?
Grenada explodes in colour and noise at the ebullient Grenada Carnival, 'Spicemas'. Grenadian starlets vie for the carnival crown and soca and calypso singers compete to be 'monarch'. Multi-coloured 'devils' run wild and steel bands rock the island during J’ouvert.
Young and Old come to enjoy Pan Jamboree, the Soca Quarterfinal, and Monday Night Mas in Greanada. 
The capital jumps to the sounds of steel bands and DJs as everyone enjoys a 'Last Lap' during the Parade of the Bands on the final day throughout St George's. Cover yourself in bright body paint and join the thousands for a mighty fine Caribbean J'Ouvert.
Carriacou Carnival 2012
Carnival on Carriacou (one of the sister islands of Grenada) is held in February. For 2012 Carnival in Carriacou is on February 20 to the 21.
About Carriacou Carnival
Carnival celebrations in Carriacou are held from the weekend before the start of the Christian Lenten period. In the tradition of Caribbean Carnivals, these celebrations include calypso competitions and the parade of brightly costumed masqueraders through the streets of the main villages.
Unique to Carriacou Carnival is the Shakespeare Mas, in which brightly dressed Peirrots engage in a battle of wits using only lines from Shakespearean plays. The competitor without a quick reply earns a playful stroke from his opponent's stick.
Carnival in Carriacou climaxes with two days of street parades and various competitions among calypsonians and masquerade bands. Although the Carnival entails many aspects of the main land's Carnival, this event is quite spectacular in its very own unique way.
SummerCrew 2012
SummerCrew is known as the party band on the road both Carnival Monday and Carnival Tuesday.
The motto for this years 2012 SummerCrew Grenada Carnival Mas Band is:
"One Carnival, many Destinations"
SummerCrew is composed of a committee of persons who embody and aim to expand the carnival spirit.
SummerCrew has many events leading up to carnival, they are as follows:
The launch of SummerCrew Costumes takes place in April. More Information to come.
Posse Cruise, the first cruise from SummerCrew scheduled for Sunday 13th May, 2012.This cruise is an appreciation cruise, in which SummerCrew will give out complimentary tickets randomly to people partying at Bananas Night Club in True Blue, Grenada.
The second cruise Splash Cruise, scheduled for Sunday 3rd June, 2012.
On Carnival Thursday we have Divas Divine, this show features all the female artist in Grenada all performing on one stage, in Bananas car park. On the night the top female artist receives a People's Choice Award. This initiative had been put on to recognize the female artists in the island, because SummerCrew believes that they don't get the recognition that they deserve and every year thus far this event keeps getting bigger and better as the girls are developing.
Then SummerCrew has the biggest cruise in which both both the Rhum Runner 1 and Rhum Runner 2, the Wet and Wild Bikini Cruise that happens every Carnival Saturday. This cruise is a color coded cruise in which the party boat wears RED and the VIP boat wears BLUE, this cruise is an all Inclusive Day Cruise. The early bird special for tickets is as follows
Party Boat- $125 and the VIP Boat- $150
After all this action there is the big Pre- Jouvert Party; Daybreak and After Dark, 1 party but 2 venues, choice is yours which one you may attend or you can attend both of them like a true party rocker!!!
After all the fun at Afterdark/ Daybreak the patrons will go on to playing in our Jouvert Band :
Digicel, Westerhall, Bananas, SummerCrew
Red Devils Jouvert Band:
Then the SummerCrew band players are jumping on the road on the Carnival Monday to be featured at pageant and then on Tuesday on the road. SummerCrew Mas Band is an inclusive premium drinks band.
This year our Mas Band will be themed Armageddon, so keep posted as the carnival season approaches quickly!!!!!
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Grenada Carnival 2012 Dates
SpiceMas 2012 Schedule
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April |
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| SummerCrew Mas Band Costume Sign up | TBD | Bananas Restaurant and Night Club, True Blue, Grenada |
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May |
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| Posse Cruise - SummerCrew | May 13th | Rum Runner |
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June |
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Launch of Carnival |
June 2nd |
National Stadium |
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June 3rd |
Rum Runner |
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Opening of Spicemas, Carnival City |
June 14th |
Fort Matthew |
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Junior Panorama semis & Bomb Tune Competition |
June 30th |
TBA |
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July |
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Soca Quarterfinal |
July 5th |
Cuthbert Peters Park Gouyave: St. John |
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Soca Quarterfinal |
July 6th |
Victoria Hard Court: Victoria St. Mark |
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Soca Quarterfinal |
July 7th |
Fond Recreation Ground St. Patrick |
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Soca Quarterfinal |
July 8th |
La Sagesse Natural Works St. David |
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Spicemas Corp. & |
July 14th |
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LIME Road Show |
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Calypso Tent judging |
July 17 - 22 |
Around the Place |
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Groovy Semis |
July 26th |
Fort Matthew |
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LIME Soca Monarch Semis |
July 27th |
Victoria Park Grenville |
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Traditional Mas Exhibition/Competition |
July 28th |
Victoria : St. Mark |
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Melody Pappitette, Calypso Semis |
July 29th |
Victoria Park: Grenville |
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August |
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Children's Carnival Frolic |
August 4th |
National Stadium |
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National Queen Show |
August 9th |
National Stadium |
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GCC/LIME Soca Monarch |
August 10th |
National Stadium |
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Panorama |
August 11th |
National Stadium |
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Dimanche Gras |
August 12th |
National Stadium |
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J'Ouvert |
August 13th |
Grand Anse to St. George's |
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Pageant Mas |
August 13th |
Grand Anse to St. George's |
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Monday Night Mas |
August 13th |
Grand Anse to St. George's |
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Parade of the Bands |
August 14th |
Grand Anse to St. George's |
Carnival 2011
Grenada Carnival is a unique event spaning three days in August each year (for 2011 it starts on the the 7th of August and then ends on the 9th).
Carnival comes from the Latin carne levare, which means "farewell to meat" and is held annually around the beginning of August and lasts 10 days. The tradition, some believed came from the French and Romans who pigged out on meat the day before Lent and then issuing a strict period of fasting. Between the 1st of the year and Lent, the French would celebrate by hosting magnificent balls. The slave being left out of their owners' fun and fanfare organized their own parties during the same time and because they had not the elaborate dresses of their owners, they put together costumes with what little they had. This is said to be the origin of "Ole Mas", symbolic of every thing evil in society.
Grenada's Carnival has been celebrated on the island since the Europeans occupied the island. Although smaller and lesser known than its Caribbean counterparts, carnival has the same magnificence that any of the best have to offer. It is believed that the Trinidad carnival was heavily influenced by Grenada due to the Catholics that resettled in Trinidad with their slaves, who celebrated as they did while in Grenada, and thus influencing the natives.
The festival is held in August one of the hottest months in the Caribbean. This in no way inhabits the revelers as programs are planned to escape the harshest heat of the day. The feeling of emancipation brings together peoples of all statuses, celebrating to the intoxicating sound of music, dance and food into a pageantry of colourful costumes, talent shows and parades that takes the breath away.
Spice Mas - A celebration with the pomp and pageantry like the mother of Carnivals. Grenada's carnival is indeed a celebration of the artistry, uniqueness, and vibrancy of the nations people. Colorful costumes, competitions and an outpouring of talent go along with the celebrations. Started from the Romans and French the tradition traveled to the Caribbean in the 17th century. 
During the slave trade elaborate balls were hosted on the plantations, the slaves mimicked their owners and did their own celebration praying for liberation. This grew and became what it has become today. Although not as popular as the larger Caribbean carnivals, this celebration has evolved to be one of the greatest in the Caribbean.
