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The Barbados Jazz Festival
January 14 - 20, 2008
The Premiere Jazz Festival of The Caribbean. There will be cool jazz on warm Caribbean shores when Barbados hosts its 15th Annual Jazz Festival from January 14th to 20th, 2008.
The Barbados Jazz Festival, which celebrates the best in international and local jazz talent, has become a major annual Caribbean event. Venues include the modern Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, historic Sunbury Plantation House, and the popular open air venue, Farley Hill National Park.
Performers at previous festivals included Lionel Richie, Jill Scott and Boney James .
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Keep an eye on the Barbados Jazz Festival website for details of the 2008 line up and ticketing. http://www.barbadosjazzfestival.com/
Horse Racing - Sandy Lane Gold Cup
March 2008
Garrison Savannah
The Sandy Lane Gold Cup is the highlight of the horse racing year in Barbados, Held at the historic Garrison Savannah Racecourse and Sponsored by the island's best known and most luxurious Hotel this event attracts the largest crowds and is a festival day in glorious weather.
The Garrison Savannah racetrack is less than two miles outside the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown. It has been the home of horse racing since the colonial days of 1845. |
The officers of the British Regiment who were stationed in Barbados, used what was then the parade ground to match their horses in races and the wealthy merchants and planters later joined them. It is a wonderful place to go racing, the colour and the pageantry make the event an unforgettable experience.
www.barbadosturfclub.com
Holders Season
February 23rd to March 15tht 2008
Holders House, St James, Barbados
This cutting-edge performing arts festival takes place each year in Barbados, in the stunning gardens that surround the 17th-century Holders House, adjoining the famous resort of Sandy Lane. Past highlights include guest visits from the famous Reduced Shakespeare Company, and Stephen Schwartz, one of the major figures in musicals.
As guests sip champagne to the glimmer of the fireflies and candelabras, the audience prepare themselves for the premier arts festival in the West Indies, which takes in the broad sweep of theatre, opera, musicals and concerts. |
Holders Season seeks out exciting new works and talent as well as showcasing internationally renowned artists. Former successes include a visit from Pavarotti, the world premiere of an opera by Stuart Copeland and a striking new production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which incorporated music from the Caribbean.
Visit the Holder's website for full details of the program.
www.holders.net
Barbados Crop Over Festival
August 2008
Crop Over, a five-week summer festival, is Barbados' most popular and colourful festival. It's origins can be traced back to the 1780's, a time when Barbados was the world's largest producer of sugar. At the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the culmination of another successful sugar cane harvest - the Crop Over celebration.
As the sugar industry in Barbados declined, so too did the Crop Over festival and in the 1940's the festival was terminated completely. However, the festival was revived in 1974 and other elements of Barbadian culture were infused to make the extravaganza that exists today ..... an event that attracts thousands of people from across the globe. |
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