Barbados CARIFESTA XV - August 2025

Get ready for the ultimate Caribbean cultural extravaganza at CARIFESTA XV in Barbados this August 2025!

$1500 per person / Double Occupancy

Join us for island tours and excursions, visits to historical sites and vibrant folkoric performances, art exhibitions, Bajan culinary delights, rum punch making workshop, and more. Immerse yourself in the rich heritage of the Caribbean through music, dance, theater, and visual arts. Don't miss this chance to connect with artistic expressions from across the region and celebrate diverse cultures. Mark your calendars and be part of this unforgettable bi-annual experience!

"History of CARIFESTAThe Caribbean Festival of Arts, CARIFESTA, has assumed a pre-eminent place among the elements that define and give expression to the uniqueness of our Caribbean reality. Like other significant institutions such as cricket, CXC and CARICOM that symbolize a Caribbean commonality, the Festival reinforces our unity in the midst of our splendid diversity. CARIFESTA, which has been hailed as “the inspirational exchange of creative flows”, has its underpinnings in the staging of the first Caribbean Festival of Arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1952.

This event spurred some enthusiasm in the Region for celebrating the excellence of Caribbean artistry.The creation of the West Indies Federation was marked by the staging of a Festival in Trinidad, through the auspices of the Extra Mural Department of the then University College of the West Indies. This celebratory spirit must have infused the artistic community of the Region, for it was at a regional gathering of artists in Guyana in 1972, that the idea of a grand Caribbean festival was conceived."

The following countries have hosted CARIFESTA:Guyana, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, Barbados