Jazz Festival
Occurs in January and involves local, regional and international jazz artists.

Holetown Festival
Occurs in February to celebrate the historic event of the first European settlers at Holetown (17th February 1627) – a festival including church services, music, dancing, parades, organized sports, a street market and fair.

Oistins Fish Festival
Occurs at Easter weekend and is a way of organizing and paying tribute to the men and women in the fishing industry. In addition to the usual festive activities, the people in the fishing industry are given a chance to exhibit the skills of their trade.

Gospel Festival
Occurs in May - a spiritual celebration that  Barbadians use to express their African heritage through music when local, Caribbean and International artists come together.

Crop Over Festival
Commences in the middle of July and ends the first Monday in August. It is a festival of music, dance, craft and food to celebrate the end of the harvest of the Barbadian sugar crop. It reaches its grand finale on Kadooment Day with a colourful street carnival parade from the National Stadium to the Spring Garden Highway.

Holders Season
Occurs in Easter and traditionally features opera, classical music, jazz, Latin and Caribbean music, polo, celebrity golf and cricket.

Celtic Festival
Commences in May – a musical festival and is an interchange between Caribbean and Celtic cultures. One of the many highlights is a Scottish pipe band joining a local marching band in a stirring, colourful tattoo.