Calendar / July 2026
What's on in July 2026
Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify before booking.
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9 events in July 2026 in Americas.
Keti Koti
Paramaribo · Suriname
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 1 July, a public holiday, across downtown Paramaribo: morning commemorations of the 1863 abolition of slavery at Fort Zeelandia and the Kwakoe monument, followed by the Bigi Spikri parade and street celebration. Upcoming: 1 July 2027 and 1 July 2028; the pattern repeats every 1 July.
Dates & details →Fiesta del Fuego (Festival del Caribe)
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba
Witness / Attend
First week of July each year, most recently July 3 to 9. Upcoming: early July 2027.
Dates & details →Tobago Heritage Festival
Scarborough · Trinidad and Tobago
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually across roughly two weeks from mid-July into early August, staged by the Tobago Festivals Commission, with each participating village given its own night or weekend on a published island-wide schedule. The 2026 edition, the 39th, runs 16 July to 1 August; the 2027 edition is expected on similar mid-July to early-August dates.
Dates & details →Reggae Sumfest
Montego Bay · Jamaica
Music & Culture Festivals
Normally a week of concerts each July at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay. In 2026 it runs as a single night, A Taste of Sumfest, on 18 July at Plantation Cove, St. Ann, while the Montego Bay venue recovers from hurricane damage; a return to the usual July week in Montego Bay is expected for 2027.
Dates & details →Lucian Carnival
Castries · Saint Lucia
Witness / Attend
Held each July in and around Castries, with the season building through early July to the pre-dawn J'Ouvert and two days of the Parade of the Bands in the third week. Delivered by the Events Company of Saint Lucia with the Carnival Planning and Management Committee. Upcoming: the 2026 parade days fall on 20 and 21 July.
Dates & details →Fiestas de Santiago Apostol
Loiza · Puerto Rico
Witness / Attend
Held each year in Loiza in late July around the fixed feast of Saint James the Apostle (Santiago Apostol) on 25 July, with masked vejigante processions traditionally on 25, 26 and 27 July and about ten days of bomba, food and religious events. Community and religious festival with no central ticket office. Upcoming: 25 to 27 July 2026 for the main processions; the dates recur to the 25 July feast each year.
Dates & details →Antigua Carnival
St. John's · Antigua and Barbuda
Music & Culture Festivals
Held every year over about twelve days from late July into the first week of August in St. John's. The 2026 carnival runs 25 July to 4 August; a further edition is expected in late July 2027.
Dates & details →Cup Match
St. George's, Bermuda · Bermuda
Witness / Attend
Held every year on the Thursday and Friday before the first Monday in August, the two-day public holiday alternating between St. George's and Somerset. Upcoming: 30 to 31 July 2026 and 29 to 30 July 2027.
Dates & details →Carriacou Regatta Festival
Carriacou · Grenada
Witness / Attend
Held over Emancipation weekend at the start of August each year (the festival dates from 1965), with traditional Carriacou sloop and workboat races off Hillsborough and onshore string-band, Big Drum and quadrille celebrations. Upcoming: 31 July to 2 August 2026; expected late July to early August 2027.
Dates & details →In season in July
Beyond dated events: where July is honestly good, from our featured picks. Every link is a full guide with timing, conditions, and providers.
Wildlife Safaris
- Alutaguse
- Brunei River
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Chobe National Park
- Dzanga-Sangha
- Etosha National Park
- Funafuti Conservation Area
- Gorongosa National Park
- Grande Riviere
- Hwange National Park
- Kamchatka
- Kuhmo
- Liwonde National Park
- Loango National Park
- Lola ya Bonobo
- Mana Pools National Park
- Ningaloo Reef
- Noumea
- Odzala-Kokoua National Park
- Ras Al Jinz
- South Luangwa National Park
- Tari
- Torres del Paine
- Volcanoes National Park
- Zarnesti