Calendar / December 2026
What's on in December 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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4 events in December 2026 for Witness / Attend in Americas.
Sugar Mas
Basseterre · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Witness / Attend
A national carnival season running from mid-December into the first days of January, set each year by the National Carnival Commission. Upcoming: Sugar Mas 55, 11 December 2026 to 2 January 2027 (confirmed); Sugar Mas 56, mid-December 2027 to early January 2028 (expected).
Dates & details →Las Parrandas de Remedios
Remedios · Cuba
Witness / Attend
Builds nightly from December 16, with the all-night climax on Christmas Eve, December 24, every year.
Dates & details →Maskanoo
Grace Bay · Turks and Caicos
Witness / Attend
Held once a year on Boxing Day, 26 December, on Grace Bay Road in Providenciales (fronting Saltmills Plaza and Regent Village), from dusk into the night, with junkanoo bands, local food and music. Created and hosted by the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association, revived in 2009. Upcoming: 26 December 2026; the pattern repeats every 26 December.
Dates & details →Junkanoo
Nassau · Bahamas
Witness / Attend
Held twice a year in Nassau, before dawn on Boxing Day (26 December) and New Year's Day (1 January), when costumed groups parade down Bay Street to drums, cowbells and brass. The national parades are government-run through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Upcoming: Boxing Day 26 December 2026 and New Year's Day 1 January 2027; the pattern repeats every 26 December and 1 January.
Dates & details →In season in December
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