ISLAND DATES NOT TO MISS
JULY
Jamaica opens the month with celebrations across the island for International Reggae Day, July 1
Meanwhile, on Saint Lucia, it’s a month-long celebration of festivities across the island, from Anse La Raye to Gros Islet, as calypso festivals, national J’ouvert, parade of the bands and fetes abound during Saint Lucia Carnival, July 1 – August 1
www.stlucia.org/summerfestival/saint-lucia-carnival
Down in the US Virgin Islands their “ jump-up” has everyone dancing in the street for St. John Carnival, July 4
On Nevis though, their festivities. The local culinary experts close the festivities at the Nevisian Chef ’s Mango Fest,
