Belize Festivals and Events
May
- Cashew Festival
Crooked Tree Village. Celebrating the cashew harvest season. Live punt music, cashew wine, Caribbean-style dishes, games, folklore stories.
- Cayo Expo
San Ignacio. Displays of local crafts and products. Sample local foods.
- Coconut Festival
Caye Caulker. Food, beverages, crafts. Parade with prize for floats, coconut competition, dancing.
- Toledo Festival of Arts
Week-long festivals in which school children depict various cultural groups in the district through drama and music. Arts and crafts exhibition includes basketry, paintings, clay sculpture, seashells and calabash vessels.
June
- Dia de San Pedro
Three-day festival honoring St. Peter, the patron saint of San Pedro. Early morning boat parade. Boats and fishermen are blessed, a special mass is held and and a fiesta/jump-up follows.
July
- Benque Viejo del Carmen Fiesta
Local fair. Celebrates the day of their patron saint with cultural shows, marimba bands, food and games. Nine days of prayer.
- BETEX 96 (Belize Tourism Expo)
Belize’s first trade show. Theme is “The Ecological Destination of the 21st Century
August
- Deer Dance Festival
San Antonio, Toledo District Week-long celebrations. Historical reenactments, costumes, homemade harps and violins.
- International Sea & Air Festival
San Pedro. A festival of music, dance, and foods from Belize, Mexico and neighboring countries.
September
- Independence Day
Numerous cultural, religious and sporting activities held a couple of weeks before St. George’s Caye Day. Flag-raising ceremonies, parades, street jump-ups, music, dance and foods. Crowning of Miss San Pedro.
- Mexican National Day
Orange Walk and Corozal towns people cross over into Mexico to reunite with families and have celebrations.
- St. George’s Caye Day
Celebrates and commemorates a battle in 1798 when the Spanish were defeated by slaves, Baymen and British soldiers. Around the country similar official ceremonies and parades take place. Carnivals, sporting activities, fire engine parade, and pop concerts held several days prior to this eve
November
- Garifuna Settlement Day
Nov 19 The Garifuna people reenact their arrival in Dangriga, Stan Creek
