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Barbados Rolls Out the Red Carpet for CARIFESTA XV | Your Guide to Ticketed Events

Barbados is proud to welcome the Region and the world to its shores for CARIFESTA XV, the Caribbean’s premier arts and culture festival, launching on 22 August. This vibrant celebration will showcase the richness and diversity of Caribbean creativity through music, dance, theatre, visual arts, literature, and more.

Most events throughout the festival are free and open to the public. However, a few special highlights require tickets, including:

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Hosting of CARIFESTA XV must reflect “Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence” - Regional Cultural Committee

“Ultimately, CARIFESTA XV presents the opportunity to stimulate the local economy through increased tourism, job creation, and support for small businesses. This festival sees the coming together of hundreds of cultural practitioners, as well as members of the wider populace to network, perform, trade in cultural goods and services and witness a diverse offering of performances, exhibitions and interactive experiences.” - Michelle Maynard, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Division of Culture, Barbados.

Creative Industries are crucial to sustainable development in small countries— CARICOM Advisor, Social Development

There is now a significant increase in regional and global awareness of the value and importance of the creative industries, and how they can contribute to sustainable development in small countries in the global South. These views were shared by Beverly Harry-Emmanuel, Advisor, Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat at the opening ceremony of the Thirty-First Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC), held today, Thursday 26 June, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados.

"Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence" – Theme for CARIFESTA XV

Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for Culture, Barbados, Senator the Honourable Shantal Munro-Knight, says the country is ready to welcome the Region and the world to CARIFESTA XV from 22 to 31 August, which will be staged under the theme "Caribbean Roots, Global Excellence."

Registration for CARIFESTA XV artists extended to 21 March

"Above all else, we want to be able to share with the rest of the Region and the world, who they will miss if they don't come to CARIFESTA!"

CARICOM Chair and Barbados Prime Minister Hon. Mia Mottley

Caribbean artists registering for CARIFESTA XV, scheduled for 22-31 August in Barbados, now have until 21 March to secure their spot in the coveted event.

CARICOM Chair on CARIFESTA XV: "If yah miss it - blame yahself!"

The Hon. Mia Mottley, Chair of CARICOM and Prime Minister of Barbados, says no Caribbean national can afford to miss CARIFESTA XV, which is slated for 22 - 31 August 2025 in Barbados.

She describes the event as the ultimate Caribbean experience for CARICOM nationals and visitors from the international community: "You're going to get from fashion to food, from music to dance, to sculpture…all kinds of creative expression."

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