2010
Trinidad & Tobago Calendar




Trinbago Events Calendar


Dates in red are public holidays
2010
January 1st - New Year’s Day

2nd - Tobago Comedy Festival @ Original Sunday School, Buccoo, Tobago; 8.30 pm. The full cast for the Tobago Comedy Festival includes Naomi Abiola, Lady IB, KMK, Quicksilver, Llylo, Panman Job, Sunny Moon Theatre, Mr Mc Cleod and Sprangalang. Tickets priced at $100 and $125 are available at Sports and Games, Scarborough and Original Sunday School, Buccoo. For further information call 469-8323.

3rd - Pembroke Harvest Fest

3rd - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

10th - Parlatuvier Harvest Fest

10th - Spring Garden Harvest Fest

17th - The Trinidad and Tobago Powerlifting Federation's 2010 National Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships @ at the Himalayas Club, Third Avenue, Barataria. Registration fee:($150), competition fee( $50) and an anti-doping fee ($50). Competitors can also register on the day of the event from 7-9 in the morning. For further information contact 466-9032, 735-3832 or 295-5602 or e-mail ttpowerlifting@yahoo.com.

21st - The Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service Northern Division's First Carnival Aerobic Burnout @ Fire Service Headquarters, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain. The competition is open to members of the public at $20, and interested persons are asked to contact acting fire sub officer Cooke (390-9353/625-1671-5) or fire fighter Wyke (351-8134/625-2671).

24th - Besetha Harvest Fest

24th - St. Patrick’s Harvest Fest

24th - CLICO T&T International Marathon

24th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

24th - TTCF Road Race from Foreshore in Mucurapo to Couva and back to the Foreshore. (Cycling); 7 am

27th to 7th Feb - Lemons, Oranges and Lime (LOL), a Carnival themed festival of original short works hosted by Trinidad Theatre Workshop (TTW)

30th to 31st - Track League (cycling) @ Skinner Park, San Fernando and Arima Velodrome; 3pm

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February 27th Jan. to 7th Feb - Lemons, Oranges and Lime (LOL), a Carnival themed festival of original short works hosted by Trinidad Theatre Workshop (TTW)

2nd - World Wetlands Day

7th - Hope Harvest Fest

7th - TTSA Yacht Fun Race @ 1pm (sailing)

7th - TTCF Criterium Road Race from Reinzie Kirton Highway to San Fernando n (Cycling)

12th - Taste of Carnival @ the Institute’s Campus in Chaguaramas; from noon to 6 pm. For tickets, which cost $350, or for more information, contact the TTHTI at 634-4250/2144 ext 308, 235, or 350. Organisers can also be reached via e-mail at info@tthti.edu.tt

14th - Adelphi Harvest Fest

14th - Chinese New Year (Year of Tiger)

15th - Carnival Monday

16th - Carnival Tuesday

17th - Ash Wednesday

18th to 20th - Tobago Comedy Festival @ Original Sunday School, Buccoo, Tobago; 8.30 pm. The full cast for the Tobago Comedy Festival includes Naomi Abiola, Lady IB, KMK, Quicksilver, Llylo, Panman Job, Sunny Moon Theatre, Mr Mc Cleod and Sprangalang. Tickets priced at $100 and $125 are available at Sports and Games, Scarborough and Original Sunday School, Buccoo. For further information call 469-8323.

18th to 21st - Tobago Carnival Regatta 2010 @ Pigeon Point Heritage Park, Tobago

19th to 21st - Track League (cycling) @ Arima Velodrome; 7am

20th - Past Students of the San Fernando Government Secondary School's (Modsec) Back-to-School Reunion and All-inclusive Dinner @ school’s auditorium, Todd Street, San Fernando, from 5 pm. Contributions are TT$200 or US$35 and the theme is “Modsec School Days Were Happy, Happy, Happy”. Interested persons can visit the website www.modsec.org for further information and to purchase tickets contact Modsec at 657-7169, or Randy at 620-3972.

21st - Bucoo Harvest Fest

22nd to 20th Mar - Trinidad & Tobago 29th Biennial Music Festival 2010

26th to 28th - Track League (cycling) @ Arima Velodrome; 7am

28th - Bon Accord Harvest Fest

28th - Franklyn Harvest Fest

28th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

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March 22nd Feb to 20th Mar - Trinidad & Tobago 29th Biennial Music Festival 2010

1st to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

11st - Phagwa-Holi Festival

5th to 7th - 30th to 31st - Track League (cycling) @ Skinner Park, San Fernando

6th - North American, Central American and Caribbean Area (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at the Mt Irvine Golf Course, Tobago

6th to 7th - TTGFA Wahoo Tournament

7th - Mt. St. George Harvest Fest

9th - Commonwealth Day

12th to 14th - Track League Finals (cycling) @ Arima Velodrome

14th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

19th - St. Joseph Day

19th to 22nd - 13th Annual Tobago International Game Fishing

20th - International Earth Day

20th - Jazz Artists On The Greens 2010 hosted by Jazz Alliance of T&T (Jatt)

21st - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

28th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

30th - Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day

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April 1st Mar to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

1st - Mayaro Borough Days

2nd - Good Friday

2nd to 4th - TTCF Easter Grand Prix (Cycling)

4th - Easter Sunday

4th - National Youth Day

5th - Easter Monday

5th - Buccoo Goat, Donkey & Crab Races @ Mt. Pleasant

6th - Buccoo Goat, Donkey & Crab Races @ Buccoo

7th - World Health Day

10th to 18th Apr - International Youth Week

11th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

14th to 25th - TTCF Beacon Series - venues between Trinidad (Arima Velodrome, Arima/Skinner Park, San Fernando/George V Park, St Clair) and the sister isle of Tobago (Market Square)

18th - Point Fortin Borough Day

18th - Charlotteville Harvest Fest

18th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

18th to 24th - National Volunteer Week

21st - Secretary's Day

21st to 24th - TTGFA Marlin Madness Tournament in Tobago

25th - National Rapso Day

25th - Goodwood Harvest Fest

25th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

26th - Audrey Jeffers Day

29th Apr. to 2nd May - Point Fortin Borough Celebrations

TBA - Tobago Plymouth Jazz Festival @ Plymouth Recreation Ground, Plymouth, Tobago

TBA - TSTT Pan in the 21st Century/Down Memory Lane

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May 1st Mar to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

29th Apr. to 2nd May - Point Fortin Borough Celebrations

1st to 2nd - TTSA Race Round 'D' Gulf (sailing)

2nd - Belle Garden Harvest Fest

7th - Feast of La Divina Pastora - Siparia Fete

9th - Mason Hall Harvest Fest

9th - Mother's Day

9th - TTSA Yacht Fun Race @ 1pm (sailing)

12th - International Nurses Day

16th - Whim Harvest Fest

19th - TTCF National Championship @ Arima Veldrome (Cycling)

21st to 23rd - TTCF National Championship @ Arima Veldrome (Cycling)

22nd to 23rd - 36th Hampton International Games @ Hasely Crawford Stadium; Wrightson Road, Woodbrook, Port of Spain. Hampton games are cancelled due to a lack of funding and venue issues.

22nd to 23rd - Sugar and Energy Festival 2010 @ Couva-California District

23rd - Delaford Harvest Fest

24th - Parlatuvier Anglican School Sports and family Day

28th to 30th - TTCF National Championship @ Arima Veldrome (Cycling)

29th - TTSA Mini Regatta @ 1pm (sailing)

30th - Indian Arrival Day

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June 1st Mar to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

3rd - Corpus Christi

4th to 12th - WeBeat Festival in St James

5th - World Environmental Day

6th - Bloody Bay Fest

7th - Whit Monday

13th - Roxborough Harvest Fest

13th - TTSA Yacht Race @ 1pm (sailing)

19th - Labour Day

19th - Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Butler 20K Run in San Fernando

19th to 20th - Trinidad Kingfish Tournament

19th to 20th - TTSA Mini Regatta @ 1pm (sailing)

20th - Father's Day

20th - Lambeau Harvest Fest

21st - Ganga Dashara Festival

23rd - Port of Spain Day

26th to 27th - Charlotteville Fisherman Festival @ Charlotteville

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July 1st Mar to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

3rd - Junior Angler Fishing Tournament

4th - St Peter's Day (Fisherman's Fete) @ Matelot Village

4th - Castara Harvest Fest

12th - Caricom Day

16th to 18th - 2010 World Karate Championships & Hall of Fame Hosted by Purple Dragon @ Hyatt Regency Hotel & Jean Pierre Complex. For more information call 623-7203 or 680-4441 or email: 2010tournament@gmail.com.

16th to 1st Aug. - Tobago Heritage Festival

18th - Black Rock Harvest

28th to 2nd Aug - Great Fete Weekend (Crown Point, Shirvan Road and Pigeon Point)

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August 1st Mar to 31-Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago

16th Jul to 1st Aug - Tobago Heritage Festival

28th Jul to 2nd Aug - Great Fete Weekend (Crown Point, Shirvan Road and Pigeon Point)

1st - Emancipation Day

1st - Arima Borough Days

1st - Speyside Harvest Fest

1st to 8th - Arima Fest

11th to 15th - Santa Rosa Festival

13th to 15th - TTGFA Tarpon Thunder Tournament

16th to 22nd - First Caribbean Amateur Fighting Championship (CAFC)

27th - Feast Day of Santa Rosa Festival

28th - 2010 Great Race from Pier 1 Chaguaramas to Store Bay, Tobago; Pirogues class leave at 6:50am.; M Class leave at 8am.

30th - Santa Rosa Days

30th - Ice Picks' Annual Independence Eve Fete @ The Harvard Club in St James.

31st - Independence Day

TBA - Holly B's 46th Annual Queen of the Ball, Ballroom Dance Competition and Dance
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September 10th - Eid-ul-Fitr

22nd to 22nd Oct - Ram Leela Festival

24th - Republic Day

24th to 8th Oct - Hindus Memorial Services (observance of Pitra Paksh)

28th - Tourism Day

29th to 3rd Oct - Tobago International Cycling Classic

30th - Caribbean Youth Day

TBA - San Fernando Jazz Festival

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October 22nd to 22nd Oct - Ram Leela Festival

24th - Sep to 8th Oct - Hindus Memorial Services (observance of Pitra Paksh)

29th - Sep to 3rd Oct - Tobago International Cycling Classic

2nd - The International day of the Elderly

3rd to 9th - Fire Prevention Week

7th - Chaguanas Borough Days

10th - Store Bay Open Water Swimming Classic @ Store Bay Beach

12th - Chinese Arrival Day

16th - World Food Day

17th to 24th - Blue Food Festival @ L’Anse Fourmi Bloody Bay Recreation Grounds - An annual event of entertainment and cooking.

24th - Patience Hill Harvest Fest

24th - United Nations Day

26th - Breast Cancer Aweraness Day

8th to 16th - National Tourism Week

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November 5th - Divali

5th to 13th - Divali Nagar 2010 @ Narsaloo Ramaya Marg, Off Uriah Butler Highway, Chaguanas

11th - Rememberance Day

14th - Black Rock Harvest Fest

18th - San Fernando Day

27th - Funfish Tournament

21st - Les Couteaux Harvest Fest

21st - Moriah Harvest Fest

21st - Scarborough Harvest Fest

28th - Mt. Gomery Harvest Fest

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December 1st - International World National AIDS Day

4th to 10th - Tobago House Assembly Week Celebrations @ Shaw Park Complex; Dwight Yorke Stadium and Other venues

5th - Plymouth Harvest Fest

16th - Hosay Festival

25th - Christmas Day

26th - Boxing Day

26th - 9th Annual Penta Paints Kite Flying Competition @ Plymouth Recreation Grounds

26th - PINK An All-Inclusive Poolside @ Tobago Venue TBA

TBA - Tour de Penal Duathlon & 5km Fun Run/Walk

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Carnival 2010 - February 15th & 16th
Carnival 2011 - March 7th & 8th
dates and events are subject to change or be cancel without notice.
Dates in red are public holidays
Key Dates in History

  • 1498 - Christopher Columbus claims Trinidad for the Spanish Crown.
  • 1592 - The Spanish Colonise Trinidad and retain possession for two centuries.
  • 1610 - Dutch traders sell Trinidad its first African slaves
  • 1797 - British forces capture Trinidad and Tobago in 1802
  • 1802 to 1814 - Immigrant Program from China.
  • 1814 - Tobago, which has changed hands several times, is ceded to Britian.
  • 1845 - First indentured immigrants from India (the programme lasted till 1917).
  • 1888 - Tobago is linked with Trinidad in a single administrative unit.
  • 1941 - US military bases built in Trinidad.
  • 1956- Dr. Eric Williams founds PNM and wins general elections; main support from blacks. Indian population supports opposition
  • 1958 - Trinidad & Tobago joins the Federation of the West Indies and remains a member until its dissolution four years later.
  • 1962 - Independence from Britian.
  • 1970 - Black Power demonstrations cause brief state of emergency.
  • 1976 - Republic within the Commonwealth.
  • 1980 - The Tobago House of Assembly established, internal autonomy 1987.
  • 1981 - Dr. Eric Williams dies after being Head of Government (as Chief Minister and Prime Minister) for 25 years.
  • 1988 - Baseo Panday dismissed from cabinet; forms left wing UNC.
  • 1990 - Prime Minister taken hostage in failed fundamentalist coup.
  • note #1: In the late 18th century both Trinidad and Tobago were cultivated and effectively administered by the French, under an agreement with the Spanish. It was during this period that the French started the plantation system on both islands and began importing the requisite slave labor.





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