Trinidad & Tobago Calendar

2015
Trinidad & Tobago Calendar

Dates in red are public holidays dates and events are subject to change or be cancel without notice
2015
January	1st - New Year's Day 4th - Pembroke Harvest Fest 9th - Home Cooked - Escape into F.A.M (Fashion. Art. Music) at Zen Night Club, #9-11, Keate Street, Port of Spain. 11th - Parlatuvier Harvest Fest 11th - Spring Garden Harvest Fest 11th - Caribbean Colour Splash 2015 launches its Creating Cancer Awareness at Skinner Park, San Fernando, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Adults pay $150 and secondary school pupils pay $50. Proceeds will be given to the Trinidad and Tobago Cancer Society. The event is a non-competitive five-kilometre paint race in promotion of living a healthy lifestyle and creating awareness about the disease. The aim of the run is to educate the public on the different types of cancer. The rules for this event are to wear white and complete five kilometres being sprayed with the various colours. 16th - Local Folklore - Escape into F.A.M (Fashion. Art. Music) at Zen Night Club, #9-11, Keate Street, Port of Spain. 17th - Special screening of the award-winnin documentary Calypso Dreams, along with Robbertalk and two shorts Living Legacies: Trains in Trinidad; and Clay and Dirt Ovens in T&T. 6:30pm at the UWI Film Department's Studio at 12 Carmody Road, St Augustine. Admission is FREE. 17th to 18th - TATIL Open Invitational at St Andrew's Golf Course in Moka, Maraval from 7.50 a.m. 18th - Caribbean Premiere of the feature-length documentary The Glamour Boyz Again: Sparrow and Lord Superior on The Hilton Rooftop at the Globe Cinema from 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. Performances by Sparrow and Superior. Admission is FREE. Carnival Film Series. 23rd - Ganesh Jayanti 23rd - Pan Heritage - Escape into F.A.M (Fashion. Art. Music) at Zen Night Club, #9-11, Keate Street, Port of Spain. 25th - Besetha Harvest Fest 25th - St. Patrick's Harvest Fest 25th - SWAHA International Hindu Organisation Annual Sports Day at the Ato Boldon Stadium; 9 am. 30th - Ole Mas vs New Mas - Escape into F.A.M (Fashion. Art. Music) at Zen Night Club, #9-11, Keate Street, Port of Spain. back to the top
February	1st - Hope Harvest Fest 2nd - World Wetlands Day 4th - World Cancer Day 6th - FINALE - F.A.M. Block-O - Escape into F.A.M (Fashion. Art. Music) at Zen Night Club, #9-11, Keate Street, Port of Spain. 8th - Adelphi Harvest Fest 15th - Buccoo Harvest Fest 16th - Carnival Monday 17th - Carnival Tuesday 17th to 18th - Maha Shiva Raatri 18th - Ash Wednesday 19th - Chinese New Year (Year of Horse) 20th to 22nd - Tobago Carnival Regatta 2015 at Pigeon Point Heritage Park, Tobago. 22nd - Bon Accord Harvest Fest 22nd - Franklyn Harvest Fest 27th - Scarborough Methodist Primary School Walkathon. Walkers will then proceed along the Calder Hall Road, Fort Street,Young Street and Bacolet Street to reach the Claude Noel Highway. The route will then take walkers into Friendsfield then back to Calder Hall to the school's compound. For more information contact the school at 639-2332. back to the top
March	1st - Mt. St. George Harvest Fest 1st to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 6th - Phagwa-Holi Festival 9th - Commonwealth Day 14th - Jazz Artists on The Greens at The Greens at Farm Road, Farm Road, Saint Joseph, Trinidad. 15th - St Francois Valley Girls' College annual 5K Run/Walk, St Clair Road, Queen's Park Savannah. 17th - St. Patrick Day 19th - St. Joseph Day 20th - International Earth Day 21st - Hindi New Year 28th - Ram Navami 30th - Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day back to the top
April	1st Mar to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 1st - Mayaro Borough Days 1st - National Youth Day 3rd - Good Friday 4th - Hanuman Jayanti 5th - Easter Sunday 5th - Radio 90.5fm Easter Kite Flying at Queen's Park Savannah 6th - Easter Monday 6th - Buccoo Goat, Donkey & Crab Races at Mt. Pleasant 7th - Buccoo Goat, Donkey & Crab Races at Buccoo 7th - World Health Day 12th to 18th - National Volunteer Week 18th to 26th - The Tobago Jazz Experience (formerly the Tobago Jazz Festival) with performances at Speyside, Signal Hill, Scarborough, Castara and the Pigeon Point Heritage Park. 19th - Charlotteville Harvest Fest 19th to 26th - Administrative Professional's Week (Secretary's Week) 22nd - Earth Day 22nd - Administrative Professional's Day (Secretary's Day) 23rd - The San Fernando City Corporation's 4th Annual San City Green Expo at Skinner Park in San Fernando; 10 am. 24th to 2nd May - Point Fortin Borough Celebrations 25th - National Rapso Day 25th to 26th - Jazz on the Beach at Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago; 11 am. 26th - Audrey Jeffers Day 26th - National Security Officers Day of Appreciation 26th - Goodwood Harvest Fest 30th - Point Fortin Borough Day. TBA - TSTT Pan in the 21st Century/Down Memory Lane back to the top
May	1st Mar to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 24th Apr to 2nd May - Point Fortin Borough Celebrations 29th Apr to 3rd May - 34th International 'Marlin Madness' Tournament – Tobago, hosted by Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association. For more information visit http://ttgfa.com. 2nd - The Scleroderma Care Foundation will hold its Fith Annual Awareness Walk “Unite Against Scleroderma” at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain from 3 pm. The Scleroderma Care Foundation continues to raise awareness of the chronic, auto-immune disease and raise some of the funds required to keep the organisation going. 2nd - Pan on the Move (Point Fortin Borough Celebrations) at Market Square, Point Fortin. 2nd - Belle Garden Harvest Fest 2nd - Choka Fest (sada roti with a range of choka, including baigan, tomatoes, aloo, coconut, salt-fish and smoked herring) at Nu Image Simplex Complex, New Grant, Princes Town. 2nd - The Vitas House Hospice fifth annual Tea Party in the Port-of-Spain Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency; from 3 pm to 6 pm. Tickets costing $450 are available through the Hospice or 628-4673 and 628-9824. 2nd - Point Fortin Borough Day Regatta at Guapo Beach Facility, Clifton Hill, Point Fortin; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. 6th to 12th - Nurses Week (Nurses Day 6th) 7th - Feast of La Divina Pastora - Siparia Fete 8th - Mother's Day Comedy Festival (Randy Glasgow Productions - RGP) at the Buccoo Integrated Facility, Tobago . For more information contact RGP at 622-0834 and 628-9158. 9th - Europe Day 10th - Mother's Day 10th - Mason Hall Harvest Fest 10th - Mother's Day Comedy Festival (Randy Glasgow Productions - RGP) at the Grand Stand, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. For more information contact RGP at 622-0834 and 628-9158. 12th - International Nurses Day 16th - Rainbow Cup International Triathlon at Grafton Beach, Tobago 16th - 17th - Hampton International Games (Track & Field) at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo; 9:30 am. 17th - Whim Garden Harvest Fest 17th - The Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation food festival and street party from 5 p.m. to midnight. The event takes place on St John's Road to Morton Street that will be closed off. The streets will be lined with tents and local cuisine. 18th - United Way of Trinidad and Tobago’s (UWTT) National Day of Caring. 22nd to 24th - Sugar & Energy Festival at Gilbert Park, California. 23rd to 24th - Hampton International Games (Track & Field) at Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo; 2 pm. 23rd - The annual Gourmet Evening hosted by the Lions Club of Port of Spain Central at the Club’s Cultural Centre on Fitz Blackman Drive, Woodbrook, from 6.30 pm. 23rd - Carnival Film Series at San Fernando Hill, San Fernando from 6.30 p.m. with an outdoor cinema for the special showing of Pan! Our Musical Odyssey. Audiences are invited to bring their own seating and refreshments. 24th - Delaford Harvest Fest 25th - Tobago Culinary Festival at Pigeon Point. 25th - African Liberation Day 25th - Carnival Film Series at Nalis Amphitheatre, Port of Fain from 6.30 p.m., with Ray Funk Presents: Calypso Craze. For further information visit http://www.ttfilmfestival.com. 28th - Arima Boys’ Government School's Walkathon. It begins at 7 a.m., with the start and end points at the school, King Street, Arima. 29th - Whitehall Striders 20th annual Maracas Walk; 12.2 miles from the Queen’s Park Savannah to Maracas Beach; 4 am. Interesting persons can call the Whitehall Strider coordinators Yvonne Gordon at 797-1070 and Roy Bisnath at 628-1763. 29th to 31st - Salsa Fiesta TnT at Cascadia Hotel, Port of spain. For more information visit http://www.salsafiestatnt.com. 29th to 31st - Chief Secretary's Tournament (golf) at Plantations Golf Club, Lowlands, Tobago. 30th - Indian Arrival Day 30th - Mere Desh Celebrations at the Centre Pointe Mall Chaguanas 30th - ComPANion Sports and Family Day at Edinburgh 500, Chaguanas 30th - Tobago May Pole Festival entitled Colours of D'Wind at Goodwood High School. The festival begins at 2pm and will also include an exhibition of traditional food and craft. back to the top
June	1st Mar to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 1st - Whit Monday 4th - Corpus Christi 5th - World Environmental Day 5th to 7th - Couva/Pt Lisas Chamber of Commerce's Sugar and Energy Festival and Central Games at Gilbert Park, California. 5th to 13th - WeBeat Festival 2015 at at the St James Park and Amphitheatre. 7th - Bloody Bay Fest 7th - Labor Day Celebrations 2015: Rienzi Cycling Classic at 5 a.m. and ends at 10 am. 7th - Labor Day Celebrations 2015: Thanksgiving Service at the Fyzabad Union Hall. 12th - Labor Day Celebrations 2015: Labour Day Calypso Finals at Fyzabad Hall 7 pm. 13th - Labor Day Celebrations 2015: A Festival of Drums at the Charlie King Junction in Fyzabad at 5 pm. 13th to 14th/19th to 20th - Tobago Dragon Boat Association Regatta at Pigeon Point Heritage Park; 8am to 4pm. For more information visit http://ttdbf.webs.com. 14th - Roxborough Harvest Fest 14th - World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) 14th - The 21st Annual Ganga Dhaaraa River Festival at Blanchisseusee 14th - Ganga Dashaharae 19th - Labour Day 19th - Labor Day Celebrations 2015: >the Butler Classics, Labour Day March, Labour Day show. 19th - Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Butler 20K Run in San Fernando 19th - Butler Day Celebrations hosted by Tobago African Union (TAU) at Dock Site on Milford Road from 6 p.m. 19th to 21st - The Tableland Pineapple Farmers' Association (TPFA) Annual Fruit Festival at Nu Image Simplex Complex, Tableland. 21st - Father's Day 21st - Lambeau Harvest Fest 21st - The Friends of Victory Foundation (FoVF)'s Sixth Annual "Victory Games" at Police Barracks Grounds, Long Circular Road, St James. 21st - The Father's Day Spectacular at Centre of Excellence in Macoya. For further information visit www.rafimohammed.com. 21st - Annual Father's Day concert by Raymond Ramnarine and his band, Dil-E- Nadan at Nu Image Simplex Complex, New Grant, Princes Town; 8 pm. 21st - The Tobago Culinary Festival at Pigeon Point Heritage Park, Tobago. The gates open at 10 am. and admission is free. The delicious cuisine being sold in the local and international food courts will be on sale from 11 am. 22nd to 26th - Trinidad & Tobago Jazz Week at various venues. For more information on TnT Jazz Week visit us on Facebook: Jazz Alliance of Trinidad and Tobago or call 625-7123 / 689-4298. 23rd - Port of Spain Day 26th to 28th - Charlotteville Fisherman Festival at Charlotteville. 27th - World Diabetes Day 27th - The Ministry of Sport's National Youth Sport Festival at Eastern Regional Indoor Sporting Arena and Eddie Hart Grounds, Tacarigua from 8 am. back to the top
July	1st Mar to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 2nd - St Peter's Day (Fisherman's Fete) at Matelot Village 2nd to 6th - Mango Festival at UWI (University of West Indies) 4th - Roxborough Sea Food Festival at Roxborough Hard Court 7th - Castara Harvest Fest 10th to 13th - Tobago Motor Rally at Turtle Beach. 11th - Miss Arima Pageant Royale (Arima Fest 2015) 11th - Box Car Derby (Arima Fest 2015) 11th to 12th - Tobago Invitational Golf Tournament. 13th - Caricom Day 16th to 1st Aug - Tobago Heritage Festival 18th - Eid-ul-Fitr 18th - Rath Yaatra 19th - Food Fair (Arima Fest 2015) 24th - Parangrama (Arima Fest 2015) 29th to 2nd Aug - Great Fete Weekend in Tobago. 31st to 2nd Aug - Delaford Fishermen Festival back to the top
August	1st Mar to 31st Aug - Leatherback Watching in Tobago 16th Jul to 1st Aug - Tobago Heritage Festival 29th Jul to 2nd Aug - Great Fete Weekend in Tobago. 31st Jul to 2nd Aug - Delaford Fishermen Festival 1st - Emancipation Day 1st - Arima Borough Days 1st - Arima Fest 2nd - Speyside Harvest Fest 2nd - Laventille Steelband Festival at Eastern Main Road, Laventille; 4pm 2nd - The Felicity Charlieville Fishing Association (FCFA) will be hosting its 3rd Annual Fishing Tournament at Gulf of Paria via Cunupia River, Cacandee Road, Felicity. For more information and registration details, call 389-7413. 5th to 9th - Santa Rosa Festival 7th - 4th Annual Curry Duck and Cocktails Festival at Parlatuvier Bay Tobago followed by a street party. Admission is free! For further information please call Mrs Nicole Chance-Stewart at 682-8723 or email tobagocurryduckandcocktails@gmail.com. 9th - Parlatuvier Fisherfolk Festival at Parlatuvier Bay Tobago followed by a street party. Admission is free! For further information please call Mrs Nicole Chance-Stewart at 682-8723 or email tobagocurryduckandcocktails@gmail.com. 12th - International Youth Day 22nd - 2015 Great Race from Pier 1 Chaguaramas to Store Bay, Tobago; Pirogues class leave at 6:50am.; M Class leave at 8am. 23rd - 103FM Curry Duck Competition at Chagville Beach, Chaguaramas. 23rd - Feast Day of Santa Rosa Festival 25th - Carib Santa Rosa Festival (Arima Fest 2015) 29th - Raksha Bandhan > 30th - Santa Rosa Day 31st - Independence Day back to the top
September	4th - Shri Krishna Janam Ashtmi 11th to 13th - Angostura Rum Festival hosted by Angostura Ltd. at Laventille compound. 20th - Maracas Open Water Swim Classic at Maracas Bay. 20th - International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) at various beaches in TnT. 24th - Republic Day 26th - 17th Annual Scotiabank Women Against Breast Cancer 5k Classic 26th to 27th - Tobago Open Tennis Tournament 27th to 12th Oct - Hindus Memorial Services (observance of Pitra Paksh) 27th to 27th Oct - Ram Leela Festival 28th - Tourism Day 29th to 4th Oct - Tobago International Cycling Classic 30th - Caribbean Youth Day back to the top
October	27th Sep to 12th Oct - Hindus Memorial Services (observance of Pitra Paksh) 27th Sep to 27th Oct - Ram Leela Festival 29th Sep to 4th Oct - Tobago International Cycling Classic 2nd - The International day of the Elderly. 4th to 10th - Fire Prevention Week 7th - Chaguanas Borough Days 11th - Store Bay Open Water Swimming Classic at Store Bay Beach. 11th - Dragon Boat Festival at the western end of Chagville, Chaguaramas, (next to the Military Museum) from 8 am. to 4 pm. 12th - Chinese Arrival Day 14th - The Third Annual Beacon sponsored Cycling on the Avenue, also called 'Cycling on the Avenue 3' 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm, in Woodbrook. 16th - World Food Day 18th - Tobago Blue Food Festival at L’Anse Fourmi Bloody Bay Recreation Grounds - An annual event of entertainment and cooking. 18th to 25th - National Tourism Week 22nd - Ramleela 24th - United Nations Day 25th - Patience Hill Harvest Fest 25th - The 12th edition (2015) of the University of the West Indies Sports and Physical Education Centre (UWI SPEC) Half-Marathon. 26th - Breast Cancer Awareness Day back to the top
November	1st - Black Rock Harvest Fest 1st - All Saint's Day 2nd - All Soul's Day 6th to 8th - Bago Sport Beach Football International. For more information visit http://www.bagosports.com. 11th- Divali 11th - Rememberance Day 14th - World Diabetes Day 15th - Les Couteaux Harvest Fest 15th - Moriah Harvest Fest 15th - Scarborough Harvest Fest 18th - San Fernando Day 22nd - Mt. Gomery Harvest Fest 23rd - Hosay Festival 25th - Kaartik back to the top
December	1st - International World National AIDS Day 3rd - The 7th Annual Tobago House of Assembly Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Louis D'or Nurseries. 5th to 11th - Tobago House Assembly Week Celebrations at Shaw Park Complex; Dwight Yorke Stadium and other venues. 6th - Plymouth Harvest Fest 11th - Radio Tambrin's Annual Christmas Parade and Children Treat. The parade is scheduled to start at 3pm from the Old Market car park. 13th - Barcode's Annual 'Pig Out' Christmas Lime. 19th - Scrunter's 'Pork Dance' (Annual Christmas Parange Fete) at De Forest, Vega de Oropouche, Sangre Grande. 25th - Christmas Day 26th - Boxing Day 26th - 12th Annual Penta Paints Kite Flying Competition at Plymouth Recreation Grounds. 26th - PINK An All-Inclusive Poolside in Tobago. 31st - Old Year's Festivities back to the top
Carnival 2015 - Febuary 16th & 17th Carnival 2016 - February 8th & 9th Carnival 2017 - February 27th & 28th 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. 2010 - Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar was sworn in on May 26, 2010 as the country's first female Prime Minister for Trinidad and Tobago 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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