Events and holidays in Cuba

Cuba's iconic holidays and festivals.

January 1-2 - Liberation Day (victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959)

February - Havana International Jazz Festival in Havana (every two years)

First two weeks of February - Days of Culture in Camagneiana

End of February - International Festival of Cuban Cigars

April - Cultural Week in Baracoa

April - Electroacoustic Music Festival in Varadero

Musicians and dancers on stilts in old Havana.

The first week of May is the Romeria de Mayo (May Fair) folk festival in Olgin.

May - Guitar Festival in Havana, held every two years.

Summer - The three-day Carnaval de Carosas in Havana, one of the biggest events in Cuba.

Late June - Fiestas Sanjuaneras (Feast of St. Juan) in Trinidad.

June through July - Festival of Caribbean Culture.

July 24-26 - Carnivals in Havana, Varadero San Juan de los Remedios and Santiago de Cuba.

July 26 - National Uprising Day (the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, July 25 and 27 are also days off).

Street band plays traditional music in Havana

September - Havana International Theater Festival (every 2 years)

October - Havana Contemporary Music Festival (Festival of Sound)

October - Festival of Spanish-American Culture in Holguin

October 10 - Anniversary of the beginning of the wars of independence from Spanish rule, Cuban Culture Day.

November - Semana de la Cultura Trinitaria (Trinitaria Cultural Week) in Trinidad

December - International Latin American Film Festival

December 25 - Christmas


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