Carriacou Maroon Music Festival

April
Belair National Park
Genre : Festival
Principal country concerned : Column : Music

Maroons are an age-old celebration in Carriacou, expressing appreciation for a productive harvest and petitioning success for the on-coming planting season.
The Carriacou Maroon Music Festival has grown to be the regions premiere cultural festival, showcasing not only the local culture but that of the wider Caribbean as well. The Festival now has a permanent home at Belair Heritage Park which is being developed as a Cultural Centre by the Ministry of Carriacou & Petite Martinique Affairs, The Board of Tourism and The Cultural Foundation

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of