Day out, back by bedtime
This page finds what’s on in and near Anguilla — real events within about an hour’s travel, so you can see the show and still sleep in your own bed. Every trip shows the door-to-door time each way, which airfield or ferry to use, and a ticket link.
✈️ Fly · 17⛴ Ferry · 5
Summer 2026 · flight times assume a ~125 kt light single from TQPF.
Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.
⛴ Ferry ★Bastille Day fireworks and festivities
Marigot, French St Martin (also Gustavia, St Barths)
France's national day gets a proper Caribbean send-off - live music, food stalls along the waterfront and fireworks over the bay; the same night lights up Gustavia harbour on St Barths
Tue 14 Julbest Tue 14 Jul⛴ ~30 min
Getting there: Ferry Blowing Point-Marigot, 25 min, walk into town
⛴ FerryFête de Marigot / Bastille Day
Marigot, St-Martin
Parade, waterfront festivities, fireworks over the bay
Tue 14 Julbest Tue 14 Jul⛴ ~25 min
Getting there: ferry 25 min
✈️ FlyStatia Carnival
St Eustatius
Two-week carnival
Wed 15 Jul – Mon 27 Julbest last-lap jump-up ~27 Jul✈️ ~25 minany light (≤130nm)
Getting there: ~50nm/25 min
⛴ FerryGrand Case Festival / Schoelcher Day
Grand Case, St-Martin
Boulevard parade, emancipation commemorations
Tue 21 Julbest Tue 21 Jul⛴ ~40 min
Getting there: 25 min + 15 min drive
✈️ FlyNevis Culturama 52
Charlestown, Nevis
De Caribbean Greatest Summer Lime
Thu 23 Jul – Tue 4 Augbest Culturama Day 4 Aug✈️ ~30 minany light (≤130nm)
Getting there: ~65nm/30 min
✈️ FlyAntigua Carnival
St John's
The region's big summer carnival
Sat 25 Jul – Tue 4 Augbest J'ouvert ~3 Aug or Parade of Bands 4 Aug✈️ ~45 minany light (≤130nm)
Getting there: ~96nm/45 min
✈️ Fly · TBMTour des Yoles Rondes
Martinique
The great sailing spectacle
Sun 26 Jul – Sun 2 Augbest Sun 2 Aug✈️ ~1h doorTBM only
Getting there: ~250nm → TFFF
✈️ FlyFête des Cuisinières (110th)
Guadeloupe
Marquee Creole festival
Sat 8 Augbest Sat 8 Aug✈️ ~55 min doorSR22 (130-180nm)
Getting there: ~150nm → TFFR
⛴ FerryFete de Sandy Ground (Assumption Day village festival)
Sandy Ground, French St Martin (fishing village on Marigot's lagoon side - not to be confused with Anguilla's own Sandy Ground)
A genuinely local fixed-date fete (not a tourist event) with music, street food and community sports in one of St Martin's oldest fishing villages
Sat 15 Augbest Sat 15 Aug⛴ ~40 min
Getting there: Ferry Blowing Point-Marigot (25 min), then a short taxi/walk to the Sandy Ground district
⛴ FerryFête de Saint-Barthélemy
Gustavia, St Barth
Patron-saint day: regattas, fireworks on the quai
Mon 24 Augbest Mon 24 Aug⛴ ~60 min
Getting there: ~1h private boat
Looking further ahead — pulled nightly from live listings on neighbouring islands.
✈️ Fly · listingsLexlay • Noya • Max Mignot
Sint Maarten
Event
Sat 25 Jul✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listings• PAPAYA PLAYA PROJECT • THE FULL MOON •
Sint Maarten
Theatre
Sat 25 Jul✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsMike Price: The Rockstar Juggler
Casino Royale, Sint Maarten
Music
Sat 1 Aug✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsESSENCES FESTIVAL SUMMER 2026
Sint Maarten
Festival
Sat 1 Aug✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsScrub Island Billfish Series
One Shoe Beach Bar & Grill, British Virgin Islands
Music
Tue 1 Sept✈️ ~41 min
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsPeter Haycraft T10 Tournament
BVI Cricket Association, British Virgin Islands
Sport
Tue 1 Sept✈️ ~41 min
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsSKN National Basketball Tournament
St Kitts Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (SKNABA), St Kitts
Sport
Thu 1 Oct✈️ ~28 min
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsdepartures October 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027
The Moorings: British Virgin Islands (BVI) Yacht Charters, British Virgin Islands
Festival
Thu 1 Oct✈️ ~41 min
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsSt. Maarten's Day Around the Island Relay
St. Maarten Road Runners Association, Sint Maarten
Sport
Sun 1 Nov✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsBudget Marine Optimist Championship (21st ed.)
Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC), Sint Maarten
Sport
Sun 1 Nov✈️ ~5 min
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsJol Byerley Hightide Series
Antigua Yacht Club, Antigua
Sport
Tue 1 Dec✈️ ~47 min
Getting there: → TAPA (V. C. Bird International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsAntigua Charter Yacht Show
English Harbour & Falmouth, Antigua
Show
Thu 3 Dec✈️ ~47 min
Getting there: → TAPA (V. C. Bird International Airport)
NEGATIVES: Santo Domingo >300nm — out.