✈️ FlyFestival de Gwoka, Sainte-Anne
Guadeloupe
39th edition of the UNESCO-listed drum tradition's flagship fest
Getting there: ~60nm/30 min
Fly-in day trips from Antigua & Barbuda
Day out, back by bedtime
This page finds what’s on in and near Antigua & Barbuda — 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.
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Summer 2026 · flight times assume a ~125 kt light single from TAPA.
The picks
Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.
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✈️ Fly ★Montserrat Calabash Festival
Little Bay / Salem, Montserrat
Nine days of music, craft, food and community events across the volcano-shadowed 'exclusion zone' island - a completely different Caribbean mood half an hour from Antigua
Getting there: Winair ANU-MNI, ~30 min flight, operating Tue/Fri/Sun only
✈️ Fly · TBMLucian Carnival — Parade of the Bands
Castries, St Lucia
Full mas parade through Castries
Getting there: ~195nm → TLPC Vigie
Nevis Culturama 52
Nevis
Oldest Leewards culture fest
Getting there: ~55nm/25 min
Anguilla Summer Festival 52
Anguilla
Boat race + beach fete, Sandy Ground
Getting there: ~105nm/50 min
✈️ FlyTour des Yoles Rondes (40th)
Martinique
Martinique's biggest event — beach-party finale
Getting there: ~160nm → TFFF
✈️ FlyCudjoe Head Day Festival
Montserrat
Village street fest, string bands, African-heritage masquerade
Getting there: ~30nm/15-20 min (day-VFR only)
Tour Cycliste de Guadeloupe (75th)
Guadeloupe
UCI stage race, island-wide roadside party
Getting there: ~30 min
Spicemas
Grenada
Jab Jab J'ouvert — TBM-edge
Getting there: ~295nm edge → TGPY
Grand Kadooment (Crop Over climax)
Barbados
Now TBM-reachable — biggest road parade in the E Caribbean
Getting there: ~280nm → TBPB
✈️ FlyFête des Cuisinières (110th)
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Cooks' procession in madras finery + Creole banquet
Getting there: ~30 min
✈️ Fly · TBMSin Bandera, Coliseo de PR
San Juan
Only arena-scale Coliseo show in window
Getting there: ~205nm → TJSJ
Coming up nearby
Looking further ahead — pulled nightly from live listings on neighbouring islands.
Tropixx Nevis - The Major Leagues
Malcolm Guishard Recreational Park, St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
Red Black or White
St Kitts
Event
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
Caribbean Premier League 2026 season
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (CPL), St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
5in1 Fete "We Not Going Home Edition"
St Kitts
Festival
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
Nevis Marathon 2026
Oualie Beach Resort, St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
SUNANDBASS 2026
Sint Maarten
Event
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
SKN National Basketball Tournament
St Kitts Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (SKNABA), St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
✈️ Fly · listingsBSideLA Presents: Mala (Extended Set) & CØNTRA
Sint Maarten
Event
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
St. Maarten's Day Around the Island Relay
St. Maarten Road Runners Association, Sint Maarten
Sport
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
Budget Marine Optimist Championship (21st ed.)
Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC), Sint Maarten
Sport
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
Desert Dwellers in Nevada City
Sint Maarten
Event
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
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Sint Maarten
Event
Getting there: → TNCM (Princess Juliana International Airport)
Reachable from Antigua & Barbuda
- Montserrat — ✈️ ~13 min (TRPG, 28 nm)
- St Kitts — ✈️ ~25 min (TKPK, 51 nm)
- Sint Maarten — ✈️ ~44 min (TNCM, 91 nm)
- Anguilla — ✈️ ~45 min (TQPF, 95 nm)
- Dominica — ✈️ ~53 min (TDCF, 110 nm)
- British Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~1 h 23 min (TUPJ, 173 nm)
- US Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~1 h 33 min (TIST, 193 nm)
- St Lucia — ✈️ ~1 h 32 min (TLPC, 193 nm)
- Barbados — ✈️ ~2 h 14 min (TBPB, 279 nm)
- Grenada — ✈️ ~2 h 27 min (TGPY, 307 nm)
- Bonaire — ✈️ ~3 h 50 min (TNCB, 478 nm)
- Curacao — ✈️ ~4 h 4 min (TNCC, 508 nm)
- Aruba — ✈️ ~4 h 23 min (TNCA, 549 nm)
- Turks and Caicos — ✈️ ~5 h 13 min (MBPV, 652 nm)
Notes & what didn’t make it
NEGATIVES: Barbuda — no festivals in window (ferry 90min over budget anyway).
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