✈️ FlyStatia Carnival
Statia
Grand parade + last-lap jump-up
Getting there: ~35nm/20 min Winair
Fly-in day trips from Sint Maarten / St-Martin
Day out, back by bedtime
This page finds what’s on in and near Sint Maarten / St-Martin — 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 · 19⛴ Ferry · 6
Summer 2026 · flight times assume a ~125 kt light single from TNCM.
The picks
Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.
✈️ FlyNevis Culturama 52
Nevis
Culturama Day
Getting there: ~60nm/30 min
Anguilla Summer Festival (52nd)
Anguilla
National-sport boat racing — THE reason to cross
Getting there: Marigot→Blowing Point 25 min
✈️ FlyAntigua Carnival
St John's
J'ouvert + Parade of Bands
Getting there: ~90nm/45 min
✈️ Fly · TBMTour des Yoles Rondes
Martinique
Yole racing finale
Getting there: ~240nm → TFFF
⛴ FerrySir Emile Gumbs Boat Race (Anguilla Summer Festival)
Sandy Ground, Anguilla
Anguilla's national sport - big wooden A-Class racing sloops crewed by a dozen sailors, tearing along Sandy Ground beach in one of the most photogenic maritime spectacles in the Caribbean.
Getting there: Ferry Marigot (French side) to Blowing Point, Anguilla, ~20-25 min, hourly-ish daytime departures; taxi to Sandy Ground ~10 min.
Fête des Cuisinières (110th)
Guadeloupe
Marquee Creole festival
Getting there: ~140nm → TFFR
⛴ FerryFete de la Saint-Barthelemy (Fete de Gustavia)
Gustavia, St Barthelemy
St Barth's own patronal festival - church bells, a working harbour regatta among fishing and pleasure boats, a quayside public ball, and fireworks over one of the prettiest natural harbours in the Caribbean.
Getting there: High-speed ferry Philipsburg-Gustavia (Great Bay Express), ~45 min, multiple daily departures; or Marigot-Gustavia ferry ~60-75 min.
⛴ FerryFête de Saint-Barthélemy
Gustavia
Fireworks, regatta, official fête
Getting there: 45-60 min ferry
✈️ Fly ★CPL 2026 - St Kitts & Nevis Patriots home matches (Warner Park)
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Franchise T20 cricket at a genuinely lively small-island ground - St Kitts & Nevis Patriots host Jamaica Kingsmen (Aug 27) and Antigua and Barbuda Falcons (Aug 30) as CPL 2026's group stage swings through Basseterre.
Getting there: Winair/Sunrise Airways flight SXM-SKB, ~25-35 min, several times daily.
⛴ FerrySaba Carnival / "Carnival Month"
The Bottom / Windwardside, Saba
If it lands during your visit, Saba's version of carnival is tiny and intensely local - but honestly, the stronger year-round case for a Saba day trip is the hiking (Mt Scenery) and diving rather than a firm festival date.
Getting there: Winair flight SXM-SAB, ~15 min (one of the world's shortest commercial runways); note the former 'Edge' fast ferry from Simpson Bay has been suspended since April 2026, so this is flight-only for now.
✈️ FlySaba Summer Festival (Carnival)
Windwardside, Saba
Tiny-island carnival; the flight itself is the event
Getting there: ~28nm/12 min — world's shortest commercial runway
⛴ FerrySt Barth Summer Sessions
Gustavia
Music festival — re-check dates
Getting there: 45-60 min
Coming up nearby
Looking further ahead — pulled nightly from live listings on neighbouring islands.
✈️ Fly · listingsRendezvous Beach Festival B Class Boat Race
Anguilla
Festival
Getting there: → TQPF (Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport)
Tropixx Nevis - The Major Leagues
Malcolm Guishard Recreational Park, St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
Anguilla Summer Festival - Grand Parade of Troupes (sponsored by Motorworld)
Anguilla
Festival
Getting there: → TQPF (Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport)
Caribbean Premier League 2026 season
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (CPL), St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
Scrub Island Billfish Series
One Shoe Beach Bar & Grill, British Virgin Islands
Music
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
Peter Haycraft T10 Tournament
BVI Cricket Association, British Virgin Islands
Sport
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
SKN National Basketball Tournament
St Kitts Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (SKNABA), St Kitts
Sport
Getting there: → TKPK (Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport)
departures October 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027
The Moorings: British Virgin Islands (BVI) Yacht Charters, British Virgin Islands
Festival
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
The Anguilla Cup
Anguilla
Sport
Getting there: → TQPF (Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport)
Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show
The Moorings: British Virgin Islands (BVI) Yacht Charters, British Virgin Islands
Festival
Getting there: → TUPJ (Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport)
Jol Byerley Hightide Series
Antigua Yacht Club, Antigua
Sport
Getting there: → TAPA (V. C. Bird International Airport)
Antigua Charter Yacht Show
English Harbour & Falmouth, Antigua
Show
Getting there: → TAPA (V. C. Bird International Airport)
Reachable from Sint Maarten / St-Martin
- Anguilla — ✈️ ~5 min (TQPF, 10 nm)
- St Kitts — ✈️ ~23 min (TKPK, 47 nm)
- British Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~43 min (TUPJ, 89 nm)
- Montserrat — ✈️ ~43 min (TRPG, 89 nm)
- Antigua — ✈️ ~43 min (TAPA, 90 nm)
- US Virgin Islands — ✈️ ~54 min (TIST, 111 nm)
- Dominica — ✈️ ~1 h 30 min (TDCF, 188 nm)
- St Lucia — ✈️ ~2 h 9 min (TLPC, 268 nm)
- Barbados — ✈️ ~2 h 54 min (TBPB, 362 nm)
- Grenada — ✈️ ~2 h 57 min (TGPY, 369 nm)
- Bonaire — ✈️ ~3 h 44 min (TNCB, 466 nm)
- Curacao — ✈️ ~3 h 55 min (TNCC, 490 nm)
- Aruba — ✈️ ~4 h 11 min (TNCA, 522 nm)
- Turks and Caicos — ✈️ ~4 h 32 min (MBPV, 567 nm)
Notes & what didn’t make it
NEGATIVES: Santo Domingo out; Punta Cana null (resort shows only).
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