Caribbean carnival has a huge African influences on carnival traditions

Here is a list of the islands that celebrate Carnival are shown below. Approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities on each island. On some islands, most notably Trinidad and Tobago, the carnival season lasts for over a month, and the exact dates vary from year to year.)

• Anguilla - (first week in August)
  
• Antigua and Barbuda - (first week in August)
  
• Aruba - Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
  
• Barbados - (first Monday in August)
  
• Belize - (typically Saturday nearest to September 10)
  
• Bonaire - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Cayman Islands (after Ash Wednesday)
  
• Cuba -(end of July)
  
• Dominica - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Dominican Republic - (late February)
  
• Grenada - (early August)
  
• Guadeloupe - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Guyana - (February 23rd)
  
• Haiti - (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Jamaica, - (late March, early April)
  
• Nevis -  (July)
  
• Martinique - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Puerto Rico - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Saint Lucia - (July)
  
• Saint Kitts - (December)
  
• Saint-Martin - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
  
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - (End of June through beginning of July)
  
• Trinidad and Tobago) - (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
  
• Saint Croix, - Crucian Festival (Ties in with the Christmas Break through the first week in January)