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Karneval i januar

  1. Las Palmas 🇪🇸 SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.92
  2. Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayUruguayan carnival · 20. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)The longest carnival anywhere: forty days of murga competing nightly in neighbourhood tablados from late January, opened by a parade down 18 de Julio.83
  3. Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpainCOAC carnival contest at the Falla · 8. jan. – 12. feb. (normalt)Weeks before the street carnival, chirigotas and comparsas compete nightly at the Gran Teatro Falla from early January to a final in February.81
  4. Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayUruguayan Carnaval · 25. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)Uruguay runs the longest carnival in the world — weeks of neighbourhood tablados and murga stages — and Colonia fills for the two national holidays that close it.80
  5. Pointe-à-Pitre GuadeloupeCarnaval · 6. jan. – 25. feb. (normalt)Parades every Sunday from Epiphany, growing until the five days at Mardi Gras.79
  6. Fort-de-France MartiniqueCarnaval · 11. jan. – 25. feb. (normalt)Sunday parades from early January build to five days that stop the town: burlesque weddings on the Monday, red devils on Shrove Tuesday, black and white on Ash Wednesday, and Vaval burned at dusk.78
  7. Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColombiaCarnaval de Barranquilla · 20. jan. – 25. feb. (normalt)Four days from the Saturday flower battle to the Tuesday burial of Joselito, with weeks of pre-carnival dances before it.76
  8. Port of Spain 🇹🇹 Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad Carnival · 6. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)The season runs from just after Christmas — panyards rehearsing nightly, Panorama, the fetes — to J'ouvert before dawn on Carnival Monday and the Parade of the Bands on Tuesday.75
  9. Roseau 🇩🇲 DominicaMas Domnik · 5. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)Dominica calls its carnival the Real Mas and keeps it closer to calypso and sensay costume than to feathers.75
  10. Basseterre Saint Kitts and NevisSugar Mas · 11. dec. – 2. jan.St Kitts holds its carnival over Christmas rather than before Lent: three weeks of calypso tents and pageants in Basseterre, J'ouvert before dawn on Boxing Day, the Grand Parade on New Year's Day and Last Lap on the second.75
  11. Little Bay MontserratMontserrat Festival · 15. dec. – 1. jan.The island's carnival runs across Christmas and finishes on New Year's Day, so it is both the last and the first in the Caribbean.75
  12. Oranjestad ArubaAruba Carnival · 3. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)The season opens with the Torch Parade through Oranjestad in the first week of January and runs to the Grand Parade on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, ending with the burning of King Momo at the harbour.73
  13. Willemstad CuraçaoCarnival · 10. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)One of the longest carnival seasons in the Caribbean: tumba competitions from early January, then the Gran Marcha through Willemstad on Carnival Sunday and the farewell parade on the eve of Ash Wednesday.73
  14. Kralendijk BonaireKarnaval · 20. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)The Tumba competition in late January picks the tune, then children's parades, then the grand parades through Rincon and Kralendijk on the weekend before Lent.73
  15. New Orleans 🇺🇸 United StatesCarnival and Mardi Gras · 6. jan. – 9. mar. (normalt)The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter.72
  16. João Pessoa 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnaval Multicultural · 15. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Blocos run from mid-January, the Folia de Rua opens at the Lagoa (Parque Solon de Lucena) in early February and the Carnaval Tradição parade of ala-ursas, maracatu groups and frevo orchestras runs through Ash Wednesday.72
  17. Maceió 🇧🇷 BrazilPinto da Madrugada · 20. jan. – 20. feb. (normalt)The pre-carnival bloco that is Maceio's real carnival day: a dawn-to-afternoon parade along the Ponta Verde and Pajucara seafront a week or so before Carnival, drawing crowds in the hundreds of thousands.72
  18. Palm Beach ArubaAruba Carnival · 5. jan. – 20. feb. (normalt)The season opens on 11 November at eleven minutes past eleven, but the parades that matter run through January and February and finish with the Grand Parade through Oranjestad on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.72
  19. Bari 🇮🇹 ItalyPutignano Carnival · 26. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)One of Europe's oldest carnivals opens on 26 December in Putignano, under an hour south of Bari, and builds to parades of giant papier-mache floats on the Sundays before Lent.70
  20. Pensacola 🇺🇸 United StatesPensacola Mardi Gras · 6. jan. – 9. mar. (normalt)The Gulf coast carnival tradition here predates New Orleans' by decades and still runs krewes and a Grand Parade through downtown on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday.70
  21. Coimbra 🇵🇹 PortugalCarnival in Ovar · 25. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)Coimbra itself keeps carnival low-key; the big parades of the Centro region are in Ovar, about an hour north, with weeks of events building to the Sunday and Tuesday corsos.66
  22. Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrazilPré-Carnaval · 10. jan. – 1. mar. (normalt)Fortaleza's own party happens before Carnival: weekends of free blocos and stages at Benfica, Praça dos Leões and the Mercado dos Pinhões.65
  23. Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnaval de rua · 20. jan. – 25. feb. (normalt)BH went from almost no street carnival to six hundred registered blocos in a decade, and it starts three weekends before the holiday itself.64
  24. Fernando de Noronha 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnival and Reveillon · 27. dec. – 5. mar. (normalt)The island is capped and its beds sell out for the new year and for carnival further ahead than any other week of the year, with flights out of Recife priced to match.64
  25. Cayenne French GuianaCarnaval de Guyane · 6. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)Six weeks rather than a weekend: Sunday parades through Cayenne and, on Saturday nights, the touloulou balls where masked women in full costume pick the men to dance and nobody may refuse.60

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Karneval i februar

  1. Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival in Santa Cruz · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)The largest carnival in Spain after Cadiz takes the capital for a fortnight, with the main parade at midweek and street parties that run until dawn.94
  2. Las Palmas 🇪🇸 SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.92
  3. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen each run a week of parades and a burial of the sardine, with the diabletes masks that belong to Teguise rather than to the other islands.91
  4. Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexicoCarnaval de Mazatlán · 4. feb. – 8. mar. (normalt)One of the oldest carnivals in the Americas, run along the Avenida del Mar with parades, the burning of bad humour and fireworks over the malecón.91
  5. La Paz, Baja California 🇲🇽 MexicoCarnaval de La Paz · 5. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)Six days of floats, comparsas and free concerts along the malecon in the week before Lent, and the seafront streets close for it.91
  6. Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday.89
  7. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo each run their own week of parades and a burial of the sardine, smaller than Tenerife's but on beaches instead of boulevards.89
  8. Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.89
  9. Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.88
  10. Oaxaca 🇲🇽 MexicoTilcajete carnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)A day trip 27 km south: on Shrove Tuesday the alebrije-carving village of San Martin Tilcajete fills with oil-blackened devils in carved masks and cowbells, plus a mock wedding parade.88
  11. Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.88
  12. Mindelo 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeMindelo Carnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)The biggest carnival in Cape Verde, built on a Brazilian model and taken very seriously by the Sao Vicente groups.88
  13. Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.88
  14. Caracas 🇻🇪 VenezuelaCarnaval · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Monday and Tuesday are national holidays and Caracas empties towards the coast and the interior.87
  15. Málaga 🇪🇸 SpainCarnaval de Malaga · 5. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)A week of satirical singing groups in the centre before Lent, ending with the burial of the anchovy on the beach at Malagueta.86
  16. Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpainCOAC carnival contest at the Falla · 8. jan. – 12. feb. (normalt)Weeks before the street carnival, chirigotas and comparsas compete nightly at the Gran Teatro Falla from early January to a final in February.86
  17. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpainNerja carnival · 5. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)An evening parade through the town in February or March, small and entirely local, in a month when the foreign residents outnumber the holidaymakers.86
  18. Boquete 🇵🇦 PanamaCarnaval · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnaval runs from Saturday to Ash Wednesday, with Monday and Tuesday as public holidays: Panamanians leave the city in large numbers, highways jam, and hotels in holiday towns book out at higher rates.85
  19. Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.84
  20. Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Four days of parades across the council, and the one in the village of Paderne is the older and better of them.84
  21. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusLimassol Carnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Ten days that end on Green Monday with a costumed parade the length of Makarios avenue.84
  22. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.84
  23. Cochabamba 🇧🇴 BoliviaCorso de Corsos · 5. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt)The valley's carnival parade runs in Quillacollo on the Sunday after Carnival week, a full day of morenada and caporales troupes with the whole department along the route and water thrown at everyone.83
  24. Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalCarnival at Loule · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)The Algarve's oldest carnival parade runs at Loule, an hour east, and it is the only thing that fills this coast in February.83
  25. Barcelona 🇪🇸 SpainSanta Eulàlia · 8.–16. feb. (normalt)The winter festa major: giants, castellers and free concerts through the old town over four days, aimed squarely at residents.82

…og 150 mere i februar.

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Karneval i marts

  1. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen each run a week of parades and a burial of the sardine, with the diabletes masks that belong to Teguise rather than to the other islands.95
  2. Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival in Santa Cruz · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)The largest carnival in Spain after Cadiz takes the capital for a fortnight, with the main parade at midweek and street parties that run until dawn.95
  3. Las Palmas 🇪🇸 SpainCarnaval de Las Palmas · 20. jan. – 5. mar. (normalt)Six weeks of galas in Parque Santa Catalina building to the night cabalgata and the burial of the sardine on Las Canteras.93
  4. Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexicoCarnaval de Mazatlán · 4. feb. – 8. mar. (normalt)One of the oldest carnivals in the Americas, run along the Avenida del Mar with parades, the burning of bad humour and fireworks over the malecón.93
  5. Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.92
  6. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpainCarnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo each run their own week of parades and a burial of the sardine, smaller than Tenerife's but on beaches instead of boulevards.91
  7. Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.91
  8. Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday.90
  9. Praia 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.90
  10. Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeCarnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)In the days before Ash Wednesday towns across the islands stage Carnival: costumed groups, drummers and floats parade through the streets, with the biggest day on the Tuesday, when streets close for the processions.90
  11. Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.89
  12. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusLimassol Carnival · 1. feb. – 15. mar. (normalt)Ten days that end on Green Monday with a costumed parade the length of Makarios avenue.89
  13. Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCarnival long weekend · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Carnival Monday and Tuesday are national holidays, making a four-day weekend near the end of summer.89
  14. Pensacola 🇺🇸 United StatesPensacola Mardi Gras · 6. jan. – 9. mar. (normalt)The Gulf coast carnival tradition here predates New Orleans' by decades and still runs krewes and a Grand Parade through downtown on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday.89
  15. Mindelo 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeMindelo Carnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)The biggest carnival in Cape Verde, built on a Brazilian model and taken very seriously by the Sao Vicente groups.89
  16. New Orleans 🇺🇸 United StatesCarnival and Mardi Gras · 6. jan. – 9. mar. (normalt)The season opens on Twelfth Night and builds for weeks; the parades that matter run the eleven days before Fat Tuesday, and the date moves with Easter.88
  17. Valletta 🇲🇹 MaltaMalta Carnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)Five days of floats and grotesque masks in the streets below the city gate, a tradition the Knights already found in place.87
  18. Heraklion 🇬🇷 GreeceClean Monday · 9. feb. – 16. mar. (normalt)Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday.86
  19. Cochabamba 🇧🇴 BoliviaCorso de Corsos · 5. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt)The valley's carnival parade runs in Quillacollo on the Sunday after Carnival week, a full day of morenada and caporales troupes with the whole department along the route and water thrown at everyone.86
  20. Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayUruguayan carnival · 20. jan. – 10. mar. (normalt)The longest carnival anywhere: forty days of murga competing nightly in neighbourhood tablados from late January, opened by a parade down 18 de Julio.86
  21. Oaxaca 🇲🇽 MexicoTilcajete carnival · 1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt)A day trip 27 km south: on Shrove Tuesday the alebrije-carving village of San Martin Tilcajete fills with oil-blackened devils in carved masks and cowbells, plus a mock wedding parade.86
  22. Syracuse 🇮🇹 ItalyAvola historic carnival · 1. feb. – 9. mar. (normalt)Half an hour down the coast, Avola runs one of Italy's officially recognised historic carnivals: floats decked in flowers and masked groups parade on the final Sunday, and the Re Carnevale puppet goes up in flames on Shrove Tuesday.86
  23. Catania 🇮🇹 ItalyCarnevale di Acireale · 1. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)Sicily's flower-and-papier-mache carnival runs for about ten days up to Shrove Tuesday in the baroque town fifteen kilometres north, reachable on the local train.86
  24. La Paz, Baja California 🇲🇽 MexicoCarnaval de La Paz · 5. feb. – 5. mar. (normalt)Six days of floats, comparsas and free concerts along the malecon in the week before Lent, and the seafront streets close for it.86
  25. Athens 🇬🇷 GreeceCarnival and Clean Monday · 8. feb. – 12. mar. (normalt)Three weeks of neighbourhood carnival end on Clean Monday, when families take kites up onto Filopappou and the hills above the city and the whole country eats lenten food outdoors.85

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Karneval i april

  1. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranceCarnaval de Nantes · 20. mar. – 20. apr. (normalt)Giant floats built by volunteers over the winter parade through the city centre from Place Foch on a spring Sunday afternoon, with a separate night parade a couple of weeks later.81
  2. Lille 🇫🇷 FranceDunkirk Carnival · 5. jan. – 15. apr. (normalt)An hour from Lille, Dunkirk's carnival season peaks on the weekends around Mardi Gras, when costumed bands march behind drum majors and the mayor throws smoked herring from the town hall balcony.80
  3. Philipsburg 🇸🇽 Sint MaartenSt. Maarten Carnival · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)A month of it, not a weekend: the village by the Great Salt Pond opens in April and runs nightly until King Momo is burned in early May.75
  4. Charlotte Amalie U.S. Virgin IslandsSt Thomas Carnival · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)The big week ends with J'ouvert before dawn and the Adults' Parade through town, with free nightly shows in the Carnival Village either side of it.75
  5. Marigot Saint MartinSt. Maarten Carnival, Philipsburg · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)The Dutch side's carnival usually runs for about a month from April, with the carnival village, calypso shows, J'ouvert and the grand parade in Philipsburg, half an hour's drive across the open border.75
  6. Kingston 🇯🇲 JamaicaCarnival in Jamaica · 25. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt)Jamaica's carnival is a soca season rather than a Lenten one: it lands after Easter and ends with the Road March through New Kingston.73
  7. Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesDubai World Cup · 20. mar. – 1. apr. (normalt)The world's richest race night closes the winter carnival at Meydan on the last Saturday in March, with a dress code taken seriously and the roads around Nad Al Sheba solid from mid-afternoon.65

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Karneval i maj

  1. Berlin 🇩🇪 GermanyKarneval der Kulturen · 10. maj – 15. jun. (normalt)Four days over the Whitsun weekend with the parade on the Sunday.86
  2. Charlotte Amalie U.S. Virgin IslandsSt Thomas Carnival · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)The big week ends with J'ouvert before dawn and the Adults' Parade through town, with free nightly shows in the Carnival Village either side of it.72
  3. Philipsburg 🇸🇽 Sint MaartenSt. Maarten Carnival · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)A month of it, not a weekend: the village by the Great Salt Pond opens in April and runs nightly until King Momo is burned in early May.71
  4. Port Douglas 🇦🇺 AustraliaPort Douglas Carnivale · 18.–28. maj (normalt)A long weekend in May with a street parade down Macrossan Street, a beach day and a lot of long tables.71
  5. Marigot Saint MartinSt. Maarten Carnival, Philipsburg · 5. apr. – 5. maj (normalt)The Dutch side's carnival usually runs for about a month from April, with the carnival village, calypso shows, J'ouvert and the grand parade in Philipsburg, half an hour's drive across the open border.71
  6. George Town Cayman IslandsCayman Carnival Batabano · 1.–25. maj (normalt)Cayman's carnival is a May road parade through George Town, with a junior parade a few weeks ahead of the main one.66
  7. Georgetown 🇬🇾 GuyanaGuyana Carnival · 18.–27. maj (normalt)A week of fetes and a road parade built around Independence Day on 26 May, the biggest party week of the year.47

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Karneval i juni

  1. Berlin 🇩🇪 GermanyKarneval der Kulturen · 10. maj – 15. jun. (normalt)Four days over the Whitsun weekend with the parade on the Sunday.91
  2. Castries 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 25. jun. – 25. jul. (normalt)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July.70
  3. Kingstown Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVincy Mas · 20. jun. – 8. jul. (normalt)The carnival builds through late June with calypso tents, Miss SVG and the King and Queen of the Bands, then takes the streets of Kingstown for J'ouvert and Mardi Gras in the first week of July.67
  4. Trinidad 🇨🇺 CubaFiestas Sanjuaneras · 20.–30. jun. (normalt)Trinidad's own carnival at the end of June: riders take the cobbled streets on horseback, floats come down from the plaza, and the casas along Calle Simon Bolivar are booked out for it.67
  5. Bridgetown 🇧🇧 BarbadosCrop Over · 20. jun. – 5. aug. (normalt)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.65

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Karneval i juli

  1. Rotterdam 🇳🇱 NetherlandsZomercarnaval · 18. jul. – 2. aug. (normalt)The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July.91
  2. Toronto 🇨🇦 CanadaToronto Caribbean Carnival · 15. jul. – 3. aug. (normalt)Three weeks of events ending with the Grande Parade along Lakeshore on the Saturday of the August civic long weekend.79
  3. Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrazilFortal · 18. jul. – 3. aug. (normalt)An out-of-season carnival in the last week of July: trios elétricos on a closed circuit, ticketed blocos, and a city full for four nights.74
  4. Castries 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 25. jun. – 25. jul. (normalt)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July.67
  5. St. John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua Carnival · 24. jul. – 6. aug. (normalt)Calypso finals, pageants and pan through the last week of July, building to J'ouvert before dawn on the first Monday of August and the Last Lap through St.66
  6. Sousse 🇹🇳 TunisiaCarnival of Aoussou · 23.–26. jul. (normalt)Floats, brass bands and folk troupes parade along Boujaafar beach on 24 July, a habit that goes back to a Roman feast for Neptune.66
  7. Soufrière 🇱🇨 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Carnival · 1.–25. jul. (normalt)Saint Lucia moved its carnival off Lent and into July, so the build-up runs most of the month and the parade days land in the middle.65
  8. Kingstown Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVincy Mas · 20. jun. – 8. jul. (normalt)The carnival builds through late June with calypso tents, Miss SVG and the King and Queen of the Bands, then takes the streets of Kingstown for J'ouvert and Mardi Gras in the first week of July.65
  9. Road Town British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Festival · 23. jul. – 8. aug. (normalt)The territory's carnival marks emancipation in 1834 and fills the Road Town festival grounds for a fortnight around the August Monday holiday, with parades, a village and a rise-before-dawn jouvert.65
  10. The Valley AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24. jul. – 9. aug. (normalt)Anguilla's carnival: two weeks of calypso finals, pageants and the Parade of Troupes building to J'ouvert before dawn and a string of boat races that double as the island's national sport.65
  11. Shoal Bay AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24. jul. – 10. aug. (normalt)The island's carnival builds to August Monday, the emancipation holiday, with J'ouvert, the parade of troupes and above all the sloop races sailed off the beaches.65
  12. Bridgetown 🇧🇧 BarbadosCrop Over · 20. jun. – 5. aug. (normalt)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.63

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Karneval i august

  1. London 🇬🇧 United KingdomNotting Hill Carnival · 25.–31. aug. (normalt)Europe's largest street carnival takes the late-August bank holiday weekend, with steel bands on the Saturday and the main parade on the Monday.93
  2. Rotterdam 🇳🇱 NetherlandsZomercarnaval · 18. jul. – 2. aug. (normalt)The Caribbean street parade the city's Antillean and Cape Verdean communities built, held on a Saturday in late July.93
  3. Toronto 🇨🇦 CanadaToronto Caribbean Carnival · 15. jul. – 3. aug. (normalt)Three weeks of events ending with the Grande Parade along Lakeshore on the Saturday of the August civic long weekend.86
  4. Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrazilFortal · 18. jul. – 3. aug. (normalt)An out-of-season carnival in the last week of July: trios elétricos on a closed circuit, ticketed blocos, and a city full for four nights.77
  5. St. John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua Carnival · 24. jul. – 6. aug. (normalt)Calypso finals, pageants and pan through the last week of July, building to J'ouvert before dawn on the first Monday of August and the Last Lap through St.65
  6. The Valley AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24. jul. – 9. aug. (normalt)Anguilla's carnival: two weeks of calypso finals, pageants and the Parade of Troupes building to J'ouvert before dawn and a string of boat races that double as the island's national sport.64
  7. Shoal Bay AnguillaAnguilla Summer Festival · 24. jul. – 10. aug. (normalt)The island's carnival builds to August Monday, the emancipation holiday, with J'ouvert, the parade of troupes and above all the sloop races sailed off the beaches.64
  8. Road Town British Virgin IslandsEmancipation Festival · 23. jul. – 8. aug. (normalt)The territory's carnival marks emancipation in 1834 and fills the Road Town festival grounds for a fortnight around the August Monday holiday, with parades, a village and a rise-before-dawn jouvert.62
  9. Bridgetown 🇧🇧 BarbadosCrop Over · 20. jun. – 5. aug. (normalt)The old sugar-harvest festival, now the island's carnival: Bridgetown Market on the wharf, calypso tents through July, then Grand Kadooment on the first Monday of August from the National Stadium to Spring Garden.61
  10. St. George's 🇬🇩 GrenadaSpicemas · 1.–15. aug. (normalt)Grenada's carnival lands in August, and J'ouvert here means Jab Jab — old engine oil, chains and horns through St George's before dawn on the Monday.60

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Karneval i september

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaKüska, the Swakopmund carnival · 20. sep. – 6. okt. (normalt)The German-Namibian carnival: a princes' ball, comedy evenings held in German, and a street parade of decorated floats to close it.96

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Karneval i oktober

  1. Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaKüska, the Swakopmund carnival · 20. sep. – 6. okt. (normalt)The German-Namibian carnival: a princes' ball, comedy evenings held in German, and a street parade of decorated floats to close it.97
  2. Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpring Racing and the Cup · 25. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt)The carnival runs for a fortnight and the Cup itself, on the first Tuesday of November, is a public holiday across the metro area.87
  3. Key West 🇺🇸 United StatesFantasy Fest · 13.–27. okt. (normalt)Ten days of costume parties ending in a parade down Duval, and comfortably the busiest and dearest week of the Key West year.64
  4. Puerto Viejo 🇨🇷 Costa RicaLimón Carnival · 5.–20. okt. (normalt)About an hour up the coast in Limón, a week of calypso, parades and street food around Día de las Culturas on 12 October.52

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Karneval i november

  1. Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpring Racing and the Cup · 25. okt. – 10. nov. (normalt)The carnival runs for a fortnight and the Cup itself, on the first Tuesday of November, is a public holiday across the metro area.91
  2. Natal 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnatal · 28. nov. – 10. dec. (normalt)The city's out-of-season carnival runs three nights around the Arena das Dunas in early December, trios electricos towing blocos behind them.73
  3. Maastricht 🇳🇱 Netherlands11/11 carnival season opening · 11. nov.At 11:11 on 11 November the carnival season opens, and costumed Maastrichtenaren fill the cafes around the Vrijthof on a working day.61
  4. Cologne 🇩🇪 GermanyCarnival opens on 11 November · 11. nov.The carnival session opens at 11.11 on the eleventh of November in the Alter Markt and the Zuelpicher Strasse, a full drinking day in the middle of an otherwise quiet month.60

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Karneval i december

  1. Providenciales Turks and Caicos IslandsMaskanoo · 26. dec.Grace Bay Road closes on Boxing Day evening for junkanoo bands, stilt walkers, food stalls and fireworks.75
  2. Bari 🇮🇹 ItalyPutignano Carnival · 26. dec. – 10. mar. (normalt)One of Europe's oldest carnivals opens on 26 December in Putignano, under an hour south of Bari, and builds to parades of giant papier-mache floats on the Sundays before Lent.73
  3. Basseterre Saint Kitts and NevisSugar Mas · 11. dec. – 2. jan.St Kitts holds its carnival over Christmas rather than before Lent: three weeks of calypso tents and pageants in Basseterre, J'ouvert before dawn on Boxing Day, the Grand Parade on New Year's Day and Last Lap on the second.73
  4. Little Bay MontserratMontserrat Festival · 15. dec. – 1. jan.The island's carnival runs across Christmas and finishes on New Year's Day, so it is both the last and the first in the Caribbean.72
  5. Fernando de Noronha 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnival and Reveillon · 27. dec. – 5. mar. (normalt)The island is capped and its beds sell out for the new year and for carnival further ahead than any other week of the year, with flights out of Recife priced to match.71
  6. Natal 🇧🇷 BrazilCarnatal · 28. nov. – 10. dec. (normalt)The city's out-of-season carnival runs three nights around the Arena das Dunas in early December, trios electricos towing blocos behind them.70

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