What's on in The Valley (Anguilla), Anguilla through the year

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Winter high season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Winter high season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Festival del Mar, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Moonsplash music festival

  1–31 Mar · usuallyBook early

  Bankie Banx's reggae festival at the Dune Preserve on Rendezvous Bay, held since 1991 and timed around a spring full moon; the island's small hotel stock fills that weekend. Source ↗

• Festival

  Festival del Mar

  20 Mar – 26 Apr · usuallyFood & drink festivalCrowded

  Easter weekend seafood festival in the fishing village of Island Harbour: lobster and crayfish cook-offs, fishing contests, boat races and live music, mostly locals. Source ↗

Still on: Winter high season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Festival del Mar

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Festival del Mar (20 Mar – 26 Apr (usually)), Winter high season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Anguilla Day and boat race

• Hazard

  Sargassum season

  1 May – 30 Sep · usually

  Anguilla is hit less hard than islands further south, but weed still lands on the south and northeast coasts most years - Savannah Bay, Sandy Hill Bay and Shoal Bay East are the names locals watch. How bad a season gets varies week to week rather than by the month. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Anguilla Day and boat race

  30 MayNational holidayClosuresCrowded

  The thirtieth of May marks the start of the 1967 revolution and is the biggest day on the boat-racing calendar: hand-built wooden sloops start a round-the-island race from Sandy Ground at nine in the morning. Government offices and most businesses close for it. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  Irma made a direct Category 5 hit in September 2017, doing an estimated US$320 million in damage and knocking out the House of Assembly and the ferry terminal at Blowing Point for months. Most seasons pass without a direct strike, but the island is low and flat with nowhere to hide from one that does. Source ↗

Still on: Sargassum season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Anguilla Summer Festival, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Anguilla Summer Festival

  24 Jul – 9 Aug · usuallyCarnivalCrowdedBook early

  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. The Valley and Sandy Ground carry most of it. Source ↗

Still on: Sargassum season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Anguilla Summer Festival, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Closure

  Off-season hotel closures

  16 Aug – 15 Oct · usually

  Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them. Rates at what stays open are the lowest of the year, and villas and a handful of restaurants keep going regardless. Source ↗

Still on: Sargassum season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Anguilla Summer Festival (24 Jul – 9 Aug (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sargassum season (1 May – 30 Sep (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Off-season hotel closures (16 Aug – 15 Oct (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Off-season hotel closures (16 Aug – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Winter high season

  15 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyWinter-sun seasonBook early

  Dry, breezy months and the island's peak: villa and resort rates are at their highest and the best places book out over Christmas and New Year. Source ↗