Qué hay en Soufrière, Santa Lucía, a lo largo del año

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  Nobel Laureate Festival

  1–31 Ene · normalmenteFestival de artes

  January honours the island's two Nobel winners, Sir Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott, both born on 23 January: readings, lectures, a writers' showcase and school events, mostly in and around Castries. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Independence Day

• Naturaleza

  Humpback whales pass

  1 Feb – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de ballenas

  Humpbacks migrate past the island from February to April, while resident pilot whales, sperm whales and spinner dolphins are around all year. The calmer seas of the dry months make the leeward coast the easier place to look. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  22 FebFiesta nacionalCierres

  Saint Lucia marks independence from Britain on 22 February with a public holiday and a formal ceremony in Castries. In Soufrière it is mostly a day off, with shops and offices shut. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whales pass (1 Feb – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Festival

  Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival

  25 Abr – 12 May · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  Ten days of music staged around the island at the end of the dry season, with side events reaching the west coast villages. It is the one time outside winter that the south of the island books out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Humpback whales pass (1 Feb – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival (25 Abr – 12 May (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Atlantic hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  Beryl came through at the end of June 2024 and Tomas before it, and the steep ground behind the town is what turns a tropical storm into landslides and blocked roads. Mid-August to mid-October is the concentrated part. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Saint Lucia Carnival, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Saint Lucia Carnival

  1–22 JulMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. The staging is in Castries, but the island travels for it and the buses go with them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festival

  La Rose flower festival

  28 Ago – 1 SepGran festival

  One of the island's two flower societies takes 30 August, dresses in red and processes with song from church to feast. Its rival in white, La Marguerite, gets 17 October, and villages keep to one side or the other. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), La Rose flower festival (28 Ago – 1 Sep)

Concurrido — Creole Heritage Month

• Festival

  Creole Heritage Month

  1–31 OctGran festivalMucha gente

  October is given over to Kweyol: food, language and music events across the island, ending on Jounen Kweyol when chosen villages cook and play all day. Soufriere and the fishing towns round it are often among them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Atlantic hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Festival of Lights and Renewal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Festival of Lights and Renewal

  12–13 DicLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  On the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday. Castries is about an hour's drive north. Fuente ↗