Top
Spicemas carnival on holiday in Grenada
28 Jul

Carnival Capers in Grenada

Spicemas Brings the Party!

If there’s one Caribbean island you want to ensure you visit in August, it has to be Grenada. Every August, the island of Grenada comes alive with colour, music and pageantry with one of the biggest carnivals in the West Indies –  Spicemas! The biggest and best annual festival to be held on Grenada, the Spicemas Carnival attracts visitors in their thousands not just from all over the Caribbean but from around the world. The tiny Caribbean island becomes awash with colour, dancing and music and everyone, it seems, is keen to join in the celebrations.

Carnival kicks off in July on the island when various Calypso bands compete to perform in the National Calypso Monarch Competition and the island’s youth work hard to win the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch shows. However, August is the big month on the carnival calendar with the most important week of carnival proceeded by important events such as the National Carnival Queen Show, the Soca Monarch Finals and the Panorama Steel Band Competition. The Rainbow City Festival gets the party started in Grenada’s second largest town of Grenville with a craft and cultural fair and endless parties in the streets. Carnival Sunday (13th August 2017) sees the final countdown to the Spicemas Carnival’s biggest two days with the Dimarche Gras Show where the King and Queen on Carnival are selected.
 

Then it’s time for the biggie – Carnival Monday (14th August 2017) otherwise known as the J’Ourvert, commencing with the Devil Mas bands parading in the early hours of the morning, dressed like masqueraders and dancing grotesquely. All part of the show, they are then followed by the playful Blue, Yellow and Green Devils who dance through the streets until sunrise to the sounds of the steel bands.  The Traditional and Fancy Mas Bands come out to play once the sun has risen and with each parish of the island represented, the bands dance through the streets from their respective villages into the capital St George’s, where the main show takes place. The modern bands then parade the streets, dancing to the latest calypso sounds and the King & Queen of Carnival make their appearance. The day ends with the Monday Night Mas street jump-up where everyone wears brightly coloured clothes, waves fluorescent wands and dances in the streets until the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Grab a few hours’ sleep because on Tuesday, the party starts all over again and the streets of St George’s become filled with traditional steel bands and mobile DJ’s playing the island’s favourite songs. The party carries on long into the night until the early hours and is one of the most popular days on the Carnival calendar.
Spicemas Carnival is an integral part of life in Grenada and reflects the island’s rich cultural history and heritage. It is a wonderful experience for any visitor to the island and is a great reason to book a holiday there in the month of August.
SN Travel offer a wide variety of excellent accommodations in Grenada as well as competitively priced flights to the island. We are also more than happy to consider bespoke packages for your Spicemas trip so please do call us on 0207 254 0136 for further information.

Ms- Glitter
Ms- Glitter
22/12/2024
Booked my Caribbean holiday through SNT, they are professional , keep you updated constantly. I will defo use their services again. Thanks so much
hasna de four
hasna de four
07/12/2024
Extremely efficient
Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith
26/11/2024
Recently used SN Travel for the second time to help us with our annual holiday The booking process with Laura was great as always but everything after that was very poor. The hotel we stayed at was in the middle of a major upgrade with work starting early in the morning and lasting all day. It was noisy and dusty and not how I want to spend my holiday. The work was right outside our room and all round the swimming pool, see photos. Whilst I fully understand that this is not the fault of SN Travel other holiday makers had been warned and either moved to other buildings on the complex or changed hotels. Either SN Travel decided not to tell us this or they are not very well informed by their local agent. Either way you should question why you need to use them rather than go direct to the hotel or book online Our transfer from the airport, which they organised, was also a shambles but again they are taking no responsibility for that either. Make your own judgement as to whether you want to use this company, I think there are many better ones out there. We certainly won’t ever use them again
Patsy Bowrin
Patsy Bowrin
23/11/2024
Nadeene is such a great caring supporting Travel Agency she’s a credit to employees nadeene is so supportive and understanding, and we go that extra mile
Rodney Robinson
Rodney Robinson
17/11/2024
SN travel are a brilliant company to deal with, they are really efficient in coming back to you with information or improved prices that you have requested, They alway have great deals on flights and accommodation no matter where you are going. I have used SN travel many times now and I am always happy to recommend them.
SP
SP
14/11/2024
I always book with SN Travel, Very reliable. Jsade is always very helpful, he is the person that will always help with my booking.
Noura Qatib
Noura Qatib
08/11/2024
Nice agency
Rianna
Rianna
08/11/2024
Nadeene is amazing to deal with. Not like most other travel agents who fob you off just to take your money. She genuinely makes an effort to cater to your specific needs. I highly recommend booking with SN Travel & Nadeene especially.
Dawn Thomas
Dawn Thomas
07/11/2024
Sntravel exceeded the dream. We recently had 78 passengers in our group who booked with SNTravel to travel to Antigua for a 60th birthday staying at St James's Club and other parts of the island. Yvonne made the dream become the reality, dilligently working to accommodate everyone's need. An exceptional job and everyone has said until the next time. Thank Andrew & Dawn
Kelisha
Kelisha
25/10/2024
Great service from SN Travel ( Laura) who helped plan a great holiday to Bodrum, Turkey, BTW this is my 3rd time booking with them.
X