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Trinidad Carnival 2027 Dates

Trinidad Carnival 2027 falls on Monday 8 February 2027 and Tuesday 9 February. Here is every key date of that week, worked out from Easter Sunday.

Mon 8 - Tue 9 Feb 2027

2027 at a glance

Carnival Friday
Panorama Saturday
Dimanche Gras
J'ouvert (Monday, pre-dawn)
Carnival Monday
Carnival Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Easter Sunday

Carnival week 2027, day by day

These are the traditions each day is known for. Exact times and venues are set by the organisers each year, so confirm them with your band or the event before you plan around them.

  1. Friday

    Canboulay re-enactment

    Traditionally staged before dawn at Piccadilly Greens in east Port of Spain, retelling the 1881 Canboulay Riots with flambeau bearers, drummers and stickfighters.

    The story of Canboulay

  2. Saturday

    Panorama finals

    The large band final of the national steelband competition is traditionally held on this night at the Queen's Park Savannah.

  3. Sunday

    Dimanche Gras

    The Sunday-night show where the National Calypso Monarch and the King and Queen of Carnival are traditionally crowned.

  4. Monday

    J'ouvert, then Monday mas

    Carnival opens in the dark with mud, paint and old mas, traditionally from around 4:00 AM AST. After a wash and a rest, bands take to the streets again in Monday wear.

    J'ouvert explained

  5. Tuesday

    Parade of the Bands

    The full-costume day. Bands cross the judging points from morning into the evening, and the song played most often at those points becomes the Road March.

  6. Wednesday

    Ash Wednesday

    Lent begins and the costumes go back in the bag until next year.

How 2027 sits in the calendar

Easter Sunday 2027 is on Sunday 28 March. That puts Carnival on the early side of its possible window, early February to early March. That is 8 days earlier in the year than Carnival 2026, which was on Mon 16 Feb and Tue 17 Feb 2026.

From Boxing Day 2026 to J'ouvert morning there are 44 days of fete season. Lent then begins on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday 10 February.

Events for Carnival 2027

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