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Trinidad Carnival 2028 Dates

Trinidad Carnival 2028 falls on Monday 28 February 2028 and Tuesday 29 February. Here is every key date of that week, worked out from Easter Sunday.

Mon 28 - Tue 29 Feb 2028

2028 at a glance

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

Carnival week 2028, 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 2028 sits in the calendar

Easter Sunday 2028 is on Sunday 16 April. That puts Carnival on the late side of its possible window, early February to early March. That is 20 days later in the year than Carnival 2027, which was on Mon 8 Feb and Tue 9 Feb 2027.

From Boxing Day 2027 to J'ouvert morning there are 64 days of fete season. Lent then begins on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday 1 March.

Events for Carnival 2028

Fetes and launches for 2028 are added as organisers announce them. The events calendar always has what is coming up next.

Upcoming events