Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BVI Music Festival
MUSIC
(
www.bvimusicfestival.com
;
late May)
This festival brings big-name acts such as Percy
Sledge and Wyclef Jean to wail at Cane Garden Bay in late May.
Highland Spring HIHO
WINDSURFING
(
www.go-hiho.com/hshiho
;
late Jun)
Windsurfers and stand-up paddleboarders converge
for the weeklong Hook-In-Hold-On races, which zip around Virgin Gorda, Anegada and
the Out Islands, too.
BVI Emancipation Festival
CULTURAL
(
www.bvitourism.com
;
lateJul-earlyAug)
The BVI's premier cultural event, when Tor-
tola rocks from East End to West End, celebrating its African-Caribbean heritage. Activit-
ies feature everything from a beauty pageant and car show to 'rise & shine tramps' (noisy
parades led by reggae bands in the back of a truck that start at 3am) to horse racing. The
celebration marks the 1834 Emancipation Act that abolished slavery in the BVI; it coin-
cides with a string of public holidays.
Virgin Islands Fungi Fest
MUSIC
(
www.vifungifest.com
;
mid-Nov)
The weekend-long Fungi Fest brings musicians from
around the islands to a Road Town park for nonstop concerts.
TORTOLA IN…
One Day
Browse
Main St
or sniff your way around the
Botanic Gardens
in
Road Town
.
Taxi over to
Cane Garden Bay
for fun in the sun. Stay for dinner and listen to live
music at one of the famous beach bars -
Quito's Gazebo
,
Myett's
or
Elm's
will
have someone rocking the stage.
