Events & festivals
7 Curaçao festivals and events, mapped by month and region, from the island's vibrant Carnival and the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival to the Seú harvest parade and Dia di Bandera celebrations.
Curaçao Carnival
Curaçao's biggest and longest party: weeks of tumba music, dazzling costumes, street jump-ups, and two grand parades that fill Willemstad with colour before the symbolic burning of King Momo.
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Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival
Three nights of world-class music, with international jazz, pop, soul, and Latin headliners playing parallel stages in late summer. The Caribbean edition of one of the most famous names in jazz.
Explore event →Curaçao Pride
A welcoming LGBTQ+ celebration each autumn, blending beach parties, sunset boat trips, and nightlife with the island's relaxed, inclusive spirit and signature blue water backdrop.
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Dia di Bandera (Flag Day)
Curaçao's national flag day on 2 July, when the island honours its blue-and-yellow flag with open-air concerts, folklore, food stalls, and family festivities at parks across the island.
Explore event →Dia di San Juan
Curaçao keeps the feast of Saint John on the eve of 23 June, a tradition brought over from Bonaire and kept alive by the Bonairean community here: a bonfire after dark, and leaping the flames to kore ku fuku, chase off bad luck and call in rain.
Explore event →King's Day (Koningsdag)
A sea of orange on 27 April: Curaçao's Dutch-heritage celebration of the King's birthday, with street markets, music, family games, and parties from morning to night.
Explore event →Seú Harvest Parade
On Easter Monday, Curaçao honours its harvest roots with the Seú parade: a slow, hypnotic procession of folkloric harvest music, traditional dress, and dancers swaying behind drums, wiri, and the chapi hoe.
Explore event →Build the trip around Carnival, Seú or Flag Day
Carnival in February, the North Sea Jazz Festival in late summer, the Seú harvest parade after Easter, and Dia di Bandera in July. Tell us your dates and we'll point you to the festivals worth building a trip around.