Aruba 365
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Aruba 365
8 Aruba festivals and events, mapped by month and region, from the island's vibrant Carnival and the Soul Beach Music Festival to Aruba Hi-Winds windsurfing and the traditional Dande celebrations of the New Year.
A vibrant street-art and culture festival in San Nicolas, the island's mural capital, with live painting, murals, music, food, and creative installations filling the southern town.
Explore event →Aruba's biggest celebration: weeks of calypso and roadmarch music, dazzling feathered costumes, jump-ups, and grand parades that fill Oranjestad and San Nicolas with colour before Ash Wednesday.
Explore event →A long-running watersports competition on the windswept northwest coast, where windsurfers and kitesurfers race in Aruba's famously steady trade winds off Fishermen's Huts at Hadicurari.
Explore event →Aruba's national holiday on 25 January, honouring independence leader Gilberto Francois Betico Croes with flag-waving, folklore, music, and patriotic events across the island.
Explore event →A weekly welcome celebration of Aruban folklore in Oranjestad, with traditional music and dance, local food, crafts, and culture staged in the courtyard of historic Fort Zoutman.
Explore event →Aruba's New Year tradition, when dande groups travel house to house singing improvised good-fortune verses, and a national contest crowns the year's best singers and musicians.
Explore event →Aruba's St John's Day harvest tradition on 24 June, marked with the folkloric Dera Gai ritual dance, the rolling rhythm of harvest songs, and bright yellow and red dress.
Explore event →Aruba's flagship music event over the late-May Memorial Day weekend: R&B, soul, and hip-hop headliners alongside top comedians, beach parties, and pool events on the Palm Beach strip.
Explore event →Carnival from January into February, the Soul Beach Music Festival in late May, Aruba Hi-Winds windsurfing in the summer trade winds, and the weekly Bon Bini Festival year round. Tell us your dates and we'll point you to the festivals worth building a trip around.