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  January 2008

  January 27 - Feb 02
Police Week
 

  February 2008

  February 02: St. Gerard’s Garden Party at the Church grounds
February 23-24: ABC Annual Flower and Garden Show
 

  March 2008

  March 24: Easter Monday - Easter Monday Boat Racing
March 27-30: Moonsplash Annual Music Festival   www.bankiebanx.net
Occurs on the weekend of the full moon in March. The festival showcases Caribbean and international talent at the Dune Preserve, rendezvous Bay Beach.
 

  May 2008

  May 01: Labour Day
May 09 -11: Anguilla Yacht Regatta
May 12: Whit Monday
May 24: Miss Leeward Island Talented Teen
May 30: Anguilla Day
Commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution which took place on May 30th, 1967.
 

  June 2008

  June 14: Miss Venus Swim Suit Competition
June 16: Celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Birthday
8:00 am parade at the Ronald Webster’s Park
 

  July 2008

  July 05: OECS Cycling Race
July 06: John T. Annual Cycling Race
July 13: Miss Tiny Tott Pageant
July 20: NBA Peter Perkins Boatrace
July 26: Miss Ecstasy - regional talent & beauty pageant
July 27: Miss Anguilla Swim Suit Competition
A pre Summer Festival event that showcases the contestants of the Miss Anguilla Pageant.
 

  August 2008

  Anguilla Summer Festival
Colourful expressions of Anguilla culture through dance, song, parades & Boatracing!
August 03: Heineken Cup Boat Race
At Sandy Ground
August 04: August Monday
Jouvert Morning - at the crack of dawn, people from all over the island dance in the streets of the Valley until noon.
August 04: August Monday Boat Race
At Sandy Ground
August 07: August Thursday
August Thursday Boat Race - the national sport of the island. Handmade racing boats compete everyday of carnival for the grand prize. Great Party also! August 07: Miss Anguilla Pageant
at the Landsome Bowl Cultural Center. The crowning event of carnival festivities - talented young ladies compete for the title of "Miss Anguilla"
August 08: Parade of Troupes
Colorful parade of troupes through The Valley.
 

  November 2008

  November: 13-16 Tranquility Jazz Festival   www.anguillajazz.org
Enjoy the mellow rhythms of jazz set against the backdrop of one of Anguilla's unique sunsets...great music, great people, great atmosphere...
November 24-30: Tourism Week
November 30: Anguilla's Race against Aids
Public awareness campaign to raise funds for AIDS related services.
 

  December 2008

  December 01-08: Biennial Arts Festival
December 04-13: Festival de Noel
December 24: Annual Lightening of the Christmas Tree in the Valley next to the Trough
 
 

2008 Public Holidays

January 1
New Year's Day

March 3
James Ronald Webster School Holiday

March 21
Good Friday

March 24
Easter Monday

May 1
Labour Day

May 12
Whit Monday

May 30
Anguilla Day

June 16
Celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday

August 4
August Monday

August 7
August Thursday

August 8
Constitution Day

December 19
Separation Day, National Heroes and Heroines Day

December 25
Christmas Day

December 26
Boxing Day

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