The Barbados Crop Over Festival

Background

The Sweetest

SUMMER FESTIVAL

The present day Crop Over Festival is a uniquely Barbadian festival that emerged out of the tensions in the meeting and merging of the island’s British and West African heritage. In ancient times, when several societies were predominately agrarian, cultures the world-over patterned their daily lives including agricultural practice in extremely complex and scientific ways that related in specific ways to their spiritual world-views.

Background

History of

THE FESTIVAL

The present day Crop Over Festival is a uniquely Barbadian festival that emerged out of the tensions in the meeting and merging of the island’s British and West African heritage. In ancient times, when several societies were predominately agrarian, cultures the world-over patterned their daily lives including agricultural practice in extremely complex and scientific ways that related in specific ways to their spiritual world-views.

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Crop Over

BANDS LIST

The Crop Over Festival is a 3 month-long festival of Barbadian music, arts, food, culture and so much more. Barbados ends the festivities with a grand carnival parade know as Kadooment Day. Kadooment is known as the biggest and sweetest carnival to end the Caribbean’s carnival season in August each year. The event starts early morning at the National Stadium and beautiful masquerade bands traverse the local city streets ending on Spring Garden highway late in the afternoon. Take a look at the Barbados Kadooment band list below for all of Crop Over Kadooement bands who participated in 2019

GRAND KADOOMENT

FOREDAY MORNING

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FESTIVAL EVENTS

13 Jul 2025

schedule2:00 pmmy_locationNational Botanical Gardens

Republic Bank Pandemonium

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19 Jul 2025

today D H M S schedule7:00 pmmy_locationWildey Gymnasium

Scotiabank Junior Monarch Finals

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01 Aug 2025

today D H M S schedule8:00 pmmy_locationNational Botanical Gardens

Pic-O-De-Crop Finals

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05 Aug 2025

today D H M S schedule5:09 am

Soca 25

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Crop Over 2024 Sponsorship

Are you interested in sponsoring the Crop Over Festival? For more information on how you can be a part of the Sweetest Summer Festival, email sponsorship@ncf.bb or call 233-0457.

 

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Contact us

The National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace,
St. James, Barbados
246-417-6610