Though Phillip Mostert has lived in the Virgin Islands for nine years, Friday was his first time attending the Carrot Bay Cultural Fiesta. But the South African did not come …
August 15, 2024
August 9, 2024
VI celebrates 190 years of freedom, thousands attend
Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe has operated a booth at the August Emancipation Festival nearly every year for more than four decades. Asked this year about her favourite memory from that time, …
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May 3, 2024
August Festival to mark 70 this year
There will be much to celebrate during this year’s August Emancipation Festival. “We’re celebrating not just the 70th anniversary of Festival, but we’re celebrating 190 years of emancipation, 190 years …
March 29, 2024
$670k budgeted for music festival
Government has allocated $670,000 for the Virgin Islands Music Festival in May but hopes to earn it all back through ticket sales, sponsorships and other revenue streams, Premier Dr. Natalio …
