Events in St. Maarten by month
Yearly calendar of St. Maarten and St. Martin events: Carnival, Heineken Regatta, SXM Festival, Soul Beach and St. Maarten Day.
St. Maarten and St. Martin hold recurring events through the year: French-side Carnival before Lent, the Heineken Regatta and SXM Festival in March, Dutch-side Carnival around April, Soul Beach Music Festival in late May, Emancipation Day on July 1, and St. Maarten / St. Martin Day on November 11. Exact dates change each year; check the organizers.
By SXM Daily. Updated .
January
- New Year's Day: Public holiday on both sides, January 1.
February
- Saint-Martin Carnival: French-side carnival in the weeks before Lent; February or early March depending on the year.
March
- St. Maarten Heineken Regatta: International sailing regatta with evening parties, usually early March.
- SXM Festival: Multi-day electronic music festival, usually in March.
April
- St. Maarten Carnival: Dutch-side carnival, usually from mid-April into early May, with Carnival Village in Philipsburg.
- King's Day: Dutch-side public holiday on April 27.
May
- Soul Beach Music Festival: Music festival over the US Memorial Day weekend, late May.
- Abolition of Slavery Day: French-side holiday on May 28.
July
- Emancipation Day: Dutch-side public holiday on July 1.
- Bastille Day: French national day on July 14, celebrated in Marigot.
- Schoelcher Day: French-side holiday on July 21, often marked in Grand Case.
October
- Constitution Day: Sint Maarten's country status, October 10.
November
- St. Maarten / St. Martin Day: Island-wide holiday on November 11.
December
- Christmas and New Year's Eve: Holiday events and fireworks across the island.