Carnival events

Enjoy the best events Curaçao’s Carnival season has to offer. Remember, they’re best experienced by joining in and dancing to your heart’s content.

We are just as ready as you are. It’s finally here and we cannot wait any longer to open our 2023 Carnival Season with you.

Curaçao’s youngest Tumba singers compete for the honor of being named this year’s Youth King- or Queen of Tumba.

Today the King and Queen of the teenagers’ carnival will be crowned in this popular pageant.

Who will be named the royalty of this year’s Carnival Season and be feted during the season’s events?

The youngest of us have their own Queen, Prince, and Pancho to preside over all the youth activities.

The Tumba Festival is one of the biggest musical events in Curaçao and a highlight of the Curaçao Carnival!

The first parade of the carnival season is done on horseback through the streets of downtown Willemstad.

The youngest revelers walk and dance along the Carnival route. Like their older counterparts, they wear full, elaborate costumes

The Curaçao Carnival parade for teenagers is an evening parade and always a great street party.

The Bandabou region has its own parade through the streets of Barber and surrounding areas.

The Gran Marcha is the main daytime parade of the Curaçao Carnival. Revelry guaranteed!

Before the final parade, the teenagers and children get a chance to say farewell to this year’s Curaçao Carnival season.

The final parade of Curaçao’s Carnival is held in the evening – one last parade before Ash Wednesday the following day.

We close off the Curaçao Carnival Season where we opened it, at the Curaçao Festival Center.