By NAN ET Editor
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. July 1, 2016: Its summer, which means Carnival time in most cities where Caribbean nationals live outside of the region. Of course the biggest Caribbean Diaspora carnivals every summer takes place in Toronto – Caribana; the UK – Nottinghill and NYC – the West Indian American Day Carnival. But Caribbean carnivals also happen annually in many other cities across the US, UK and Canada. Here is a list of the 2016 carnivals set to get underway, beginning this weekend:
1: Montreal, Canada (Carifest)
July 2nd, 2016
2: Baltimore / Washington DC Carnival
July 9th, 2016
3: Atlantic City, NJ
July 15, 2016
4: Jersey City, NJ
July 23, 2016
5: Caribana Toronto
July 30, 2016
6: Vancouver, BC
July 23-24, 2016
7: Edmonton (Cariwest)
Aug 5-7, 2016
8: Detroit, MI Caribbean Cultural Festival
Aug 12-14, 2016
9: Chicago, IL Windy City Carnival
August 20, 2016
10: Jacksonville Carnival
Aug 13th, 2016
11: Virginia CaribFest Carnival
Aug 20th, 2016
12: CaribMask Caribbean Carnival, Raleigh, NC
August 27th
13: Worcester Carnival (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
Aug 28th, 2016
14: Notting Hill (London, UK)
Aug  28th – 29th, 2016
15: West Indian American Carnival, NY (Labor Day)
Sept. 5th, 2016
16: Cambridge Carnival
Sep 11th, 2016
17: Dallas Carnival
Sep 22-25th, 2016
18: Miami Carnival, FL
Oct 9th, 2016
