When does Junkanoo hit the street?
In Nassau the parade rushes after midnight on Boxing Day and again at New Year. Christmas Day 2026 is Friday 25 December, so Boxing Day is Saturday 26 December. The New Year rush follows 1 January 2027. Goatskin drums, cowbells and crepe paper are the materials. Turks and Caicos keeps Junkanoo as well.
Other islands have masquerades with other names. Calling all of them Junkanoo to fill a Caribbean page is how a specific night disappears. The collection is for a stay the directory already places in the Bahamas or Turks and Caicos. Barbados Independence was 30 November, a different country and a month earlier.