Junkanoo Boxing Day 2024 & New Years Day 2025

Live Stream Parade, Start Time, TV Coverage, Schedule

Junkanoo is a peculiarly Caribbean new years tradition in the Bahamas, with parades taking place in capital city New Providence every boxing day and new year's day, bringing a cavalcade of colour, music and dancing to the streets.

The origins of the tradition can be traced as far back as the 17th century, and the modern version tries to retain as many of the customary features as possible, especially in the costumes that are worn.

As a wider tradition you will find Junkanoo events in various places around the world and at different times of year, basically anywhere with a strong Caribbean influence may well choose to jump on the Junkanoo bandwagon. Notable events worth checking out are those in Miami and Key West, where there is a strong Bahamian heritage for much of the local populace.

Dates

As always, the main Junkanoo parades are on Boxing Day, 26th December, and new year's day, 1st January.

Parade Route, Schedule

Head to Bay Street, downtown..

TV & Live Streaming

The Bahamas Local website has in the past advertised a live stream for this event, we're hoping to see it return again, fingers crossed, here:

Junkanoo live stream

Although we do have some doubts as to whether this will run live on the day as the last archived video on the site is from 2010 - we will keep an eye on it though and update as appropriate.

It's probably also worth trying out the ZNS Bahamas network, which also has a live stream and has been carrying regular updates about the Junkanoo parade:

ZNS live stream

Hotels and Accommodation

If you're in the Bahamas over the New Year period and looking for somewhere to stay to attend any of the Junkanoo events you can check out availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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