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Calabash International Literary Festival

Web: http://www.calabashfestival.org/

A three-day festival of readings and music with other forms of storytelling folded in the mix, Calabash is earthy, inspirational, daring and diverse. It’s the only annual international literary festival in the English-speaking Caribbean. All festival events are free and open to the public. Passion is the only price of entry. But voluntary contributions are accepted.

Where:

Treasure Beach
St Elizabeth,
JM

When:

    The festival takes place from
    May 23 to May 25, 2025


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