Minister for Education and Culture, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn, has announced that the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Celebrations will be held from Saturday March 31 to April 2.

All booth owners are asked to remove all erected booths, dismantled structures and/or materials from the Festival Grounds in Road Town.

My fellow Virgin Islanders, residents, friends, regular visitors and those who are here for the first time, a festive welcome to our 2017 Emancipation Celebration.

The Licencing Magistrate is reminding all persons desirous of selling intoxicating liquor during the upcoming Emancipation Festival that they are to apply for and obtain a temporary liquor licence to do so.

Vendors are reminded that they are to seek permission and obtain a temporary trade licence for the August Monday Parade on August 7.

Welcome to the official launch of Festival 2017. The Virgin Islands will commemorate 63 years of Emancipation Celebrations under the theme “A Colourful Kaleidoscope to be seen, Creating a Cultural Scene for Festival 2017”.   

The public is reminded that the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Golden Jubilee Commemorative magazine will officially be launched on Tuesday, May 16 at the Fischer’s Cove Beach Hotel at 10:00 a.m.

The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Golden Jubilee Commemorative magazine will officially be launched on Tuesday, May 16 at the Fischer’s Cove Beach Hotel at 10:00 a.m.

The public is invited to submit entries for the Festival 2017 theme and slogan competition.

Food vendors and businesses participating in the upcoming Virgin Gorda Easter Festival are to register their booths by March 31.