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Crop Over

Barbados' harvest festival, which ends on Kadooment Day with costumed bands, calypso and soca.

A pattern drawn for this day, not a photograph.

When is Crop Over in 2027?

Crop Over 2027 is on Monday, 2 August 2027. Other years: 2026, Monday, 3 August 2026; 2028, Monday, 7 August 2028.

About Crop Over

Crop Over began in the 1780s as a celebration at the end of the sugar-cane harvest on the island's plantations, with songs, dances and feasting for the enslaved workers. It faded in the 20th century, and was revived in 1974. Today it runs for about five weeks from the end of June, with calypso tents, Soca Monarch competitions, cultural markets, fetes and a Cohobblopot show with story and dance. The Last Cart of Canes is carried, symbolically, and an effigy of Mr Harding, a straw figure that stands for the hard times of the year, is ceremonially burned. The festival climaxes on Kadooment Day, the first Monday of August, when thousands of masqueraders in glittering costumes parade and dance along the route to the National Stadium. Flying fish and cou-cou are eaten.

Crop Over dates: 2026, 2027, 2028

YearCrop Over date
2026Monday, 3 August 2026
2027Monday, 2 August 2027
2028Monday, 7 August 2028

What is eaten

  • flying fish
  • cou-cou
  • pudding and souse
  • rum punch

Also part of it, and being written: Kadooment Day (The final parade.), Soca music (The festival music.), Cou-cou (The national dish with flying fish.).

More marked on Crop Over

🇧🇧 BarbadosTuk band A Barbadian musical ensemble with costumed figures that blends African drumming and British military traditions.Performance
About this page

Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Crop Over" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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