Festival De Bahamas Goombay
Highly rhythmical are the patterns in goombay drumming and the sounds of goombay music.
Festival de bahamas goombay. The goombay name has also evolved to become synonymous with local afro caribbean music related to calypso in the bahamas its most famous practitioner in modern times was alphonso blind blake higgs who performed at the nassau international airport for. The information or details for this event may change at any given time and the bahamas ministry of tourism or the government of the bahamas will not be held liable for any decisions made based upon it. View our covid 19 events notice.
Saturday may 16th 2020 at elizabeth virrick park. For decades the coconut grove bahamian goombay festival was an event that involves a colorful parade. This signature festival and parade is for the community to enjoy and embrace.
The parade starts near mcdonald street then leads down grand avenue to hibiscus street then to the festival location elizabeth virrick park. San salvador goombay summer festival features a variety of activities with lots of bahamian dishes to enjoy. However in the past fifteen years the goombay festival in coconut grove has lost its luster.
Visitors to the goombay festival will be treated to a historical overview of the bahamian american culture and authentic music cuisine artifacts and crafts. It is this music that gained popularity both in and outside of the bahamas. The miami bahamas goombay festival is held over two days in early june each year in coconut grove fla.
The family friendly festival is described on the organization s website as a colorful parade of energetic brightly costumed people dancing to the rhythmic sound of cowbells drums. The workers and craftsmen who arrived in miami in the early 1800s to build the first hotel in coconut grove. It was founded to commemorate the cultural and historical influence of south florida s first black residents.
Goombay dancers junkanoo group local dj s local artists arts n craft entertainment. This upcoming festival begins with a parade which includes a junkanoo band with drums bells and whistles junkanoo colorful costumed dancers stilt walkers. The coconut grove bahamian goombay festival will also have a series of events leading up to and after the festival on saturday.
The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The coconut grove bahamian goombay festival coconut grove florida. Bahamas still needs our help after hurricane dorian s devastation.
Goombay is a form of bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The miami bahamas goombay festival is a celebration of culture expression embracing the legacy of a bahamian rooted community known as coconut grove. Singer stileet the rake n scrape general and the san salvador voyage band.
