February is carnival time in the Dominican Republic. Check out the Sunday afternoon carnival parades in La Vega, Santiago and Bonao, which promise appearances by all the traditional carnival characters plus live band performances. Carnival’s success has motivated the Santo Domingo East city government to celebrate its own carnival processions starting on Sunday, 6 February with a parade along Avenida Venezuela, followed by another on 13 February at Invivienda, and ending with a three-band bash on Avenida Espana on 20 February.
Santo Domingo’s (National District) big parade, with carnival-winning groups from all around the country is set for 6 March on the Malecon.