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Cozumel Carnival 2008 |
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Calendar of events; Carnival 2008:
January 23rd - Wednesday - 7:00 pm - The Salon at Moby Dick will host the festivities starting with the farewell to the Carnival 2007 Royalty and a Show of the Emperors of 2008.
January 24th - Thursday - Starting at 9:00 AM the Infant and Kindergarten costume parade will begin on Ave. Raphael Melgar. The costume contest will start at 10:30 at the Moby Dick Salon and at 5:00pm Starts the Kindergarten dance competition also at Moby Dick.
January 25th - Friday - 9:00 AM at Benito Juarez Park (town square) The food court will open up and the dancing and party will begin! At 10:30 (at the Moby Dick Salon) the Children's grade school dance competition starts and at 10:30 PM the high school and adult dance competitions will begin.
January 26th - Saturday - 9:00 AM the food court will reopen at Benito Juarez Park with Dance and Carnival celebrations and at 6:00 PM -The first full scale parade starts!! And at 10:30 PM at the Moby Dick Salon, the Grand Dance and Adult Masquerade and Costume Contest will take place. |
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January 27th - Sunday - 9:00 AM - the food court and celebrations will once again start the festivities. The second open procession parade starts at 6:00 PM. And at 9:00 PM there will be more music and dancing in the town Square!
January 28th - Monday - 9:00pm Food, drink, dance and fun in the main square. At 4:00 PM, along the water front downtown, you can watch the 5th annual boat parade! 6:00 PM will start the 3rd general procession parade (remember, each parade gets progressively interesting!). At 10:00 PM at the Moby Dick Salon the Big Dance will commence!
January 29th - Tuesday - 9:00pm - More food, drinks and dancing will commence and run all day starting at Benito Juarez Park. 6:00 PM will be the fourth and final parade and procession along Ave. Raphael Melgar (this is a must see)! And at 10:00 PM at Benito Juarez Park the Dancing and Celebrations of Carnival 2008 will come to a close (Wow)!
We look forward to seeing you in 2008! |
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Cozumel Carnival (pronounced Carnaval in Spanish) is one of the islands main events. It happens at the peak of high season when the weather is at its finest. Festivities attract thousands of people from all corners of the world. Carnival is generally a 7 day celebration. It starts the week before Fat Tuesday, or Mardi-Gras. Dates change every year.
Once again Carnival comes to a close for 2008. I just got back from taking all the new pictures on this page and they were taken on Fat Tuesday, January 29th, 2008! With the new Melgar and all the businesses spruced up since Hurricane Wilma; we have a lot to be grateful for. Even the town square has hundreds of new plants and flowers. Cozumel has never looked better! If you missed it this year you can always plan to visit next year. Remember, we will post the new dates as soon as they are hot off the island presses! |
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The origins of Carnival are unclear, but most agree that it started as a pagan celebration in ancient Rome, or Greece. Carnival balls were imported from Italy in the late nineteenth century, and had their golden era in the thirties, with legendary balls at the Copacabana Palace, and the Municipal Theater in Rio de Jinero. There's much more to Cozumel's Carnival than the Parades. Street dancers randomly roam through town. It's loads of fun, free, and it happens all over Cozumel. You are more than welcome to watch and participate. Besides the fun of a great Parade, there is live music, food, drinks and every manner of distraction in the town square. With so many people gathered together to have a great time how can you go wrong?! |
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You gotta have balls if you think this is not enough! Hey, don't get me wrong... We are talking about the fabulous balls and events leading up to the choosing of the King and Queen of Carnival. :0) If you have never been to Cozumel during this very special time; you are really missing out on a great cultural experience. The "pre" carnival events happen at the Convention center, clubs and other venues in and around San Miguel Cozumel! Pick out the right parties, and have a ball! It's never too early to start planning to be here in person next year. Carnival 2009 should be better then ever. You can even book your accommodations right here by following either hyperlink to Casa Colonial or Casa Tito! We hope that you will make one our villas your Cozumel Carnival headquarters! |
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For several years we have been capturing images of Cozumel Carnival festivities. These original photos of Carnival 2008, give you a pretty good idea of what Carnival looks like. But the experience is MUCH better then the photographs! All of the pictures on this page were taken on the night of the grand finale parade; Fat Tuesday. It is Street Carnival in all its glory, filled with the most exotic characters you will ever see. Don't miss Carnival 2009 during your next Cozumel vacation!! If you would like to see the program for 2008 Carnival just click here. I will post the 2009 program here as soon as it is printed. Enjoy! |
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