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canarymoon · 07-24-2007, 06:36 AM

NOV 1-4, 2007: St Lucia Food and Rum Festival

If you will be cruising to St Lucia in early November, you may want to take advantage of an 'added extra' while in this beautiful port.

November 1-4 is the St Lucia Food and Rum Festival.
Here's the description from the St Lucia Tourist Board's web site:

St. Lucia Food and Rum Festival

The ‘Food & Rum Festival’ ia an event to attract the best chefs, wine connoisseurs, rum fanatics and food critiques from not only across the Caribbean but internationally.

This festival is used to promote Caribbean rums, restaurants, chefs, and regionally manufactured food and drink products to a regional and international audience, the festival will be a fun-packed weekend of food demonstrations from internationally renowned chefs as well some of St Lucia’s finest chefs rum tasting, wine tasting, gastronomic dinners at five star restaurants.

Contact: St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association at 758-452-5978

canarymoon · 07-24-2007, 06:40 AM

December, 2007 6 - 9 KALALU MUSIC FESTIVAL

Save the dates because this is the Caribbean’s most diverse musical event featuring authentic artists from around the world. Sponsored by global brand Heineken Music, Kalalu promises the kind of cultural and culinary diversity that whets the entertainment appetite.

Now into its third year, the 2007 festival adds an international food and craft bazaar to its already impressive resume of musicians and side attractions. The 4-day festival, a fixture on the island’s event calendar is perfect for St. Lucia with its creole, Anglo-franco links to Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

The Heineken KALALU Music Festival brings these influences together: sights, sounds and sensations, in a wondrous weekend of fun, food, and fantastic music ranging from the traditional to the popular.