Barranquilla Carnival 2023

Barranquilla Carnival Program 2023

The Barranquilla Carnival 2023 is getting closer.

Are you ready to attend the Barranquilla Carnival 2023? The Barranquilla Carnival is a Colombian Caribbean party for the world, declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, it is a party full of joy, color, music, art, creativity and folklore. The Barranquilla carnival is the quintessential event, it takes place every year in the months of February.

The main attraction of the carnival is the parades of costumes and comparsas enlivened by bands that play happy music, which take place in the main streets of the city. Expert dancers perform beautiful choreography accompanying colorful floats. The carnival offers cultural and artistic activities, concerts of different musical genres, plays, art festivals. You can also enjoy spaces that offer typical foods, sales of crafts from the region, all framed in an atmosphere of celebration and joy.

Dates of the Barranquilla Carnival 2023 The Barranquilla Carnival will take place in 2023 in the month of February, starting on Saturday February 18 to 21, 2023. On each day of carnival special events and parades are held, however in the previous weeks a wide carnival program is also carried out every day. The city vibrates with its festival from the Reading of the Bando, a symbolic act that marks the start of the carnival season. Barranquilla adorns its houses, shopping centers, avenues and emblematic places with allegorical figures of the carnival in an exhibition of colors and creativity.

The most important events in the 4 days of the Carnival 2023 carnival barranquilla This is the list of the events that traditionally take place in the 4 days of the Barranquilla Carnival 2023. Parades with their own characteristics are held on the stage of via 40 during the four days of festivity: battle of flowers, great parade of comparsas, great parade of fantasy. In other sectors of the city such as Carrera 44, Calle 17, Calle 84, parades are also held during those days.

Carnival Saturday: February 18, 2023 Battle of Flowers: This parade of artistically decorated floats is held on route 40, presided over by the queen of the carnival and King Momo. Thousands of dancers grouped in different troupes and orchestras delighted the public that congregated in boxes located throughout the route. Artists, beauty queens and queens of other events and contests parade in these floats. It is the main sample of all the joy, folklore, creativity and art present in each group and in each costume. King Momo Parade: It takes place on Carnival Saturday on 17th Street, its protagonist is King Momo of the Barranquilla Carnival.

Baila a la calle: an event where music, gastronomy and crafts come together in the same place to offer a show of joy. Presentations of musical groups, folklore and litanies are made. Battle of Flores del Recuerdo, organized by the Association of Folkloric Groups of the Department of Atlántico.

Carnival Sunday: February 19, 2023 Great Parade of tradition and folklore: It is a parade on route 40 where the traditional folkloric comparsas show their dances such as cumbia, garabato, mapalé, among others. Vía 40 Orchestra Festival: It is one of the most anticipated events in the Barranquilla Carnival, especially for the musical groups that aspire to win the Congo de Oro. This festival brings together the greatest artists of local, national and international music to sing to Barranquilla and its people. Estadio Romelio Martinez Baila a la calle / Night of Orchestras: an event where music, gastronomy and crafts come together in one place to offer a show of joy. Presentations of musical groups, folklore and litanies are made.

Festival of litanies Encounter of comedies Great parade of safeguarding and tradition Carlos Franco: organized by the Association of Folklore Groups of the Department of Atlántico

Carnival Monday: February 20, 2023 Great Parade of comparsas: parade on route 40 where fantasy and traditional groups are presented to the sound of rhythms from the Colombian Caribbean, African, Brazilian, Hawaiian and many traditional fusions. Baila a la calle/Noche de tambó: an event where music, gastronomy and crafts come together in the same place to offer a show of joy. Presentations of musical groups, folklore and litanies are made. Encounter of comedies Safeguard and children in the Carnival: the children will safeguard the tradition and patrimonial expressions of the Carnival.

Carnival Tuesday: February 21, 2023 Joselito leaves with the ashes Carnaval de la 84 – Joselito's burial: it is the celebration that closes the festivities in a parade where widows cry and bury Joselito, many comparsas appear. Different parades are held but one of the most recommended is the one on 84th Street. Organized by the Art and Folklore Foundation of the Atlantic. What are the concerts of the Barranquilla Carnival 2023? Every year Barranquilla is the scene of concerts with national and international artists.

The following concerts are usually held:

Carnival Metroconcert: It is a concert where several world-class artists perform.

Hotel del Prado: The traditional Hotel del Prado holds a concert with great artists.

Moys a la Calle: Gather artists and close an entire street to present their great concert. and many more.