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Opening hours, public holidays and festivals
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Business hours
are generally Monday to Friday 8am-4pm and Saturday 8am-1pm. When a cruise ship is in harbour some tourist shops in St George's will stay open later and on Sundays.
The main public holidays celebrated throughout the Caribbean, during which virtually all shops and offices close, are: January 1 New Year's Day Good Friday Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day Whit Monday Dec 25 Christmas Day Dec 26 Boxing Day Grenada also celebrates Independence Day on February 7, Corpus Christi on the ninth Thursday after Easter, Emancipation Days on the first Monday and Tuesday in August and Thanksgiving on October 25.
The biggest event on Grenada's
festival
calendar is its lively and colourful
Carnival
, held every year on the second weekend in August. Although Carriacou's Carnival is in early March, the island's main event is the
Carriacou Regatta
, which takes place in late July/early August and brings boats of all kinds from all over the Caribbean. Petite Martinique also hosts an annual
regatta
over Easter. Jazz festivals are held on Grenada and Carriacou in May and mid-June respectively. Other useful information
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Grenada,
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