A list of the islands that celebrate Carnival are shown below. Approximate dates are given for the concluding festivities on each island. (On some islands, most notably Trinidad and Tobago, the carnival season lasts for over a month, and the exact dates vary from year to year.)

• Anguilla (first week in August)
• Antigua and Barbuda (first week in August)
• Aruba (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Barbados (first Monday in August)
• Bahamas Junkanoo (End of December)
• Freeport Summer Junkanoo Festival (Beginning of July)
• Belize (typically Saturday nearest to September 10)
• Bonaire (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• British Virgin Islands
  Jost Van Dyke, Old Year's Night (New Year's Eve to New Year's Morning)
  Tortola, BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (seven days at the start of Spring)
  Tortola, BVI Music Festival (end of May)
  Tortola, BVI Emancipation Festival (first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in August)
  Virgin Gorda, Easter Festival (typically Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nearest April 15)
• Cayman Islands (after Ash Wednesday)
• Cuba
  • Havana (end of July)
  • Santiago de Cuba (end of July)
  • Varadero (end of July)
• Curaçao (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Dominica (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Dominican Republic (late February)
• Grenada (early August)
• Guadeloupe (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Guyana (February 23rd)
• Haiti (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Jamaica, (late March, early April)
• Montego Bay Red Stripe Reggae SumFest (end of July)
• Martinique (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Puerto Rico (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Saba (early August)
• Saint-Barthélemy (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Saint Lucia (July)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (roughly New Year's Day)
• Nevis Culturama (roughly End of July)
• Saint-Martin (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (End of June through beginning of July)
• Sint Eustatius (early August)
• Sint Maarten (roughly a month after Easter)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)
• United States Virgin Islands
  • Saint Croix, Crucian Festival (Ties in with the Christmas Break through the first week in January)
  • Saint John, (July 3-4 / V.I. Emancipation Day and U.S. Independence Day)
  • Saint Thomas, V.I. Carnival (last Friday and Saturday in April)