Carinival Dates 1946 – 2009
Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago is celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday or forty days (excluding Sundays) before the Christian celebration of Easter.
1946 March 4 & 5
1962 March 5 & 6
1978 February 6 & 7
1994 February 14 & 15
1947 February 17 & 18
1963 February 25 & 26
1979 February 25 & 27
1995 February 27 & 28
1948 February 9 & 10
1964 February 10 & 11
1980 February 18 & 19
1996 February 19 & 20
1949 February 28 & March 1
1965 March 1 & 2
1981 March 2 & 3
1997 February 10 & 11
1950 February 20 & 21
1966 February 21 & 22
1982 February 22 & 23
1998 February 23 & 24
1951 February 5 & 6
1967 February 6 & 7
1983 February 14 & 15
1999 February 15 & 16
1952 February 25 & 26
1968 February 26 & 27
1984 March 5 & 6
2000 March 6 & 7
1953 February 16 & 17
1969 February 17 & 18
1985 February 18 & 19
2001 February 26 & 27
1954 March 1 & 2
1970 February 9 & 10
1986 February 10 & 11
2002 February 11 & 12
1955 February 21 & 22
1971 February 22 & 23
1987 March 2 & 3
2003 March 3 & 4
1956 February 13 & 14
1972 May 1 & 2
1988 February 15 & 16
2004 February 23 & 24
1957 March 4 & 5
1973 March 5 & 6
I989 February 6 & 7
2005 February 7 & 8
1958 February 17 & 18
1974 February 25 & 26
1990 February 26 & 27
2006 February 27 & 28
1959 February 9 & 10
1975 February 10 & 11
1991 February 11 & 12
2007 February 19 & 20
1960 February 29 & March 1
1976 February 1 & 2
1992 March 2 & 3
2008 February 4 & 5
1961 February 13 & 14
1977 February 21 & 22
1993 February 22 & 23
2009 February 23 & 24
Please Note:
1942 - 1945 - No Carnival because of World War II.
1972 - Carnival celebrated in May because of a Polio epidemic.
For more details on Carnival dates past, present and future, please visit The Carnival Dates Project.