Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival Wraps Up Five Days of Food, Music, and Fun

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NASSAU , BAHAMAS –

Tamisha Knowles – Attendee

“Can I tell you, from day one, the experience has been second to none.”

Tamisha wasn’t the only one having a great time.

Jerome Sawyer – Executive Producer, Our News

“Write-up, you know? All y’all get write-up for this. I’ve had a nice time. Thank you. Really awesome night.”

Even on the final day, with the Culinary Expo and Fuze Caribbean Art Fair wrapping up, people were still enjoying every minute of it.

Kristianne Rolle – Attendee

“It has been absolutely amazing. Each year it just gets better and better and better. This year was just phenomenal.”

Oquille Forbes – Attendee

“The atmosphere. Everything was good. The art, it was perfect. The drinks was good.”

With Common, OneRepublic, the Essence Band and other big names bringing the entertainment, there was no shortage of star power.

There were also more than 75 vendors, plenty of food and drinks, and, of course, you can’t have a Bahamian celebration without some Junkanoo!

Nat sound: Junkanoo

Also helping bring the festival to life were local businesses.

Lauren Sands, owner of Sandbar Coffee, says the festival gave her business some valuable exposure.

Lauren Sands – Owner, Sandbar Coffee

“It’s a lot of exposure. You get to meet a lot of people who haven’t heard of your business before. I think the biggest thing that I’ve heard being here the last two days is, ‘Every time I see you, I miss you.’ So I’m happy to finally come and, uh, sample and try.”

And after months of planning, Baha Mar’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Nadia Bowe, says it’s been rewarding to see everything come together.

Nadia Bowe – Director of Sales and Marketing, Baha Mar

“According to our numbers from my marketing team, the week was a success. As for next year, we are going big, better. You have to see what we bring next.”