| DATE | EVENT | VENUE | TIME |
| MAY | |||
| Sunday 24 | Crop Over Thanksgiving Service | St. James Parish Church, St. James | 9:00 a.m. |
| Monday 25 | Christ Church Carnival | Silver Sands to Wotton, Christ Church | 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday 29 | Crop Over Mega Cavalcade | Queen’s Park, St. Michael | 7:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 30 | Shades of Red – Red Plastic Bag | Ilaro Court, St. Michael | 8:00 p.m. |
| JUNE | |||
| Saturday 6 | Crop Over Craft Works | Barbados Museum & Historical Society, St. Michael | 10:00 a.m. |
| Sunday 7 | Crop Over Heritage Bus Tour | Various Plantations – “Sweet Stories of Sugar, Molasses and Rum “ | 1:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 13 | Junior Calypso Monarch Tent | The Lester Vaughan School, St. Thomas | 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 20 | Holetown Tea Party | The St. James Parish Church, St. James | 2:00 p.m. |
| Sunday 21 | Junior Calypso Monarch Tent | The Combermere School, St. Michael | 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 27 | Crop Over City Fest & Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes | Bridgetown, St. Michael | 12:00 noon |
| Monday 29 – Saturday 8 August | Crop Over Visual Arts Festival | Grande Salle, Central Bank, The Old Spirit Bond, St. Michael | 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily. |
| JULY | |||
| Friday 3 | Sweet Soca & Party Monarch Semi-Finals | Kensington Oval, St. Michael | 11:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 4 | Junior Calypso Monarch Semi-Finals | The Lester Vaughan School, St. Thomas | 7:00 p.m. |
| Sunday 5 | Crop Over Read-IN! | Harrison’s Cave, St. Thomas | 7:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday 8 | Junior Monarch Lunch Time Concert | The Frank Collymore Hall, St. Michael (By Invitation) | 12:15 p.m. |
| Friday 10 | Pan Fusion | Ilaro Court, St. Michael | 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 11 | Speightstown Market & Pan Around De Town | Speightstown, St Peter | 10:00 a.m. |
| Sunday 12 | Pan Pun De Sand | Brandon’s Beach, St. Michael | 4:00 p.m. |
| Friday 17 | Pic-O-De-Crop Semi-Final | Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, St. Michael | 7:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 18 | Junior Calypso Monarch Final | Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, St. Michael | 7:00 p.m. |
| Friday 24 | Crop Over Evening of Folk | The Frank Collymore Hall, St. Michael | 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 25 | Junior Kadooment | The National Stadium, Waterford, St. Michael | 9:00 a.m. |
| Sunday 26 | Soca Royale / Day of National Significance | Bushy Park, St. Philip | 2:00 p.m. |
| Friday 31 | Bridgetown Market | Spring Garden, St. Michael | 6:00 p.m. |
| Friday 31 | Foreday Morning Jam | Spring Garden, St. Michael | 11:00 p.m. |
| AUGUST | |||
| Saturday 1 | Bridgetown Market | Spring Garden, St. Michael | 10:00 a.m. |
| Saturday 1 | Pic-O-De-Crop Final | Kensington Oval, St. Michael | 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday 1 | Emancipation Day Walk/ Emancipation Day. “From Bussa to Sir Garry” | Emancipation Statue to the Gateway of Bridgetown Market, St. Michael | 4:00 p.m. |
| Sunday 2 | Bridgetown Market | Spring Garden, St. Michael | 12:00 noon |
| Monday 3 | Grand Kadooment | The National Stadium, Waterford, St. Michael | 9:00 a.m. |
| Monday 3 | Bridgetown Market | Spring Garden, St. Michael | 10:00 a.m. |
| KEY | |||
| New Date | |||
| New Element |
See Crop Over Calendar 2015 on NCF website!
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