The Environmental Health Division is informing all booth owners participating in Rena’s Festiville 70th Emancipation Festival that they must submit their festival booth registration forms to the Division by Wednesday, July 24.

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in the Virgin Islands has unveiled the winning design for the commemorative license plate celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Emancipation Festival.

The Wickham's Cay Development Authority (WCDA) would like to inform all interested vendors that the deadline to submit application forms for operating along the parade route during the 2024 Festival is Friday, July 12.

The public is advised that effective immediately, no parking is permitted on the Road Town Festival Grounds, to facilitate preparations for the 70^th Festival Celebrations.

The public is notified that the Cane Garden Bay Road will be converted to one-way traffic during the following times:

The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board & Film Commission is delighted to announce that the Main Festival Village of the 70th Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival will be named in honour of Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe.

Persons with the following items situated at the Festival Grounds are advised to have them removed immediately:

The Wickham's Cay Development Authority (WCDA) would like to inform all interested vendors that application forms for operating along the parade route during the 2024 Festival are now available at their office located at 177 Main Street.

The excitement is building as the 70^th Virgin Islands Festival approaches. BVI residents have enthusiastically participated by submitting 70 creative slogans to commemorate this landmark celebration.