Music on Anguilla

When you visit Anguilla one treat you won't want to miss is an opportunity to hear the local musicians. The first thing I do when I visit the island is find out who's playing where so that I can decide who I want to hear.

Johnno's is located right on the beach on Sandy Ground and has dancing on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday Johnno's offers lunchtime jazz. Visit Johnno's on a Wednesday night for a chance to hear local musician Dumpa play the steel drum. The Pumphouse is a favorite of the locals. Also located on Sandy Ground the Pumphouse offers live entertainment Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday with a mixture of reggae and calypso/soca. Be ready to mix-it-up at the Pumphouse. The Dune Preserve is owned by local son Bankie Banx. Follow the road down to the Cuisinart, and turn right. The Dune has music on the weekends and if you're lucky you might even get a chance to hear Bankie himself play. Bankie also hosts the annual Moonsplash cerebration in March. The Dragon's Dance Club located on South Hill has a variety of dance music over the weekends.

Some of the bars along Shoal Bay East such as Gwen's, Elodia's and Uncle Ernie's have live entertainment on Sunday's. If you're lucky you might catch the Mussington's at Smokey's on Cove Bay on a Sunday afternoon. The very popular Scilly Cay has local musician Sproka on Wednesday afternoons and the Happy Hits on Sunday. Don't forget that the Malliouhana, Cuisinart and Cap Juluca offer entertainment.

The choices of music on Anguilla are varied and there is a lot to choose from. Please remember that establishments change their schedules depending on the season and as everything in the Caribbean is a bit "looser" than at home you may want to call ahead to see who's playing.

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