All You Need to Know About Moonsplash 2018 in Anguilla – Cancelled
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Moonsplash cancelled – see end for update. The Moonsplash music festival, the annual springtime beachfront bacchanalia that takes place in Anguilla at Bankie Banx’s famed Dune Preserve beach bar, is scheduled to take place 2018 on March 10th and 11th. Condensed from its normal four day show, the festival originally had been planned for March 15-18. Then the 2017 hurricane season struck and much like the rest of the island,...
Making Memories at Moonsplash
Tagged: anguilla, bankie banx, bbbaxa, caribbean, dune preserve, moonsplash, moonsplash25, music, reggae
It would be difficult for a music festival to best the setting that Bankie Banx’s Moonsplash in Anguilla offers. I’ve been to many music festivals from one day affairs to three day marathons with backdrops ranging from corn fields to the Chicago skyline but none of them could offer the setting and atmosphere that Moonsplash still continues to avail to its customers 25 years on. Taking place at one of the world’s best beach bars on one...
Surprising Anguilla – Part One
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Anguilla is known for a multitude of things from its tranquility wrapped in blue to its 33 beaches to its status as the latest culinary capital of the Caribbean. Having completed an endless amount of research on the island, I already knew about these aspects of life on Anguilla and while I may not have had the opportunity to experience everything Anguilla has to offer, I knew enough about them to have a reasonable level of expectation...
Heading off to Anguilla and Moonsplash!
Tagged: anguilla, beach bar, caribbean, moon, moonsplash, moonsplash25, music, reggae, travel
After a seemingly interminable wait, I’ll finally be flying down to Anguilla tomorrow to attend the 25th anniversary show of Moonsplash, Bankie Banx’s annual ode to reggae and related music at his world-renown beach bar, the Dune Preserve. I’ll be posting as often as possible while on the island – as much as Anguilla is tranquility wrapped in blue, it’s also connectivity wrapped in wireless as almost every dining establishment on...
Anguilla’s Moonsplash – A Musical Primer
Tagged: anguilla, dune preserve, moonsplash, moonsplash25, reggae
Anguilla might be tranquility wrapped in blue but With Bankie Banx’s Moonsplash music festival kicking off this Friday for its 25th anniversary show, the island will become wrapped in reggae for the weekend as the musical strains emanating from the Dune Preserve envelop the island. To learn more about the artists performing this weekend, I went searching on YouTube and was able to become more familiar with their music. While...
An Anguilla To Do List When You’re Not Jamming At Moonsplash
Tagged: anguilla, caribbean, moonsplash, moonsplash25, reggae, travel
Anguilla’s Moonsplash music festival doesn’t begin until late in the night so what is a person to do during the day once they finally rouse themselves from their hard earned slumber after a night of partying? Don’t fret, I’ve got you covered with an itinerary that will satisfy foodies and beach bar bums alike. Disclaimer #1: Anguilla has a multitude of activities you can enjoy while you’re not attending...
