The dates for the 2009 Festival are from Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 9th 2009

Parades, Music, Dancing, Delicious food, La Reina de la Costa Maya, Contests of many varieties, the Costa Maya Festival is an exciting celebration for everyone!

Singing Sensation Fabiola Rodas joins such great artists as Supa G, Grupo Crash, Nathalie Arceo, Dennis Wolfe and the Usual Suspects, Mayan singer Alonzo Heredia, Ballet Folklorico de Quintana Roo de la Secretaria de Cultura, Comedienne “La Chupitos”, and international stars Grupo Bryndis.

Volunteers and sponsors are welcome, so be sure to email the committee at costamayafestival@yahoo.com or call the Costa Maya office at 226-4271 or stop by the new office location on Pescador Drive, across from MoonDancer.

Greetings Festival Lovers,

Belize will be hosting the 16th Annual International Costa Maya Festival from August 7th - 10th, 2008 on the beautiful Island of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye.

The Costa Maya Festival stage lights up as local and international artists from all over the Americas merge to puts on a multicultural spectacle in Ambergris Caye for a celebratory week of dance, music, pageants, food and drink. Celebrating their ancestral Mayan cultural the Costa Maya Festival is a week-long celebration. This year La Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant seeks the participation of Panama with this it will complete the participation of all the Central American countries.

Local and international visitors enjoy a world-class event in beautiful San Pedro. There are traditional and modern dance groups, star studded musical bands accompanied by renown singers.

We take this opportunity to extend an invitation to you and it is with hope that you accept this invitation to become our guest at this year's International Costa Maya Festival.

We look forward to receive you at our four nights of festival August 7th -10th, 2008 and would like to take this opportunity to offer you our very best wishes.

Sincerely,