The 17th Annual International Benicàssim Festival (FIB) has Valencia gearing up to host Spain’s largest music festival from July 14 to 17. The festival features four nights of concerts featuring more than 100 artists playing alternative rock, electronic, pop and rap music. More than 40,000 fans are expected to gather for night-long concerts and leisurely days on the beach.

Gourmands come indulge in Caribbean cuisine and test your palates while learning the tricks of the trade from experts in the field during the “Taste of the Caribbean” consumer program taking place June 24-25, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Miami.

Minister Otmar Oduber announces the Carubbian Festival is ready for its first edition on June 9, 2011. This culminates months of hard work by the Carubbian Foundation to create a festival that will present the island’s visitors with a firsthand look at Aruba’s culture, arts, folklore and music.

Veteran Caribbean-American television executive Mark Walton of The Africa Channel will keynote the luncheon session of the first CaribbeanTales New York Film Showcase. The Film showcase is set for the Spike Lee Screening Room at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus in New York at the weekend. Caribbean Week in New York to a close on Saturday, June 11, will feature a stirring keynote address by Walton on “Why a Strong African Diaspora Makes Sense.”

Nothing tugs at the heart strings like a wedding. And nothing feeds the soul and creates joy like a Caribbean wedding. Well, thousands of New Yorkers and visitors to the “Big Apple” got to experience the joy and romance of a Caribbean wedding in the heart of New York City.

New York City Comptroller John Liu, who helps manage $646 million in pension funds for New York City, is set to address the inaugural Invest Caribbean Power Breakfast next Thursday in mid-town Manhattan.