It may be small and precious but this Caribbean island knows how to pack a punch when it comes to partying. Alicia George pulls out two annual events not to be missed.

Birds Eye View Film Festival presents six days of inspiration and celebration, showcasing the very best work from women filmmakers

In March, two leading Cuban rap groups, Obsesión and Los Paisanos, will be touring the UK in association with cultural organization Movimientos

For the first time, this year La Linea features a complimentary film programme put together by Barbican Film and featuring outstanding music documentaries

Musician Johnny Finn takes you behind the crumbling fascades of tourist Havana (La Habana), to reveal a city where the very streets themselves have rhythm (with or without slide guitar)

While the health of the great leader is in doubt, no such worries exist for the state of Cuban music. The best of the best will be in London this month for a night of music, cocktails and cigars

It is hard to write objectively about a gig like Friday’s picnic-cum-outdoor festival in Kew Gardens. Because when the sun is out and you’re given free wine, cheese, chocolate and apple juice (‘lovingly’ handed out by the sponsors) you can’t help feeling, ‘this is great…’

Silvio Rodríguez is to perform in London for the Music Fund for Cuba. Guests include John Williams, with a special opening set from members of Madness and Ska Cubano

Party in true Latin style at the Carnival de Cuba London Festival. The Carnival de Cuba London Festival returns to London for 2006 with a huge showcase of live music, dance, workshops and more, exploding on to the South Bank in June.

The Latino heat is on! And to get the part started, Fly is offering two free pairs of tickets…

An exciting, violently rhythmical evening of music inspired by the essence and heritage of African rhythms and melodies and their influence in Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico — and what better location than in the Embassy of Venezuela

Reggaeton, the hypnotic sound of Jamaican dancehall clashing with Latin hip hop, has swept the world in the last two years and now it is blowing up in London

Every year in Havana, the finest musicians that Cuba has to offer vie for the prestigious EGREM Cuban Music Awards. Now in 2005, the triumphant winners will — for the first time ever — travel to London to deliver exclusive UK performances. Plus see the pictures first on Fly.

February is going to full of Bob Marley remembrances to celebrate what would have been his 60th birthday. 'Tek A Picture A' Dis' is a photographic exhibition sponsored by Sony Ericsson and Proud Camden. It features the work of three photographers, Dan Asher, Kate Simon and Jeff Cathrow who were all close to Marley.

The rain came and went and came again. Attendances are up this year but it is still not as rammed as it used to be. And that is a good thing. We have a photo guide.

Hay fotos del Carnaval, y donde estas? It's been over for less than 20 minutes but Fly is first with the pics of London's Latin Carnaval from Burgess Park. Were you there?

We need guides to as many of the funky places in Antigua/Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Rep,Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent/Gren, Trinidad/Tobago as possible. Ideally, you will live there and want to share with the world what's going on...