This will be a really really long Independence Day celebration.
Festival Village opened this week in the Cruz Bay parking lot with fun, food, dancing and beverages for all.
There are about 20 booths in what's been named "Powellville" in honor of Selwyn Powell, a longtime Festival supporter and worker.
These photos of festival fun were sent along by StJohnJulie of the Virgin-islands-On-Line forum.
Saturday is Cultural & Emancipation Day in the downtown park. There will be vendors and live music during the day and into Sunday too
And then Monday … July 5th! … there's the festival parade, more music and foods and fun, and then the fireworks over the harbor at 9 p.m.
You shoulda been there.