Bermuda Gombey Festival

If you only make room for one explicitly heritage-focused event in autumn, this is a strong choice. The Gombey Festival puts the island’s most recognizable performing tradition front and center, which means music, masks, feathered headdresses, and the layered histories behind them.

For visitors, the event is valuable because it is not a museum explanation of Bermuda culture but the culture itself, performed live and communally.