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Atlanta welcomes 38th Annual Caribbean Carnival with focus on Trinidad and Tobago

Atlanta embraces the spirit of the Caribbean as the 38th Annual Atlanta Caribbean Carnival unfolds in a spectacular display of music, masquerade, and multicultural unity. …
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Just4Fun celebrates Silver Jubilee: 25 Years of Mas

It was an evening of splendour as specially invited guests gathered at Royalton Resort Saint Lucia to celebrate twenty-five years with Just 4 Fun...
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Dominica’s Carnival 2025: a celebration of culture and connection

Under the vibrant theme "Mas Domnik: The Real Mas 2025," Dominica officially launched its highly anticipated carnival season on 27 December 2024. The launch...
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Hurry to catch Flamboyan’s spectacular Carnival Arts Retrospective

There’s still time to catch an impressive display of carnival costumes presented by Flamboyan Community Association in collaboration with the Carnival Arts & Mas...
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Crop Over a 50-year celebration

This year, Barbados Crop Over reaches a significant milestone: its half-century. However, like many other festivals, Crop Over has a somewhat tangled history, and...
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Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Schedule – April 2024

With just five months to go to Notting Hill Carnival, 2024, the launches are coming thick and fast, and March has been a busy...
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Hackney Carnival will return in September after five-year hiatus

We have not experienced the joy of an in-person Hackney Carnival for five years and are glad to welcome it back. After a long...
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Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Schedule – March 2024

As we begin to turn our attention to Notting Hill Carnival, a mere seven months away. Here is the list of band launches for...
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The Adinkra Carnival returns to Ghana

The Adinkra Carnival will return to Winneba, Ghana, on Saturday, 9 December. This year's festivities promise more significant fanfare and diversity with the attendance...
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Leeds West Indian Carnival 2023 review

Bank Holiday Monday 28 August saw the streets of Harehills, Roundhay and Chapeltown transformed, as they reverberated with the infectious spirit of Caribbean culture...
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Notting Hill residents’ meeting – noisy but no crunch for carnival

The Daily Mail billed it as a “Crunch meeting on Notting Hill Carnival’s future”. It was no such thing, of course. The meeting held...
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Roadshow replaces carnival in Hackney

A Carnival Roadshow will take the place of Hackney Carnival this year. Rising costs have forced organisers to postpone the usual parade through the...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2023: Adults Day

For the carnival-lover, the last Monday in August is not the ‘August Bank Holiday’; it is Carnival Day, the climax of the 2023 season....
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Notting Hill Carnival 2023: J’Ouvert

J’Ouvert is one of the great mysteries of Carnival, often spoken about but rarely seen - because you have to get up seriously early...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2023: Children’s Day

By the time J’Ouvert finishes (around 8.30 - 9am), it’s time for Children’s Carnival. The kids’ mas bands (costume groups) dominate the first few...
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Notting Hill Carnival a brief History

By the end of the Second World War, London was a city that had survived, but was in many ways a drab and wounded...
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Edinburgh Festival Carnival – colourful cover-up

Scotland’s capital city has many charms, but a balmy Mediterranean climate isn’t among them. Rain and bracing breezes are common, so it’s no surprise...
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Spicemas to open Carnival with Power Soca Preliminaries

The Carnival Planning Committee has revealed the list of competitors for this year’s Power Soca Monarch preliminaries. The shows are scheduled to be held from...
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Toronto Caribbean Carnival reorganisation boosts collaboration

There’s just a month to go before the official launch of Toronto Caribbean Carnival (11 July), which will be followed by a host of...
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Barking & Dagenham Carnival

This year’s Barking & Dagenham Carnival will be held in Barking town square on Saturday 8 July. Organised by UKON Careers and first held...
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Oxford’s Cowley Road Carnival is cancelled

Carnivalists and community groups were dismayed to learn that Oxford’s Cowley Road Carnival, scheduled for 9 July, has been cancelled. This is the second...
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Cowley Road Carnival is back – and with steelpan too!

Oxford’s biggest annual outdoor community event, Cowley Road Carnival, is set to make a triumphant return on Sunday 9 July. Through the challenging Covid years...
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Fine forecast for Eastbourne Carnival

Sunshine is guaranteed for this year’s Eastbourne Carnival – whatever the weather! Ray Mahabir’s Brixton-based carnival band Sunshine International Arts has designed the mas...
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Luton International Carnival’s journey to sustainability

Hosted by the UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA), this year’s Luton International Carnival will be the 47th edition of the event on Sunday...
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Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Schedule – May 2023

It’s another month and just over 100 days before Notting Hill Carnival 2023. Here are a few more upcoming band launches that may be...
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Vincy Mas 2023 will launch tomorrow

The official launch of Vincy Mas 2023 is scheduled to take place this Saturday 6 May at Victoria Park in Saint Vincent. This year's carnival...
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It’s time for St. Thomas Carnival again

St. Thomas Carnival is underway, with a full calendar of activities. This year's carnival which began on Saturday 8 April will culminate on Sunday...
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Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Schedule – April 2023

Here are just some of the mas band launches being held during the month of April, as the season continues and we draw closer...
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Notting Hill Carnival Band Launches – March 2023

Band launch season continues as Notting Hill Carnival 2023 approaches faster than a speeding train. If you have ever thought about playing mas but...
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No Hackney Carnival until 2024

In an announcement issued on 7 March, 2023, by Hackney Councillor Chris Kennedy, Cabinet Member for Culture, it was stated that a full Hackney...
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Bunji’s Hard Fete is the 2023 Road March

Bunji Garlin’s Hard Fete has taken the 2023 Road March title for Trinidad & Tobago Carnival 2023. Beating back Nailah Blackman’s Come Home and Machel...
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