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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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Bajan soca artists Statement believes In This

Check out the latest 2021 Soca release from Bajan Soca Artist Statement (Nigel Barnett). I Believe In This in his second for 2021 and...
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Greta Mendez is awarded an MBE

Acclaimed producer, director, performance artist, carnivalist and friend of Soca News Greta Mendez has been recognised in Her Majesty The Queen’s New Year’s Honours...
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T&T Calypso Monarch on for 2021

The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) is currently in talks with online service providers to virtually stage the various Calypso Monarch competitions in 2021. This...
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No Mas Domnik for 2021 as Dominica cancels Carnival

Dominica Carnival 2021 has been officially cancelled, known by many as Mas Domnik will not take place. Tourism Minister Denise Charles made the announcement at...
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Teddyson John is serving up Caribbean Moscato

The Teddyson John Project (TJ Project) launched their new album Caribbean Moscato on Friday 20 November, the album features 11 of Teddyson’s iconic tracks...
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Carnival Fever is real

I do not need to live on campus, my character does not need building, it is definitely already formed thank you, I said to...
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Seeking the true meaning of Carnival

This year saw Notting Hill Carnival take to the internet with the project Access All Areas. It offered a new type of audio-visual experience...
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Global Carnivalz sets up Carnival Guild

Global Carnivalz, founded by carnival veteran and Hackney Carnival organiser Pax Nindi, is inviting carnival organisers to become members of the National Carnival Organisers’...
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Trinidad Carnival 2021 off says Prime Minister Rowley

Trinidad Carnival was spared at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but it doesn’t look it will escape the shutdown next year. Speaking at the...
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The Lone Masquerader

This year’s Notting Hill Carnival was cancelled for the first time in its 54 year history, due to COVID-19 health concerns. Despite this, one...
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Jamaica Carnival, Cancelled

Jamaican Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that Jamaica Carnival 2020 will be cancelled. The festival, which had been moved from its...
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Future Mas launches for Notting Hill Carnival 2021

Saturday 5 September saw the launch of a new children’s mas band, Future Mas, a collaboration between UCOM and Caribbean Sessions. For the launch...
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Ms Desire’s Soca Raised Me wins virtual Groovy Monarch

Another first for Carnival was the ACASA virtual Groovy Monarch competition, which saw nine contestants vie for the crown. The groovy competition, which would...
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G-String crowned 2020 ACASA UK Calypso Monarch

This year has been a weird one in so many ways thanks to Covid-19 and the pandemic but, as they say, ‘the show must...
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Notting Hill Carnival Judge Leela Ramdeen yearns to play ah mas

This year, the 54th anniversary of Notting Hill Carnival, will find me sitting with my family in Trinidad, watching the first ever virtual NHC...
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From street to screen – Notting Hill Carnival comes to your...

A socially distanced carnival – what foolishness is that? We know the answer, of course: a microscopic bit of parasitic protein has succeeded where...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Natasha

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? I...
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Big screen Notting Hill Carnival action from Samsung

In the week leading up to Carnival, Samsung Electronics UK will be taking over a giant screen in Piccadilly Circus in London’s West End...
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Picture this! Getty Images and Notting Hill Carnival launch photography partnership

Picture agency Getty Images has teamed up with organiser Notting Hill Carnival Limited and NHCL’s parent organisation Carnival Village Trust (CVT) to create a...
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New Instagram filter Carnival Cutie featuring Nailah Blackman

Nailah Blackman has teamed up with @winerymas for the first-ever Instagram carnival filter called "Carnival Cutie". The new Instagram filter can be found by searching for filters...
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Below the line and beneath contempt – the trolling of Notting...

From its earliest incarnation, Notting Hill Carnival has been controversial. It’s the ‘Marmite’ of annual festivals. Indifference is not an option; you either love...
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‘A great shame’ – reactions to Notting Hill Carnival’s cancellation

We knew it wasn’t going to be good news, but the finality of it still came as a shock, a blow to the heart:...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 cancelled

After nearly two months of speculation, and frustration, organiser NHCL has announced that has decided to cancel this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, due to...
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Derby loses its Caribbean Carnival to coronavirus

The annual Caribbean Carnival has been a feature of life in Derby since 1975, but this year’s event, scheduled for Sunday 19 July, has...
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Grenada and Statia lose carnivals to Covid-19

Two more Caribbean carnivals have succumbed to the bacchanal-eating virus that’s swept the world of most major cultural and sporting events this year. In Grenada,...
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Notting Hill Carnival organiser under pressure as bands pull out

Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‑ Go or No-go? That’s the big question carnivalists and others have been debating on social media since coronavirus lockdown...
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Hackney Carnival concentrates on health

The 2020 Hackney Carnival will not be held this year as organisers focus their resources on dealing with the Covid-19 health crisis. The carnival, which...
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Antigua Carnival falls victim to Covid-19

Antigua Carnival, which was to have been held on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 August, has been cancelled. Billing itself as the Caribbean’s Greatest...
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Barbados Crop Over Festival is cancelled for 2020

Another major Caribbean carnival has been cancelled in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. On 16 April the Barbados cabinet approved a recommendation by the Ministry...
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Coronavirus shuts down carnivals across the globe

The future of many carnivals around the world is under threat as the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic forces cancellations and postponements all around the world....
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