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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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Carnival seeks fairer treatment from Arts Council

The Arts Council of England (ACE), which for many years has been an important funder of Carnival, has published its strategy for the next...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 will go ahead, say organisers

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted carnival organisers around the world to reschedule or cancel, but organisers in London are determined to hold Notting Hill...
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Coronavirus outbreak started in German carnival

The Covid-19 coronavirus in Germany has been centred on the Heinsberg district near the border with the Netherlands, where the virus has spread more...
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Vincy Mas 2020 is cancelled

The loss of another Caribbean carnival to Covid-19 was announced today by the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves. After...
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Leeds West Indian Carnival is cancelled

After more than half a century of bringing mas to the people of Yorkshire, the organisers of Leeds West Indian Carnival have reluctantly decided...
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Saint Lucia Carnival cancelled, but will return in 2021

Saint Lucia is the latest country to announce that its carnival has fallen victim to the coronavirus, Covid-19. The carnival, scheduled for Monday 20 and...
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UK mas bands pull launches as COVID-19 takes over

The calendar for March, April and May was jam-packed with band launches for this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, scheduled to be held on the...
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Cape Town Carnival cancelled

Cape Town Carnival has been cancelled, the event was scheduled to take place this coming Saturday 21 March. A message on the Cape Town Carnival...
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A New Journal For Carnival Arts

Studying Carnival arts will never be the same again. Research will be so much easier after a new academic journal dedicated to the subject...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Band Launches

We may only be in February, but preparation for Notting Hill Carnival 2020, which this year will take place on the Sunday 30 and...
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Notting Hill – what’s new for Carnival 2019

Soca News spoke to Matthew Phillip, executive director of event organiser Notting Hill Carnival Limited (NHCL) to find out what we can expect on...
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St Lucia Soca Monarch 2019 results, Ricky T retains crown Vye...

St Lucia has a new Groovy Soca Monarch champion in the form of Vye Twizeen with his 2019 contribution Mix Up. However, the Power...
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St Paul’s Carnival returns today

Since it started in 1968, Bristol’s St Paul’s Carnival has had more than its fair share of trials and tribulations, but happily it’s back...
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A new showcase for Carnival in London

Trinidadian activist and journalist Claudia Jones shot like a comet through London’s grey skies. Her all-too-brief life blazed a trail that others have followed...
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Police reassure Crop Over revellers

Gangsters won’t be allowed to disrupt Crop Over, a Barbados Police chief has pledged. Quoted by Barbados Today, Assistant Commissioner Sylvester Louis said that the...
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Design a T-shirt for Notting Hill Carnival

What does Notting Hill Carnival mean to you? How does it make you feel? Organiser NHCL wants you to ask yourself those questions – and...
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J’Ouvert – channelling the spirit of Carnival

“Trini Hill” murmured my neighbour as soon as the two old men set up their folding chairs and started bickering over the pricing strategy...
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CAMF Band Launch and Showcase

The Carnival Arts and Masquerade Foundation (CAMF) held its second annual band launch at Second Home, London Fields, Hackney, on Sunday 12 May. Entitled...
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Vibes from Vybz, vybz mas and masanova band launch review

One mas camp, five sections for NHC 2019. Vybz Mas’ much-anticipated 2019 band launch was held by bandleader Lloyd Bedeau on 23 March this...
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Everybody Loves A Good Chocolate

Yes, Chocolate! Another year, another launch – and this was one that proved that, 10 years on, this band remains one of the kings...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2019 Band launch schedule

We may only be in February, but Notting Hill Carnival 2019 is already in full swing. Band launch season has begun, with costume presentations...
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Carnival Village is clear favourite to run Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival Limited (NHCL) is likely to be organising Notting Hill Carnival for the next three years and receive funding of £300,000 in...
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Mas Revolution, Antiguan style

All seasoned, newer and potential masqueraders are painfully aware that mas has become a pretty expensive proposition. From Carnival Loans in Trinidad to the...
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Imo’s invitation – play mas in Nigeria

Carnival enthusiasts around the world have been waking up to the rich cultural heritage of the Giant of Africa – Nigeria. The country has...
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Have your say on the next Notting Hill Carnival organiser

It’s not often you get asked to choose who should receive £100,000 a year, but Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC) is calling on people...
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Notting Hill Children’s Day – rainmac mas

As I stepped out of Bayswater Tube at 11am a drop of rain fell from the grey London sky. It was the first of...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2018 – soca on the move results

Judged by the Caribbean Music Association (CMA) (Position/Sound or DJ/Mas band/Points) Children’s Day, Sunday 26 August CMA Soca on the Move competition Soca Massive - Soca Massive...
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Notting Hill Carnival judging changes

Mas bands at Notting Hill Carnival (NHC) will be judged twice this year, Soca News has learned. In addition to the established judging point in...
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Kids play mas and pan in Downing Street

We’ve had Carnival on postage stamps, Carnival down the Mall, Carnival at the opening of the London Olympics. And now Carnival has come to...
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Notting Hill organisers put a price on Panorama

As usual in early August in London, panyards are reverberating to the sound of practice sessions and enthusiasts are counting off the days until...
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