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Saint Lucia Carnival 2023, Nothing Sweeter Than That

Saint Lucia Carnival 2023 officially begins on 1 July and runs until 19 July. Global interest has grown in recent times and each year...

Sat 01 Jul 2023

News Travel

Exploring Kingstown, Jamaica By Motorcycle

The capital of Jamaica, Kingstown is a vibrant city set against the stunning backdrop of the Blue Mountains. And, a motorcycle tour is one...

ggoodis - Mon 26 Jun 2023

Food & Drink News

Grenada provides inspiration for Honest Burgers’ June creation

Honest Burgers has created a Caribbean Fried Chicken Burger with the help of Grenada’s tourism board, Pure Grenada. The special addition to the menu...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 26 Jun 2023

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Royal Mail issues Windrush 75 stamps

For Windrush Day (22 June), Royal Mail issued eight stamps: two 1st class, two at £1.00, two £2.00 and two £2.20. The “vibrant illustrations”...

Stephen Spark - Sat 24 Jun 2023

News

Coins commemorate Windrush 75

Last year it was Basil Watson’s monument at Waterloo station; this year it’s a 50p coin and a set of postage stamps. The 75th anniversary...

Stephen Spark - Thu 22 Jun 2023

News

BBC broadcasts Ulric Cross biopic Hero

Frances-Anne Solomon’s award-winning film Hero – The Extraordinary Life of Mr Ulric Cross is being shown on BBC Two at 23.45 on Wednesday 21...

Stephen Spark - Wed 21 Jun 2023

News

Terri Lyons: Self-Made Soca Royalty

Terri Lyons is a Trinidadian soca artiste who is often referred to as soca royalty for being the daughter of soca legend Superblue. However,...

Mon 19 Jun 2023

News

Outlawing the roadblock – Carnival at risk from Suella’s anti-protest law

Picture the scene. A million people on the streets. Loud music playing. Large groups congregating around sound systems. Trucks and people on foot moving...

Stephen Spark - Mon 19 Jun 2023

News Videos

Dunce (Visualizer)

Soca News Music - Fri 16 Jun 2023

News Review

Ras Iley and Friends: A Celebration of Decades in the Soca...

For 40 years, Ras Iley has been producing legendary soca music, and it has withstood the dynamic changes in the industry. Despite having been...

Thu 15 Jun 2023

News Soca People

A Big Deal for a Little Boy from San Fernando

Soca DJ and producer (Ché Leonard) is one of several people featured in Citizen UK: Croydon’s Caribbean Influencers. The exhibition, produced in collaboration...

Dunstan Creavalle - Tue 13 Jun 2023

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No Worries

Soca News Music - Tue 13 Jun 2023

Carnival News

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...

Stephen Spark - Mon 12 Jun 2023

Carnival News

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...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 12 Jun 2023

Feature News

How will you celebrate Windrush 75?

On 22 June it will be 75 years since Nazi cruise liner turned Allied troop transport ship turned unofficial emigrant ship HMT Empire Windrush...

Stephen Spark - Thu 08 Jun 2023

News

Kaiso to play key role in Toronto Caribbean Carnival

Toronto’s carnival – better known to many as Caribana – has a global reputation, so it’s with real anticipation that lovers of mas, pan,...

Joseph Charles - Wed 07 Jun 2023

Film & Television News

Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2023

Thirty-six films, 40 screenings and talks, 11 venues and five cities. Those impressive statistics add up to one very ambitious film festival – a...

Stephen Spark - Tue 06 Jun 2023

Carnival News

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...

Joseph Charles - Sat 03 Jun 2023

News

Charlie’s Records demands compensation from Angostura Trinidad

New York-based record producer Rawlston Charles, owner of Charlie’s Records, intends to seek legal redress against Angostura Trinidad Limited for using a sample of...

Wed 31 May 2023

Carnival News

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...

Stephen Spark - Tue 30 May 2023

Feature

Andrea King A Miss World for Today

Miss World Guyana is as charming in real life as she is on screen and stage. We discovered this when we caught up with...

Goss Malone - Tue 30 May 2023

News

Eastbourne Carnival parades its bands, bees and bonfires

Sunshine – both meteorological and masquerade – lit up the seafront at Eastbourne on Saturday 27 May. By lunchtime, the East Sussex resort’s main...

Stephen Spark - Sun 28 May 2023

News Review

Kaiso Lime 2023 season celebrates Caribbean legends and academics

Kaiso Lime 2023 opened on Saturday 6 May and promises to be a season like no other! This year, Kaiso Lime pays homage to...

Michelle Gederon - Sun 28 May 2023

News

Wartime Jamaican flyer Peter Brown is given huge send-off

On the day (Thur 25 May) that much of the world was talking about the passing of musical powerhouse Tina Turner, the funeral of...

Joseph Charles - Sun 28 May 2023

Carnival News

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...

Stephen Spark - Tue 23 May 2023

News

The Black British Face Painters Network

Launched in February 2020, the Black British Face Painters Network (BBFPN) is preparing to host an inaugural London Face Painting Jam in Acton on...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 22 May 2023

News

St. Kitts and Nevis ‘not free’ under King Charles’s rule

St. Kitts and Nevis’s Prime Minister, Dr. Terrance Drew, said: “the country is “not totally free” while King Charles remains head of state. PM...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 22 May 2023

News

City Splash heralds festival’s 3rd year

After a successful event in 2022, City Splash organisers are calling all reggae, dancehall and Afrobeats revellers to their biggest festival yet. This year, the...

Radeya Osman - Fri 19 May 2023

News

Metronomes celebrates 50 years of musical brilliance

Metronomes Steel Orchestra, one of the most renowned steelbands in the United Kingdom, was formed in 1973 by Irvin Corridan and Phil Dubique. 'Metro'...

Thu 18 May 2023

News

AJ’s Calypso Tent forges ahead

AJ's Calypso Tent returns to Reading, in Berkshire, on May 27. With the strapline, 'Celebrating The 20th Edition & The Coronation of King Charles...

DRM Jones - Wed 17 May 2023

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