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Junior Calypso Monarch Finalists Named for Tobago Carnival 2025 

After auditions on Tuesday 16 September, ten (10) young performers have been selected as finalists in the Tobago Junior Calypso Monarch competition. The finals will …
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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Althea McNish: Blue Plaque unveiled

Monday 15 May saw the unveiling of a Blue Heritage Plaque, at 142 West Green Road in Tottenham, for Trinidadian-born artist, Althea McNish. Placed...
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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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Grenada Chocolate Fest 2023

This six-day festival, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary, returns with a special Rum Edition, where attendees will learn about the history of...
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Braff, Ishmael Braithwaite

It's been a year since we lost Braff, who left us on 13 May 2022. Soca News lost a retired editor and true pioneer...
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Foire de Paris 2023

Soca News paid its annual visit to the Foire de Paris at Porte de Versailles and was not disappointed. Slight rain didn’t dampen the...
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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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Once on this Island

Rosa Guy's My Love, My Love, or, The Peasant Girl (1985) has embraced its Trinidadian roots to inspire the riveting new Ola Ince directed...
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Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival kicks off with Shenseea and...

The Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival kicked off on the eve of 5 May at Mindoo Phillip Park in Saint Lucia, featuring live...
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