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Ding Dong releases two new songs ahead of Tobago Carnival 2025 

Soca artist and DJ Ding Dong (Andre Holder) has released two new songs ahead of Tobago Carnival 2025, with plans for more leading into Trinidad …
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Kaiso Lime returns for a five-month run at the Tabernacle

It’s amazing: we are out of lockdown and still I can’t believe we are out - and so were the Talk Yuh Talk promoters....
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Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2022 offers a feast of film, in...

Themed From Empire to Commonwealth: Legacies of the Windrush Generation, the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival bounces back into cinemas – online as well –...
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The Return of Carnival in the Caymans

CayMas Carnival is back on for 2022, and revellers will get to tick another rich Caribbean experience off their bucket list as they explore...
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Tube and rail strikes timed to hit Windrush Day events

Travel to many Windrush Day events across London and the rest of the UK will be disrupted by strikes on the Tube and national...
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Glastonbury Festival lacks diversity, says Lenny Henry

Actor, author and broadcaster Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE has criticised Glastonbury Festival for its lack of black faces, both on stage and in...
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Saint Lucia Carnival 2022

It’s been 1,086 days… It was bad enough having to wait 365 days. Who could have guessed that when the music stopped and trucks packed...
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Grenfell Tower fire – five years on and still no charges

A service was held at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the 72 people who died as a result of the fire at Grenfell Tower in...
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Jane McDonald takes on the Caribbean

Award-winning singer, actress and broadcaster Jane McDonald is exploring the islands of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Grenada and Antigua on Channel 5, with an eponymous...
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St Kitts Music Festival

After two pandemic-darkened years, the organisers of the St Kitts Music Festival have relaunched the event. As well as concerts, they are promising parties...
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‘Meet the Buyer’ boosts Jamaican products in Britain

On Thursday 7 April, the Jamaican High Commission and Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) hosted a new initiative in London called Meet the Buyer. The...
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Planning an eco-friendly Caribbean holiday

Planning an eco-friendly Caribbean holidayThe representative to the UN from the Maldives recently spoke at COP26, highlighting the impact climate change is having on small...
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University Alliance honours ACASA chair Vincent John

Vincent John, chair of the Association of Calypsonians and Soca Artistes UK (ACASA), has been honoured by the University Alliance with the Jubilee Award....
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East Midlands Carnival Diary

East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network (EMCCAN) is the umbrella organisation for Derby, Leicester, Northampton and Nottingham carnivals. Although full details of all events...
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Saint Lucia Carnival has a new website

A new official website for Saint Lucia Carnival was launched by the organiser, the Carnival Planning and Management Committee (CPMC), on Tuesday 7 June. Features...
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Caribbean culture at the Foire De Paris

If you were wanting to sample the best in Caribbean culture, especially music and food, you probably wouldn’t think of buying a ticket to...
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Montserrat Carnival gets set to turn 60 in style

Montserrat Carnival is getting ready to mark a ‘significant birthday’. The event began in 1962 as a celebration of Caribbean heritage and creativity, featuring...
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Claude Paul talks calypso and carnival

The Carnival Music Management Committee (CMMC) in Saint Lucia is a new body appointed by the government, we spoke to its chairman Claude Paul...
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New organiser promises rebirth of Carnival in Bermuda

BHW Ltd has handed over management of Bermuda Carnival to the newly formed Bermuda Mas Band Association. The BMBA is organising this year’s festival,...
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Watford organises first-ever carnival

Watford is busy planning what its organiser claims will be the Hertfordshire town’s first-ever carnival. The Watford Cultural and Musical Carnival is set to take...
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Who are you playing mas with for Saint Lucia Carnival 2022?

Saint Lucia carnival is fast approaching, and if by now you haven’t booked your costume then check out the bands below, there is still...
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Sea level rise a threat to Caribbean Islands

Parts of the French Caribbean islands could be uninhabitable within 20 years, a geographer has warned. The effect of global warming on sea level rise...
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Acasa’s Spring Collection – calypso and Soca return in style

Aficionados of ‘the first music of the Caribbean’ have been heading to the London Calypso Tent every August since 1992. So what were we...
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Women in Caribbean carnival: Power, Performance and Play

In a recent lecture, Dr Emily Zobel Marshall spoke about the historical and cultural context of Carnival, giving a glimpse into her research on...
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Caribbean-Inspired Sandal Trends for Summer 2022

The summer season is fast approaching, and fashionistas are getting ready to pack for a Caribbean island getaway. The Caribbean comprises over 700 islands, islets,...
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Levé kicks off the Saint Lucian Carnival season

On Friday 27 May, Verve nightclub came alive with sweet soca rhythms as local artistes teased patrons with their hits for the season. It...
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Kinetika 2022 Flag Hire Brochure

Kinetika has launched Spectacular Installations, a brochure showcasing the company’s distinctive, intricate and colourful hand-painted silk banners. For more than two decades Kinetika has created...
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Red Plastic Bag

Red Plastic Bag (Stedson Wiltshire – also known as RPB or just Bag) is a successful calypsonian from Barbados. RPB was born on 17 June...
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Saint Lucia announces Groovy and Soca Monarch Competition deadlines

The Carnival Music Management Committee (CMMC) of Saint Lucia has announced the deadline for the submission of songs for the 2022 Groovy and Power...
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A Lil Bit A Bim

A Lil Bit A Bim is the main annual fundraising event of the National Council of Barbadian Associations (NCBA), an umbrella organisation of Bajan...
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Machel Montano celebrates 40 years as king of soca

Elizabeth ‘Lady’ Montano has written a biography of her son, entitled King of Soca. The story of Machel Montano will be on Trinidadian bookshelves...
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