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Anguilla's 50th Summer Festival will be a Celebrated Reunion

The organisers of the 50th edition of Anguilla Summer Festival, themed The Family Reunion are calling all revellers from around the world to join the …
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What will be the fate of LIAT as it faces liquidation...

Gaston Brown, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, has confirmed that there are plans to liquidate the regional airline. The announcement comes in the...
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Caribbean culture coming to the South Bank

If you take a leisurely stroll along London’s South Bank heading past the London Eye, Royal Festival Hall and the National Theatre, just before...
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Reshaping Carnival for the age of coronavirus

By Vincent John, leader of DUKA Mas Domnik UK Carnival Band The belated cancellation of Carnival by Notting Hill Carnival Limited was no surprise, particularly...
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The Best Ways to Listen to Soca Music Online

In decades gone by, listening to your favourite music was somewhat difficult if you had tastes that were not considered mainstream. Lovers of genres...
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Mas stalwart Lincoln Rahamut has died

Lincoln Rahamut, founder and former artistic director of Masquerade 2000, who was born on 28 June 1946 passed away on Sunday 31 May 2020, he...
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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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Caribbean coronavirus round-up 

The curse of Covid-19 has touched the Caribbean relatively lightly, with the exception of the Spanish-speaking countries. Small island nations are able to control entry points such...
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A passion for pan – a tribute to Frank Rollock Snr

The following article originally appeared in the 24 August 2001 issue of Hot Tickets magazine and is reproduced here, with minor edits, as a...
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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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Get stuck into some Misbehaviour

Miss World has had its share of controversy, but never more so than in 1970. This was the year that ‘Women’s Lib’ feminist activism...
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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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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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Soca artiste Ding Dong wants us to stay Inside

Soca artist Ding Dong (Andre Houlder) has reworked his popular 2020 Trinidad carnival hit Outside to We Inside. The lyrics of Outside have been changed...
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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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Floella Benjamin receives her damehood

Children’s champion Floella Benjamin, born in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad, is officially a Dame! To be precise, Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, aka Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham, today...
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