News

The Wailers awarded a blue heritage plaque

Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were together The Wailing Wailers, later known as Bob Marley and the Wailers. The Wailers 1973 inaugural...

Joseph Charles - Sun 13 Oct 2019

Hero – the extraordinary life and times of ...

Until now, Ulric Cross has been an unfamiliar name to most – but this is a man whose life story already sounds like a...

Joseph Charles - Sat 12 Oct 2019

Rudolph Walker celebrates 80

Many of you will know him as Patrick Truman from Eastenders, but Rudolph Walker OBE has been gracing our screens for quite some time...

Joseph Charles - Thu 10 Oct 2019

News Travel

Have you been on a soca packaged holiday?

Yes, you heard right. We’ve come a long way from the times when you would jump on a BWIA plane and head to the...

Joseph Charles - Tue 01 Oct 2019

Here are the results of Hackney Carnival 2019 which was held on Sunday 8 September. Best Newcomers Morningside School Traditional Masquerade Yaram Arts Best Mass Participation Soca Massive Best Movement (choreography) Dimensions...

Soca News Staff - Mon 16 Sep 2019

Notting Hill Carnival 2019 Sunday & Monday Mas Band results

Here are the mas band results for Notting Hill Carnival 2019, which was held on Sunday 25 and Monday 26 August. Carnival Sunday Mas Band...

Joseph Charles - Tue 03 Sep 2019

Carnival Feature News

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...

Stephen Spark - Sun 25 Aug 2019

UK Panorama finals 2019 and the power of steel

In 1966, steelpan turned Notting Hill’s first parade into a Caribbean carnival. You’ll find out why at Panorama, the perfect occasion to experience the...

Joseph Charles - Sat 24 Aug 2019

The 2019 UK Calypso Monarch is Helena B

Helena B is having a fantastic 2019 season as she has now won both the ACASA Groovy Soca Monarch and Calypso Monarch titles. The finals...

Joseph Charles - Fri 23 Aug 2019

Marc Woods talks Rumblin’

In the run-up to Panorama we caught up with Marc Woods, the founder of Rumblin' and an advocate for Carib, the Caribbean’s No.1 Beer. Tell...

Joseph Charles - Fri 23 Aug 2019

Silent for Grenfell, Respect & Reflect

On both days of Carnival in Notting Hill we will, once again, hold a 72-second silence at 3pm on both Sunday and Monday, in...

Katie Segal - Wed 21 Aug 2019

No one was ever Shipwrecked like this

As a rule of thumb, never get shipwrecked. The roof leaks and the food isn’t always served hot. Something we were probably all (implicitly)...

Katie Segal - Wed 21 Aug 2019

Omnia, all the mas you need

Before we talk about Omnia, I have to ask the question I think has many people wondering: what happened to Euphoria? EUPHORIA ceased operating in...

Joseph Charles - Tue 20 Aug 2019

Feature News

Ode to Carnival

Why do I love carnival? Let me count the ways... I love carnival because of the incredible buzz you get from chipping through the streets,...

Joseph Charles - Mon 19 Aug 2019

News Soca People

Fakekou, Trini To The Bone

KOU, aka Sterling Callender, is a die-hard, Trini-to-the-bone, soca artist. This performer’s passion is to simply make soca music and perform soca music, so...

Joseph Charles - Mon 19 Aug 2019

Feature News

It may be a PURE LIME, but it’s all about the...

Pure Lime has been around as long as people have been rubbing chocolate onto their bodies at Notting Hill Carnival. As the original chocolate...

Katie Segal - Sun 18 Aug 2019

Tears Mas presents for Notting Hill Carnival 2019 – Mane

Tears Mas has been on a long and exciting journey over the past nine years, since its inception in 2010. It’s become known as...

Joseph Charles - Sun 18 Aug 2019

Helena B is on top with In Between

Helena B is the new Soca Queen of the UK. Helena secured the prestigious ACASA Groovy Soca Monarch title for Soca In Between at...

Stephen Spark - Sat 17 Aug 2019

Kes the Band hits the Beach in South Florida

Whatever you were doing at 2am Eastern Standard Time on 29 June 2019, you should have stopped, packed a bag and caught a plane,...

Lynette Ametewee - Thu 15 Aug 2019

Soca storms on to the calypso stage

Back in times you knew what to expect from the ABC London Calypso Tent. It was always good fun when the rum and Carib...

Stephen Spark - Thu 15 Aug 2019

Hotwax presents for Notting Hill Carnival 2019, Mother Nature’s Elements

Founded by Dennis George in 1979, Hotwax originally provided DJ services for mas bands in Notting Hill Carnival. In 1993 they became a mas...

Katie Segal - Tue 13 Aug 2019

What To Do In Notting Hill While In Town For The...

Every summer London hosts its famous Notting Hill Carnival, a massive celebration of Caribbean culture. The Carnival primarily serves as a music festival, but...

ggoodis - Mon 12 Aug 2019

Feature

Calling on the diaspora – the Caribbean Skills Bank

The images are harrowing. Houses with their roofs blown off, trees strewn across the road, power lines wrecked, transport thrown into confusion, people crying,...

Stephen Spark - Sun 11 Aug 2019

Books Community News

New mystery-adventure stories in Creole bring Guyana to life for our...

What if you could have something special to remind you of 'back home'? How do you best teach your children what it was like...

Sun 11 Aug 2019

Boyzie is the 2019 Grenada Power Soca Monarch whilst Dash and...

The 2019 Grenada Soca Monarch competition concluded in the early hours of this morning, Saturday 10 August, the finals were held at Grenada's National...

Joseph Charles - Sat 10 Aug 2019

Lynette Gabriel

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Lynette Gabriel, at the end of July. Lynette and Carl are the artists...

Katie Segal - Fri 09 Aug 2019

June Jerkfest

Held at Feet East in Brick Lane on 23 June, London Jerk Festival brought together 10 chefs and their stalls, offering a wide variety...

Dunstan Creavalle - Thu 01 Aug 2019

Health & Fitness News

Let’s talk about Prostate Cancer

Like many men, Godfrey Fletcher, had little knowledge of prostate cancer when he was diagnosed at just 47. The news came as a complete shock....

Joseph Charles - Thu 01 Aug 2019