News

Saint Lucia Groovy & Power Soca Monarch preliminaries

Saint Lucia’s 2018 Groovy & Power Soca Monarch preliminaries competition will take place on Friday 29 June from 6pm, on the grounds of the...

Joseph Charles - Wed 27 Jun 2018

Carnival News

Children’s carnival day in Hackney

Hackney Carnival is getting better and better. The leaders have been listening to the local community and implementing programmes to strengthen the event and...

Pax Nindi - Thu 21 Jun 2018

News Results

The 2018 Barbados Soca Bashment competition

Twenty five performers are taking part in the semi-final of the Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition, and it's an online vote to decide...

Joseph Charles - Thu 21 Jun 2018

Feature

UK Government rocked by Windrush storm

A ‘hostile’ immigration policy has wrecked lives, forced the resignation of the home secretary and further tarnished Britain’s reputation abroad. As the Windrush Generation...

Stephen Spark - Thu 21 Jun 2018

Carnival News

Small Island Unity ready to blow into Rotterdam and London

They didn’t take part last year due to a contractual dispute with the organisers, but now they’re ready to storm into Rotterdam Zomer Carnaval...

Stephen Spark - Thu 21 Jun 2018

News

The theatrical life of Claudia Jones

Whilst the historical specifics are widely debated, Claudia Jones is heralded by most as one of the instigators or founders of Notting Hill Carnival....

Katie Segal - Wed 20 Jun 2018

News

Radiate Windrush

Wanda Nation presents London’s first open-air Windrush Festival on 23 & 24 June 2018 to celebrate 70 years of the Windrush generation in the...

Joseph Charles - Mon 18 Jun 2018

News Results

Vincy Mas 2018 Soca Monarch semi-finalists

Vincy Mas introduced their Soca Monarch Semi Finals in 2017 to make the overall competition for the crown of Soca Monarch a fairer one....

Lisa Williams - Sun 17 Jun 2018

News

Raise your flag for Windrush Day

This month we commemorate two unconnected events that now seem destined to be forever intertwined by injustice: the 70th anniversary of the arrival in...

Stephen Spark - Sat 16 Jun 2018

Carnival News

Saint Lucia soca monarch registration now open

Saint Lucian soca artist have just 7 days to submit their entries for the preliminaries of this year’s Saint Lucia Soca Monarch competition. Forms...

Joseph Charles - Fri 15 Jun 2018

Community

New soca radio show for Bristol

Bristol gets a brand new weekly Soca radio show starting this Saturday on Ujima 98 FM. The show will be going out live from...

Community Member - Tue 12 Jun 2018

Carnival Feature

Notting Hill Carnival: maligned and misused

“Six more stabbings in a night – now urgent review of police crime tactics is launched.” No, the Evening Standard headline of 9 May wasn’t...

Stephen Spark - Mon 11 Jun 2018

News

Community shines a green light for Grenfell

At 12.54am on 14 June a dozen tower blocks in and around North Kensington will go green to commemorate the moment a year ago...

Stephen Spark - Sat 09 Jun 2018

Food & Drink News

Ackee a Caribbean delight for vegans worldwide!

As plant-based diets and lifestyles become more widespread and the depth of vegan and vegetarian cooking becomes better understood, people are expanding their horizons...

Joseph Charles - Thu 07 Jun 2018

News

Nailah Blackman nominated for a BET’s Viewers’ Choice award

Nailah Blackman has been nominated for a BET Award in the category of Best New International Act. In a statement Nailah emphasised: “I’m the only...

Joseph Charles - Wed 06 Jun 2018

News

Barbados has a new Prime Minister

Barbados Labour Party (BLP) leader Mia Mottley is the new Prime Minister of Barbados. The BLP won nearly three-quarters of the popular vote and took...

Joseph Charles - Wed 06 Jun 2018

News Review

Luton International carnival 2018 review

The 2018 UK carnival season began in style, with Luton International Carnival celebrating its 42nd year on 27 May. Commissioned by Luton Borough Council...

Angela Chappell - Mon 04 Jun 2018

Carnival News

Preston gets set for two days of Caribbean mas and music

Preston is really going to town with its Caribbean Carnival this month. Up till now it has been a one-day affair, but the historic...

Stephen Spark - Mon 04 Jun 2018

Carnival Feature News

Carnival surveillance scandal: if the face fits…

… you’re nicked! That, at least, is how the Metropolitan Police hoped to operate at Notting Hill Carnival 2016 and 2017. It didn’t quite...

Stephen Spark - Mon 04 Jun 2018

Feature News

Why does politics turn men into toads?*

Answer: Because they are being mercilessly lampooned in a European pre-Lenten carnival. In past centuries Carnival in England used to be an opportunity for poking...

Stephen Spark - Mon 04 Jun 2018

News Review

Kaiso Lime, Windrush theme dominates the opening show for Kaiso Lime...

Kaiso Lime returned to Carnival Village on Saturday 5 May for its fifth season. The opening night focused strongly on remembering the impact of...

Michelle Gederon - Tue 29 May 2018

News

Cottons goes Arty

Cottons Restaurant in Notting Hill Gate have been doing more than just firing up the grills and providing a taste of the Caribbean. Over the...

Joseph Charles - Tue 22 May 2018

Carnival News

The Heart of Carnival in Luton

Luton International Carnival are bringing the love to Luton by celebrating ‘Home is Where the Heart Is’. With Luton Town Football Club promoted to...

Joseph Charles - Fri 18 May 2018

Carnival Feature News

Carnival Village to lead or not to lead

Notting Hill Carnival, that magnificent juggernaut that comes around every last Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday in August, is almost upon us. In a...

Joseph Charles - Thu 17 May 2018

News

Saint Lucia Carnival, a hidden Gem

Saint Lucia Carnival remains a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. In recent years the carnival has developed significantly, both through local talent and...

Joseph Charles - Mon 14 May 2018

News

Skinny heads Up Straight with his new video

St Vincent soca artist Skinny Fabulous says he isn’t in any 'fishy fishy business' with the release of his latest video, Up Straight, on...

Joseph Charles - Thu 26 Apr 2018

News

Bunji Garlin x Shenseea could only mean one thing – Big...

Trinidad superstar Bunji Garlin and Jamaican songstress Shenseea have released the video to their soca collaboration Big Bad Soca. The Big Bad Soca remix was...

Joseph Charles - Thu 26 Apr 2018

Community

Seeking Applicants for Ms Trinidad and Tobago UK

We are seeking applicants for Ms Trinidad and Tobago UK age 18 to 30. First prize a two weeks expenses paid trip to Trinidad...

Community Member - Wed 25 Apr 2018

News

Benje and his Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, written and produced by Benje (Benjamin Alexander) from Saint Lucia, is the artist’s second 2018 carnival season release. The track celebrates the...

Joseph Charles - Sat 07 Apr 2018

News

Calypso Rose is So Calypso in her latest release

Calypso Rose (McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis) releases the single Calypso Blues ahead of her new album, So Calypso, which will be available from 25 May....

Joseph Charles - Sat 24 Mar 2018

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Ding Dong releases two new songs ahead of Tobago Carnival 2025

Saint Lucia Groovy & Power Soca Monarch preliminaries

Children’s carnival day in Hackney

The 2018 Barbados Soca Bashment competition

UK Government rocked by Windrush storm

Small Island Unity ready to blow into Rotterdam and London

The theatrical life of Claudia Jones

Radiate Windrush

Vincy Mas 2018 Soca Monarch semi-finalists

Raise your flag for Windrush Day

Saint Lucia soca monarch registration now open

New soca radio show for Bristol

Notting Hill Carnival: maligned and misused

Community shines a green light for Grenfell

Ackee a Caribbean delight for vegans worldwide!

Nailah Blackman nominated for a BET’s Viewers’ Choice award

Barbados has a new Prime Minister

Luton International carnival 2018 review

Preston gets set for two days of Caribbean mas and music

Carnival surveillance scandal: if the face fits…

Why does politics turn men into toads?*

Kaiso Lime, Windrush theme dominates the opening show for Kaiso Lime...

Cottons goes Arty

The Heart of Carnival in Luton

Carnival Village to lead or not to lead

Saint Lucia Carnival, a hidden Gem

Skinny heads Up Straight with his new video

Bunji Garlin x Shenseea could only mean one thing – Big...

Seeking Applicants for Ms Trinidad and Tobago UK

Benje and his Happy Birthday

Calypso Rose is So Calypso in her latest release

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