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Atlanta welcomes 38th Annual Caribbean Carnival with focus on Trinidad and Tobago

Atlanta embraces the spirit of the Caribbean as the 38th Annual Atlanta Caribbean Carnival unfolds in a spectacular display of music, masquerade, and multicultural unity. …
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Notting Hill Carnival organiser appoints event manager

London Notting Hill Carnival Enterprises Trust (LNHCET) has appointed Street Event Company (SEC) as its event manager for the iconic annual event, now in its 51st year

Notting Hill Carnival promises a media makeover

Notting Hill Carnival’s relationship with the media has often been stormy and occasionally abusive

London zouk explosion

The inauguration of Club Zouk at carnival in the 90’s created awareness of the music

Ros Price

Soca News was sad to learn of the death last month of Ros Price (Rosalind Patricia Price, 28 January 1941 28 May 2017) at the age of 76.

Notting Hill Carnival responds to Grenfell fire

The fire that engulfed the 24 storeys of Grenfell Tower on 14 June has left an estimated 79 people dead and hundreds more traumatised, mourning and homeless

Soca Videos are the new norm

In 2009, only a handful of soca artists understood the importance of having a music video
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CMA proposes a Soca Zone for Notting Hill Carnival...

The Caribbean Music Association, which governs the DJs who play music on the trucks

Perform at Notting Hill Carnival with sunshine in your soul

Sunshine International Arts (SiA) are currently seeking 15 performers to take part in a theatrical piece

Bashment Soca competition semi-finalist announced

ts competition time in Barbados as twelve contestants are chosen for the semi-final leg of the Bashment soca competition

Fire horror exposes the best and worst of Notting Hill

Wednesday’s devastating fire that engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in north Kensington

Paint the town red – Notting Hill changes hands

The 8 June 2017 general election ended on a spectacular note with controversial Conservative MP Victoria Borwick losing her Kensington seat

In the village

Welcome to ‘What’s happening @ Carnival Village’, a monthly round up of carnival arts and activities taking place at both the Tabernacle and the Yaa Centre

Luton International Carnival invites you to celebrate the world

Tomorrow the streets of Luton, Bedfordshire, will come alive to brightly coloured costumes and the sounds of soca and calypso from trucks and sound systems

Guyana celebrates 51st year of Independence

Guyana’s celebration of its 51st year of independence from Britain is officially celebrated today May 26

Kaiso Lime returns

Kaiso Lime is back at the Carnival Village for another season
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Donna moving up at Trinidad Carnival

Donna Philip-Forde returned to the UK following a personal triumph in the final of the Queen of Carnival category during this year’s Trinidad Carnival

Brixton memorial will honour African and Caribbean troops

Seventy-two years after the end of the Second World War, Commonwealth soldiers are finally to be honoured with their own memorial

Ms Desire wants you on her team

UK soca artist Ms Desire has released her second track for 2017

Comic Carnaval, a Cosplay Spectacle

Something very different is set to hit the east side of London this coming Bank Holiday weekend, something called Comic Carnaval

Counting down to London’s new Caribbean festival

The launch of a festival devoted to all things Caribbean is worth celebrating, so Soca News was excited to be invited to the press unveiling of Jus’ Caribbean on Thursday 18 May at the St Lucia High Commission in the presence of HE Guy Mayers

Time Out London is offering a Taste of the Islands

Time Out London has teamed up with British Airways to offer a handful of lucky Londoners

Bazodee wins Best Music and Audience Choice Award

Machel Montano’s movie Bazodee had two successful, sell-out screenings at the Regent Street Cinema in March

Miss Barbados UK 2017 is Crowned

The third annual Miss Barbados UK competition took place on Saturday 6 May, and saw the crowning of a new queen

No St Pauls Carnival in 2017

St Pauls Carnival has been cancelled once again
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Soca, Rum and some Bajan sun comes to South Molton Street

South Molton Street, near classy Bond Street in W1, will come alive this weekend with a Taste Of Barbados.

Better Management, is the key goal for Notting Hill Carnival says...

London Notting Hill Carnival Enterprises Trust (LNHCET) has reportedly accepted the need to bring in professional help to run London’s annual carnival, which last year celebrated its golden jubilee

Former calypso monarch Akima Paul appointed Grenada’s High Commissioner

Former London Calypso Monarch Akima Paul-Lambert has been appointed Grenada’s High Commissioner to the UK

Indefinite leave to remain: Moko Jumbies at the British Museum

Two years ago Soca News reported that, to coincide with Notting Hill Carnival

Election clash creates chaos for Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival

Carnival fans and tourism businesses are reeling after a series of shock announcements about Bahamas’ third annual Junkanoo Carnival

New Beacon Books shines on

Finsbury Park’s famous Black bookshop, New Beacon Books (NBB), celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2016
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