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The Adinkra Carnival returns to Ghana

The Adinkra Carnival will return to Winneba, Ghana, on Saturday, 9 December. This year’s festivities promise more significant fanfare and diversity with the attendance of …
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Ricky T captures the 2017 Saint Lucia Carnival Road March

St Lucia Carnival 2017 Road March results

The Mighty Pep is the 2017 Saint Lucia Calypso Monarch

The finals of the 2017 Saint Lucia National Calypso Monarch was held last night, Saturday 15 July, there were 10 competitors. However, the night belonged...

Babonneau Steel Orchestra are the 2017 St Lucia Panorama champions

The finals of the 2017 St Lucia Panorama finals took place last night, Friday 14 July at the Darren Sammy Cricket Grounds in Saint...

“Disillusioned” Notting Hill Carnival spokesman quits

Notting Hill Carnival’s communications director, dramatically resigned at the end of last week

Rio Carnival squeezed between economics and morality

Brazilian carnivals have been dealt a heavy blow by the country’s economic crisis

Stiffy retains his Bashment Soca title for another year

The finals of the Bashment Soca competition took place last night at the Kensington Oval in Barbados
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Clean streets and dirty dancing in Harare

It’s being billed as the “3 Million Man Carnival” and “the biggest street party in southern Africa”

Hands off Notting Hill Carnival, says Mayor

Minister for London Greg Hands today told London Mayor Sadiq Khan to consider moving Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival unlikely to see major changes in 2017

According to press spokesman Andrew Hillier, the route and timetable for Notting Hill Carnival are likely to remain unaltered this year

Notting Hill Carnival pledges solidarity with fire victims

In a press statement issued on Thursday 29 June, LNHCET chair Pepe Francis said: “Notting Hill Carnival will show the local community’s solidarity

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
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Soca Videos are the new norm

In 2009, only a handful of soca artists understood the importance of having a music video

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
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Kaiso Lime returns

Kaiso Lime is back at the Carnival Village for another season

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
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