News

Opposition grows as Notting Hill Carnival organiser stifles dissent

The traditional post-event public meeting for Notting Hill Carnival took place at The Tabernacle on 5 September. Although billed as a ‘residents’ meeting’, it...

Stephen Spark - Fri 06 Sep 2024

News

We are off to the Swiss Soca Festival

The 8th Edition of the Swiss Soca Festival will take place from Friday 6 - Sunday 8 September in Zug, Switzerland. The event will...

Radeya Osman - Wed 04 Sep 2024

News

Grenfell Fire report damns council, construction companies and government for laxity,...

Dangerously weakened safety regulation, greed, dishonesty, incompetence, arrogance, complacency and buck-passing were just a few of the damning terms at the launch today of...

Stephen Spark - Wed 04 Sep 2024

News Review

Notting Hill Carnival J’Ouvert – de-cancelling de culture

Lurking in the shadows on the opposite side of the road, two policemen eyed me warily as I walked down Ladbroke Grove. I affected...

Stephen Spark - Wed 04 Sep 2024

News

Notting Hill Carnival meeting – your chance to speak out

Carnivalists, other participants and residents should head to The Tabernacle in Powis Square W11 2AY on Thursday evening (7-9pm) for the annual post-carnival Residents’...

Stephen Spark - Tue 03 Sep 2024

News

From Local Legends to Global Icons: St. Kitts Music Festival 2024

The 2024 St. Kitts Music Festival was an electrifying spectacle that blended the best of local, regional, and international music talent, offering this year's...

Rachel Ritfeld - Tue 03 Sep 2024

News

Oxford’s Cowley Road Carnival is back!

The popular carnival along Cowley Road in east Oxford returns to the streets again on Sunday 1 September. The theme ‘Our Nature Our Future’...

Stephen Spark - Sat 31 Aug 2024

News

Mangrove are the UK Panorama Champions for 2024

It was first announced that Ebony had retained the Panorama title, but between that announcement and Sunday, the results were amended to show Mangrove...

Soca News Staff - Wed 28 Aug 2024

News

UK National Panorama Competition 2024

The annual clash of the UK’s finest steel bands runs from 4pm to midnight on Saturday 24 August. The venue is Horniman’s Pleasance, a...

Joseph Charles - Fri 23 Aug 2024

News

Your Notting Hill Carnival Weekend looks like this

Official events start with the UK National Steelbands Panorama at Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance on Saturday 24 August. Just five bands are competing this year....

Stephen Spark - Thu 22 Aug 2024

News Review

Carnival’s summer treat: pan-jazz in the park

The Carnival Culture in the Park series at Opera Holland Park is now in its fourth year. Trooping off to this superb tent-like venue...

Stephen Spark - Tue 20 Aug 2024

News

Who’s ready for some dutty mas at Notting Hill Carnival?

The cancellation of Carnival Sunday’s J’Ouvert at Notting Hill led many to think that organiser NHCL had scuppered a once-a-year chance to cover yourself...

Joseph Charles - Mon 19 Aug 2024

News

Pan, jazz, samba and calypso in the park

For the fourth year running, Opera Holland Park (OHP) will host a four-day celebration of carnival culture. The series was announced at the Notting...

Stephen Spark - Thu 15 Aug 2024

Food & Drink News

Scissor Sisters win UK’s first Bounty Domino Tournament

Mangrove Global and Bounty Rum have announced the winners of the UK’s first-ever Bounty Domino Tournament. Following three national heats in Glasgow, Manchester, and...

Radeya Osman - Wed 14 Aug 2024

News

Get Notting Hill Carnival Fit

On Wednesday 21 August you can stretch those muscles and work out that body in a two-hour Non-Stop Dance Fitness session with Brian Zumba...

Soca News Staff - Wed 14 Aug 2024

News

How Caribbean Athletes Can Leverage NIL Deals in U.S. Colleges

NIL deals have enabled many gifted athletes in the US to earn from their name, image, and likeness as a form of compensation for...

ggoodis - Sat 10 Aug 2024

News

Notting Hill Carnival’s J’Ouvert cancelled

In a move that has shocked London’s carnival-lovers, Notting Hill Carnival’s traditional J'Ouvert on Sunday 25 August 2024 (6-9am) has been cancelled. Today’s announcement was...

Stephen Spark - Fri 09 Aug 2024

News

Dominica and Saint Lucia win first-ever Olympic medals at Paris games

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred and Dominica’s Thea LaFond-Gadson created history simultaneously on the evening of Saturday 3 August as they both won their nation’s...

Dunstan Creavalle - Thu 08 Aug 2024

News

Rihanna makes an iconic comeback to Crop Over festival

Rihanna made a stunning return to the Crop Over Festival in Barbados for the first time since 2019, donning a custom bedazzled costume designed...

Radeya Osman - Wed 07 Aug 2024

News

Tomorrow is the 2024 Tune Of De Crop

Brucelee Almightee’s Tomorrow is Tune Of De Crop, with 16 plays. He is also the 2024 STARCOM Network and FLOW People’s Monarch. Lil Rick with...

Soca News Staff - Tue 06 Aug 2024

News

AC is the 2024 Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch

AC (Adrian Clarke) is the 2024 Calypso Monarch of Barbados after beating seventeen other contestants in the Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Finals at the National...

Joseph Charles - Sun 04 Aug 2024

News

Notting Hill Carnival 2024 Events

With Notting Hill Carnival 2024 just weeks away, our events list, powered by Bounty Rum, the Spirit of Carnival, is the most comprehensive guide...

Joseph Charles - Fri 02 Aug 2024

News

You can help Pantonic’s return to Notting Hill Carnival

Pantonic Steel Orchestra announced they will return to Notting Hill Carnival after a twenty-year break. Led by Lynette Yearwood, granddaughter of co-founder Ezekiel ’Biggs’...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 29 Jul 2024

News

Carnival at Tate Britain

The normally hushed and reverent surroundings of Tate Britain on Millbank will host the Big Weekender on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August. The...

Stephen Spark - Sun 28 Jul 2024

News

The Apollo welcomes the King of Soca Machel Montano

Soca legend Machel Montano will headline not one but three shows during Labor Day Weekend at The Apollo in Harlem, NYC, this year. Originally scheduled...

Radeya Osman - Sat 27 Jul 2024

News Results

Pic-O-De-Crop finalists revealed

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has revealed the finalists for the Courtesy Garage Pic-O-De-Crop Competition, which will be held on Friday 2 August. The announcement,...

Radeya Osman - Sat 27 Jul 2024

News

Triniboi Joocie’s new single is You

Whining Parish singer, Triniboi Joocie has just released the video for his latest single, You. Originally scheduled for release on Friday, July 5, the launch...

Radeya Osman - Fri 26 Jul 2024

News

UK Panorama tickets go on sale

Tickets for the UK National Steelbands Panorama competition are now available. The price for adults is £20 + £1.56 booking fee and £7 +...

Stephen Spark - Fri 26 Jul 2024

News

Three for free with Calypso at the Tab

London’s calypso-lovers were fearing they would have to resign themselves to a barren season in 2024. By mid-July, no word had come from troubled...

Stephen Spark - Wed 24 Jul 2024

Carnival Feature News

Crop Over a 50-year celebration

This year, Barbados Crop Over reaches a significant milestone: its half-century. However, like many other festivals, Crop Over has a somewhat tangled history, and...

Stephen Spark - Tue 23 Jul 2024

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Ding Dong releases two new songs ahead of Tobago Carnival 2025

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UK National Panorama Competition 2024

Your Notting Hill Carnival Weekend looks like this

Carnival’s summer treat: pan-jazz in the park

Who’s ready for some dutty mas at Notting Hill Carnival?

Pan, jazz, samba and calypso in the park

Scissor Sisters win UK’s first Bounty Domino Tournament

Get Notting Hill Carnival Fit

How Caribbean Athletes Can Leverage NIL Deals in U.S. Colleges

Notting Hill Carnival’s J’Ouvert cancelled

Dominica and Saint Lucia win first-ever Olympic medals at Paris games

Rihanna makes an iconic comeback to Crop Over festival

Tomorrow is the 2024 Tune Of De Crop

AC is the 2024 Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch

Notting Hill Carnival 2024 Events

You can help Pantonic’s return to Notting Hill Carnival

Carnival at Tate Britain

The Apollo welcomes the King of Soca Machel Montano

Pic-O-De-Crop finalists revealed

Triniboi Joocie’s new single is You

UK Panorama tickets go on sale

Three for free with Calypso at the Tab

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