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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Mayor steals the show at Notting Hill Carnival Launch

Wining on stage with soca star Triniboi Joocie and half a dozen feathered masqueraders, Red Stripe in hand, gold chain swinging, is not the...

Stephen Spark - Tue 16 Jul 2024

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Courts Babonneau Steel Orchestra regains Panorama Champion title

On Sunday 7 July, pan lovers converged at the SAB Playing Field to support their favourite steel band. Five Steel bands vied for a...

Annel Beausoleil - Mon 08 Jul 2024

News Results

Sly and Ricky are the new Groovy and Power Soca Monarchs

It was a full house on Saturday 6 July, as patrons gathered in their numbers for the 2024 finals of The National Groovy and...

Annel Beausoleil - Mon 08 Jul 2024

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Papaya is the key ingredient for St. Kitts & Nevis restaurant...

The islands of St. Kitts & Nevis are set to hold its annual culinary festival, the St. Kitts-Nevis Restaurant Week, from Tuesday 11 to...

Soca News Staff - Sun 07 Jul 2024

News Soca People

Teddyson John… A legend in the making

Many have come to know and love his pulsating rhythms, with groovy tunes such as Allez, Vent and X Games. Teddyson John is a Saint...

Annel Beausoleil - Sun 07 Jul 2024

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Changes made to the Saint Lucia Carnival events calendar

On Tuesday 2 July, the Carnival Planning Management Committee (CPMC) officially announced that several of the Saint Lucia Carnival competition dates would be changed. It...

Annel Beausoleil - Wed 03 Jul 2024

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Vincy Mas Calypso Monarch Finals

The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) has revealed the eleven calypsonians who will vie for the 2024 Calypso Monarch title in St Vincent and the...

Radeya Osman - Tue 02 Jul 2024

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Shan Lucien is crowned Saint Lucia’s 70th National Carnival Queen

The 2024 National Carnival Queen Pageant was held at the Pavilion on Rodney Bay last evening, Saturday 29 June. An array of elegance, beauty,...

Annel Beausoleil - Sun 30 Jun 2024

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Saint Lucia prepares to host the 70th National Carnival Queen Pageant

Excitement builds as the stage is set for the first national event of the Saint Lucia Carnival season. This is the 70th hosting of...

Annel Beausoleil - Wed 26 Jun 2024

News Review

History dominates the second Kaiso Lime show of 2024

The show, on Saturday 1 June, was opened up with Michael La Rose, co-organiser of Kaiso Lime, addressing the audience about the Grenfell tragedy...

Michelle Gederon - Tue 25 Jun 2024

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Saint Lucia National Groovy & Power Soca Monarch Finalist

On Saturday 22 June, the Carnival Planning and Management Committee (CPMC) hosted the semi-final rounds of the National Groovy and Power Soca Monarch competition. The...

Annel Beausoleil - Tue 25 Jun 2024

Competitions News

Saint Lucia Groovy and Power Soca Monarch Semi-Finalist

Twenty Groovy and Power Soca songs have qualified to advance in each category to the Soca Semifinals, the third stage of this year’s Groovy...

Radeya Osman - Fri 21 Jun 2024

News Soca People

Shemmy J… the man behind the captivating tunes

He brought you hits like Bird Boss and Miss Grippy, his name is Shemmy J. Shemmy Johannes was born on 17 September 1997 in a...

Annel Beausoleil - Tue 18 Jun 2024

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Tech Gadgets every Soca Enthusiast Needs

There's nothing in the world like soca's infectious rhythms and energetic beats. Its home is in the Caribbean, yet it has gained a following...

ggoodis - Sat 15 Jun 2024

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Clive Myrie Plays Mas on his Caribbean Adventure

Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Barbados are the islands currently featured on BBC2’s Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure. The fifteen 30-minute episodes will take viewers...

Dunstan Creavalle - Wed 12 Jun 2024

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Last chance to see – Sunshine’s Carnival Dreams

Trinidadian mas man Ray Mahabir has been practising his craft at Notting Hill for 27 years. He’s fashioned for himself a reputation for thought-provoking...

Stephen Spark - Sat 08 Jun 2024

News Travel

Carriacou Carnival Cooldown to boost tourism

The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), in partnership with the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the...

Radeya Osman - Thu 06 Jun 2024

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Sabrina Francis makes Trinidad debut at Big Black Box

On her first-ever performance in Trinidad, Grenadian singer Sabrina Francis made a remarkable and impressionable debut at the Big Black Box on Saturday 25...

Radeya Osman - Wed 05 Jun 2024

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