The 14th edition of the biennial regional festival, CARIFESTA 2019, is eagerly on its way. The host country, Trinidad and Tobago, has geared up its hospitality to welcome over twenty-one (21) participating states including Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, St. Lucia, Guyana and many more to its twin island paradise for a grand celebration of Caribbean culture.
So, what can be expected this year?
Patrons and participants will witness the diversity and creativity of the islands and the cultural heritage of its people. Featuring over 150 cultural events, Carifesta XIV is highlighted to showcase the finest in Caribbean’s Music, Art, Fashion, Film, Theatre and Dance.
This year’s festivities officially kicks off with its opening ceremony on Friday 16th August, 2019 at the Queen’s Park Savannah and will take place between August 16th -24th, 2019.
CARIFESTA XIV Official Launch
Saving the best for last, excitement is brewing for what is being labelled as the biggest Caribbean Arts Festival like no other the ‘Carifesta Island Beats Super Concert’ taking place at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Saturday 24th August, 2019. The concert will feature Grammy Award Winner Shaggy, The King of Soca Machel Montano, The renowned Kassav, The Calypso Queen of the World, Calypso Rose and many, many more.
The Closing ceremony will then take place on Sunday 25th August at the Queen’s Park Savannah to signal the end of Carifesta XIV and the passing of the proverbial ‘baton’ of the festival onto the next Carifesta Host Country, Antigua and Barbuda for Carifesta XV.
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American mega pop star John legend teams up with Koffee, one of Jamaica’s current biggest dancehall artists and Grammy winner, for a super track ‘Don’t Walk Away’ on his newly released album, ‘Bigger Love’.
Peter Minshall will be returning to the Trinidad Carnival scene in 2020 as a band mas-designer. No stranger to controversial art, the recent unveiling of his new collection ‘Mas Pieta’ was inspired by Michelangelo’s renaissance sculpture, ‘The Pieta’.
Now that Afrobeat creators have the opportunity to win the prestigious award in their own category it begs the question why hasn’t Soca gotten its own category yet? Like Afrobeat, Soca has also been around since the 1970s and it is also a fusion of different rhythms and styles. It has also gained worldwide popularity within the last couple of years and there are artists who are talented enough and deserving of the accolade.
Known most popularly for his remake of Barry White’s “Practice What You Preach”, Michael Theophilus Johnson, most popularly known as Mikey Spice, is the “one man band” of reggae music.
