Although he has promoted his 40th-anniversary concert on Carnival Friday, One Show—The Meeting Place, as a “one show only” event, soca mega-star Machel Montano has hinted that fans may be treated to “a few show-lets” and “show-ups” during the Carnival season.
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Rapso collective 3canal kicked off their 2023 Carnival campaign on Friday evening with the first in a series of weekly Backyard Jam sessions at their base, The Big Black Box on Murray Street, Woodbrook.
While COVID-19 cases are increasing, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the current situation does not warrant postponing or cancelling Carnival 2023. He however said the situation does in fact require increased personal responsibility.
Having practised for just over a month, 50 students from the Pleasantville Secondary School entered the preliminary round of the 2023 National Secondary Schools Junior Panorama competition on Wednesday.
The call came from Wendell Eversley, Vice President of the Tassa Association of T&T. at the time, Eversley was addressing the 2022 National Tassarama Prize-Giving Function at the auditorium of the Couva/Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce (CPLCC) administrative complex, at Camden Road in Couva, on Tuesday night.
The National Carnival Commission launched its Carnival 2023 The Mother of All Carnivals at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, yesterday with a parade of traditional Carnival characters such as Pierrot Grenades, Dames Lorraine, Moko Jumbies, Jab Jabs, Midnight Robbers, Gorillas, Fancy Indians, Fancy Sailors, Blue Devils, mud mas, pretty mas, and steel bands.
Thousands packed the streets of Bon Accord and Crown Point on Saturday for the J'Ouvert celebration at Tobago's Carnival. The event took the form of a parade that started in the vicinity of the Bon Accord Government Primary School and headed straight for Crown Point. There were no judging points.
The Merry Monarch is expected to reign on the streets and entertainment arenas of T&T once again come January and February 2023. Fuelled by the pent-up energy and anticipation coming off of the pandemic which constrained festivities for the past two years, Carnival 2023 or C2K23 is expected to be a mega one. Leading the charge in declaring the 2023 festival “The Mother of All Carnivals” is the governing body for Carnival the National Carnival Commission (NCC).
Cruises on board the MV Harbour Master have been cancelled for the remainder of the Tobago Carnival celebrations because of bad weather.
With just two days to go before Tobago Carnival, hotel and guest house occupancy is estimated to be approximately 80 per cent.
With Carnival 2023 less than five months away, the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Bands Association (TTCBA) remains in turmoil, engulfed by infighting, resignations and ongoing legal battles.
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