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Monday, March 17, 2025

Improved logistics for 2025 Carnival events in Tobago

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ELIZABETH GONZALES
34 days ago
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FILE - A pair of masqueraders playing traditional North American Indian characters on the parade route during the Tobago Carnival parade in October 2024.

FILE - A pair of masqueraders playing traditional North American Indian characters on the parade route during the Tobago Carnival parade in October 2024.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

To­ba­go’s 2025 Car­ni­val will run on a $5.8 mil­lion bud­get, with events spread across mul­ti­ple lo­ca­tions to ad­dress lo­gis­ti­cal chal­lenges.

The is­land’s cel­e­bra­tions get un­der­way next week on Thurs­day 20 Feb­ru­ary 2025, with the THA In­ter-De­part­ment Show at Pa­rade Grounds. That will be fol­lowed by the Na­tion­al Medi­um Band Fi­nals on Feb­ru­ary 23 at the same venue.

The Wind­ward Afro Queen Show and Ca­lyp­so Com­pe­ti­tion—ab­sent last year—re­turns to the Cyd Gray Com­plex on Feb­ru­ary 26.

The Ju­nior Pa­rade of Bands has been split: Rox­bor­ough’s pa­rade is set for Sat­ur­day March 1st, while Scar­bor­ough’s fol­lows on Sun­day March 2nd.

The change seeks to ad­dress a lo­gis­ti­cal sna­fu that oc­curred in 2024, when two cruise ships had docked, and pub­lic trans­port ve­hi­cles were locked in­to ser­vic­ing them.

Mean­while, the Po­lice Ser­vice has said it will en­sure this year’s Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions on the is­land are as safe as pos­si­ble.

An in­creased se­cu­ri­ty pres­ence and a con­trolled pa­rade route are in ef­fect due to the cur­rent State of Emer­gency.

On Feb­ru­ary 27, the Ju­nior Kings, Queens, and In­di­vid­u­als com­pe­ti­tion takes place at the Shaw Park Com­plex, fol­lowed by the Wind­ward Ju­nior Ex­trav­a­gan­za at the Cyd Grey Com­plex on Feb­ru­ary 28, 2025.

Car­ni­val Mon­day fea­tures Se­nior J’ou­vert in Scar­bor­ough and Crown Point, along with Tra­di­tion­al Mas in Scar­bor­ough, and Mon­day Night Mas in Rox­bor­ough.

On Car­ni­val Tues­day, Scar­bor­ough will host the Se­nior Pa­rade of the Bands, Mud Mas, Pan on the Road, and Se­nior Kings and Queens of Car­ni­val, as well as the Se­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch events.

Band reg­is­tra­tion is open at Shaw Park Cul­tur­al Com­plex un­til Feb­ru­ary 17, 2025.


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