The Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NCC) and the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) have said that “A Clash of Tents: Show­down in De Taste of Car­ni­val” will re­place this year’s Ca­lyp­so Fi­es­ta com­pe­ti­tion.

The new show will be held on Sun­day Feb­ru­ary 20, at the Na­pari­ma Bowl, San Fer­nan­do at 2 pm.

It will fea­ture 30 per­form­ers from 10 ca­lyp­so tents across the coun­try.

From the par­tic­i­pants, 10 will be se­lect­ed to com­pete in the Di­manche Gras Show on Feb­ru­ary 27, at Car­ni­val City, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

They will be se­lect­ed to com­pete via a Peo­ple’s Choice vote done on the day at Na­pari­ma Bowl.

An “Ex­tem­po War” is al­so card­ed for Sun­day’s show, where par­tic­i­pants will com­pete for a spot in the Ex­tem­po fi­nals dur­ing the Di­manche Gras.

“A Clash of Tents: Show­down in De Taste of Car­ni­val” ac­tion kicks off Sun­day Feb­ru­ary 20, at the Na­pari­ma Bowl, from 2 pm.

The NCC and TU­CO has main­tained that all COVID-19 pro­to­cols will be in ef­fect dur­ing Sun­day’s show, and in keep­ing with safe zone reg­u­la­tions, all pa­trons are re­quired to be ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed and present proof along with their ID cards when at­tend­ing.