Editorial Let’s hope for the best and prepare for the worst The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to mas’ makers in 2020 but as we face the prospect of a second wave of the deadly virus, the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which runs the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, is looking forward to better days […]
By Stephen Weir Film about Notting Hill Carnival coming to CaribbeanTales Film Festival The Notting Hill Carnival was born out of race riots and murder way back in the sixties. Now a new movie about the UK’s bad boy of festivals takes a look through the eyes of a young British woman as she heads […]
Veteran carnival administrators Denise Herrera-Jackson and Chris Alexander are now back in charge of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Aneesa Oumarally, who was hired in August 2019, as CEO, has now left her duties as CEO after an amicable discussions with the Festival Management Committee (FMC). The Festival Management Committee (FMC) Chair, Joe Halstead, confirmed […]
NEW YORK – The New York-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has announced the cancellation of the annual carnival parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway this year amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Our plans are to do whatever we can –in the virtual world of COVID-19 communications – to sustain us all […]
The Digital 2020 Toronto Caribbean Carnival kicked off on Canada Day, July 1, and you can take in the celebrations on your phone, tablet or computer during the entire month of July. “We are presenting (on line) a virtual festival that engages Carnival audiences who look forward every year to a summer of parties, music, […]
Uppala Chandrasekera, a member of the Toronto Police Services Board, said the community needs better options than calling police to respond to mental health crises. Chandraseka, co-chair of the Board’s mental ealth advisory committee, spoke of the need for community-based options that include social workers, peer workers and mental health and addictions workers. “Our system […]
No fewer than 22 calypsonians will be appearing in this year’s Calypsoca Cabaret as part of tbe Festival Management Committee’s (FMC’s) virtual Caribbean Carnival 2020. Pat McNeilly (Panman Pat) chair of the Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes (OCPA), told The Caribbean Camera that among the performers who are registered for the Cabaret are some of […]
By Stephen Weir The Festival Management Committee ( FMC), the organizer of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2020, is reported to be pushing ahead with plans for its “digital jump up” beginning July 3rd with an official City Hall Proclamation of Toronto Caribbean Carnival Month. After the official opening, there will be four weeks of on-line […]
By Stephen Weir Ooh la la costumes. Thundering pans. Sweet calypso. And while they are at it, throw in a few big name soca performers. Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2020 is getting ready to digitally jump up and thumb noses at the Coronavirus come July. While the annual summer festival in downtown Toronto has been cancelled […]
EDITORIAL Will Toronto mas’ now become a thing of the past ? Only last month, after we learned that Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2020 was cancelled, we asked in an editorial whether the carnival will survive the current COVID-19 global pandemic. As we pointed out then, many in Toronto’s Caribbean community are strongly of the view […]
