Members of the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) will meet on Saturday at Metro Hall in Toronto to discuss several outstanding issues affecting the future of the organization and its role in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Toronto carnival. One of the hot button items for discussion is the proposal made recently by the Festival […]
Calypso Rose has been awarded the 2016 Artist Award by the World Music Expo (WOMEX), an international networking platform for the world music industry. The event was held in Spain this year. The Artist Award is the top award given out at the WOMEX event. In announcing the award to Calypso Rose, WOMEX said :”In […]
The Caribana Arts Group (CAG) is studying a proposal put forward by the Festival Management Committee (FMC) to promote the Toronto Carnival ” by its brand name, ‘Caribana,’” the Caribbean Camera has learned. The CAG has not disclosed the details of the proposal but the Caribbean Camera has obtained a copy of the ” points […]
Members of the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) met last Saturday at Metro Hall in Toronto to discuss a proposal put forward by the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Carnival for the last ten years. The Caribbean Camera has learned that the FMC is proposing that both organizations – the CAG […]
Pan Fantasy of Toronto placed fourth at the Panorama in New York on the weekend. The five-time winner of the Toronto Pan Alive competition is now celebrating 30 years of pan music.
Carnival revellers in the city of Vaughan are getting ready to ” mash up de place” with Cari-Vaughn, a three-day family festival that celebrates Caribbean culture. The CariFestival Association which is organizing Cari-Vaughan, says its 25th anniversary celebrations will begin on August 26. The festivities will start off with the Tropical Lime and After […]
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt does the samba at a press conference in Rio de Janiero. Bolt says the Rio Olympics are his last.
