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Story Copyright (Jamaica Gleaner)  For many Jamaicans, the mesmerising pull of soca music is undeniable. It is this hypnotic force that draws them more than 1,000 miles across the Caribbean Sea to revel in the beats, melodies, and excitement that comes with carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, annually. “For Jamaicans, who are ardent soca fans, […]

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Join us as we bring a Caribbean Christmas to London. It’s all about good food, great friends fabulous music with the Busspepper family. You can look forward to Soca-Parang, Ponche a Creme (Rum infused eggnog), Ham and Hops, Pastelles and a whole heap of other Christmas goodies! 2 floors of music for 2 different vibes […]

CALIENTE PROMOTIONS PRESENT (THE OFFICIAL) ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 39th INDEPENDENCE DANCE, A NIGHT CALLED INDEPENDENCE DAY SATURDAY 27th OCTOBER 2018 VENUE: WALLY FOSTER COMMUNITY CENTRE MARSH HILL HOMERTON ROAD LONDON E9 7QB DJs: DJ TATE DJ DR FREEZE, DSI, DJ STYLE SURPREME DJ HOT HEAD DJ KOFI LIVE FROM SVG THE 2018 ROAD MARCH […]

AWAKEN AUTUMN- The Breakfast (Included) Party Ruk-A-Tuk promotions Returns With London’s Greatest Breakfast Party On Land! We’re Getting You Ready For The Coming Months Of Hibernation With A Daytime Fete Like No Other!! Get Ready To Add #Bacchanal And #Bubbles To Your #Breakfast Again With The Help Of All Your Favourite DJs Event: AWAKEN AUTUMN- The Breakfast (Included) Party!  Where: All […]

Its an all woman affair at Kaiso Lime this month hosted by Giselle with performances from Brown Sugar, Helena B, Mckenzie Hart, The Soca Divettes accompanied by Ray Carless. pin   Carnival Village Trust 35 Powis Square, w11 2ay London, United Kingdom

 Over 1,000 performers in 28 carnival groups in  colourful parade with dancers from as far as Bolivia ! Where are we ? Hackney Carnival 2018. Starting at 1.30pm, in Queensbridge Road, Haggerston, , performers danced to the Town Hall in Mare Street and back to Dalston Lane. An all-day Global carnival extravaganza saw sound systems all […]

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Olatunji Talks about his XFactor experience Links to UK Media about Olatunji Who is Olatunji ‘Ola’ Yearwood? X Factor 2018 contestant and Soca … https://www.thesun.co.uk/…/who-is-olatunji-ola-yearwood-x-factor-2018-contestant-and… 2 days ago – Meet 33-year-old Olatunji Yearwood from Trinidad who is hoping to infuse … OlatunjiYearwood hopes to immerse the X Factor audience into … Who is X Factor hopeful Olatunji Yearwood? | Metro News https://metro.co.uk […]

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    As the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, the Trinidadian singer Lord Kitchener was among the 492 Caribbean passengers arriving to begin a new life in Britain. Journalists mobbing the Essex docks asked the  debonair Kitchener to sing for them and, barely missing a beat, he responded with his newly composed calypso, London Is the Place for Me. Kitchener’s […]

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