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When Michelle Hinkson-Cox, artistic lead for CARIFESTA XV, stood at Queen’s Park watching more than 1 000 delegates stream into the opening parade, she realised that months of preparation, negotiation,…

When Chief Cultural Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Andrea Wells stepped into her role as Barbados’ Delegation Leader for CARIFESTA XV, she carried with her both decades of…

Culture minister in the Freundel Stuart administration, Stephen Lashley, accused the government of “scandalous” secrecy over the true cost of hosting CARIFESTA XV.   In an interview with Barbados TODAY…

Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), and Festival Director of CARIFESTA XV, Carol Roberts, described CARIFESTA XV as a “transformative celebration of Caribbean identity and innovation” as…

What a way to close the curtains on CARIFESTA XV.   Sunday night’s closing ceremony was nothing short of breathtaking — etched into memory for all who packed the Richard…

All registered vendors from the CARIFESTA XV Grand Market will be listed on a new Caribbean e-Marketplace, a Barbados government-backed initiative to provide regional artisans with year-round access to global…

By Tracy Moore The rain could not drown it, nor could the years dull it – Saturday night’s Super Concert, the Kaiso edition at CARIFESTA XV, proved that the heartbeat…

By Simone Tull Sex, lies, and a whole lot of laughter — nothing was off-limits when regional comedians stormed the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre on Thursday night for Cat Luck…

By Tracy Moore At CARIFESTA XV, culture was not only sung, danced, or staged – it was also played. Two ancestral games, Potta and Warri, took centre stage at the…

By Tracy Moore The CARIFESTA XV Grand Market’s Pot Turn Down Street Food Fair was nothing short of a culinary journey across the region – an edible map of Caribbean…