Here are some key dates for CARIFESTA 2025 in Barbados
The program for the 15th edition of Carifesta – the largest cultural festival in the Caribbean – which will take place from August 22 to 31, is unveiled a little at a time. Kariculture is […]
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Carifesta XV to take place in Barbados in 5 months, how is the organization?
The 15th edition of Carifesta (Caribbean Festival of Arts) will be celebrated in Barbados from August 22 to 31, 2025, under the theme “Caribbean Roots…Global Excellence”. Many would like to see the programme for example […]
Carifesta to take place in Barbados in less than a year
Barbados is actively preparing the next edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts, to be held in August 2025. The 15th edition of this great regional artistic and cultural event was due to take place […]
The Fresh Milk Art Platform awarded a $350,000 USD grant by the Mellon Foundation
PRESS RELEASE Barbados-based Fresh Milk, an artist-led initiative founded in 2011, has been successfully awarded a grant for the 2024-2026 time-period by the US-based Mellon Foundation’s Arts and Culture programme in support of operating and […]
VP puts Soca Gold 2023 on the Parkway
Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway Labor Day Parade set the stage for a Soca Gold bashment! The Barbados Tourism Board, VP Records, and radio station WBLS teamed with Sesame Flyers to bring parade-goers a star-studded musical presentation […]
Caribbean Linked partners with The “Biennale Internationale d’Art Contemporain” of Martinique
Caribbean Linked is pleased to partner with BIAC-Réseaux, a project supported by the EU funds Interreg Caraïbes, the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique (CTM) and Campus Caribéen des Arts (CCA) on an intra-Caribbean residency supporting four […]
Alison Hinds, Queen of Soca and Soca Gold 2021!
Soca fans are in heaven. This Friday, September 3, 2021, VP Records released its famous Soca Gold compilation, which represents the best songs of this Caribbean musical genre over the past year. The 17-track album […]
CATAPULT: a project to help Jamaican artists with “crumbs” for other Caribbean artists
Do you know the Catapult project? The most informed may have heard of this great project to help Caribbean artists who, as we know, are deeply affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. But many people, especially […]
When Covid-19 is hurting carnival in the Caribbean islands and thus their economy…
The Caribbean carnival is suffering badly and this is a rather rare situation. Indeed, even during slavery, dehumanized men and women enjoyed these exceptional moments of feasting. For example, the carnival of the Bahamas called […]
If you like soca, Soca Gold 2020 is for you!
The album Soca Gold 2020 will be presented at the world’s largest soca party that will take place this Friday, July 31 on VP Records’ YouTube page. It’s a party not to be missed! Here’s […]