The San Fernando Jazz Festival returns for its sixth installment next month with a renowned line-up of regional jazz musicians. Hosted as usual atop the San Fernando Hill – offering magnificent views of the city and up Trinidad's west coast – the...
For those of your planning on spending time in the sister isle of Tobago during the July and August, plan to make The Tobago Heritage Festival one of your 'must see' events. The festival is in its 22nd year, and as usual, the village productions use various...
Friends and colleagues of prolific and popular Trinidadian producer Sheldon "Shel-Shok" Benjamin – who has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, an extremely virulent form of cancer – have come together to organise an event to raise funds for...
The Red Earth Eco Festival returns this year in commemoration of World Environment Day (June 5), with activities running May 29 to 31, culminating on the final day with a concert scheduled for 3pm.The Festival is run by the Red Earth nonprofit organisation,...
The Marionettes Chorale is getting ready for their 45th anniversary concert this July 10-12 at Queen's Hall, and are assembling a team of string players to compliment their core steel, brass, percussion and woodwind orchestra.The choir is putting out...
Toronto-based Amani (Ann-Marie-Woods) is to be the feature performer at the 20th RapsoFest's Women of the Oral Tradition this Sunday.Sunday's show serves as the curtain-raiser of RapsoFest: the Festival of Rapso and the Oral Tradition. The festival is...
OK, we're NOT going to talk about the football. :-|(But in case you hadn't heard, T&T is struggling in the final round of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa... We were beaten in the USA by the US team 3-0 tonight after lacklustre...
Image via WikipediaWhen life throws you lemons, make lemonade.The cancellation/postponement of the fifth Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago sent shockwaves through the island, as the event has become such a signature on the Tobagonian festival calendar....
The popular documentary film Calypso Dreams, which gained tremendous popularity when it was screened at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, premieres in the United States next month.The Consulate General of Trinidad & Tobago, together with Florida...
The 20th edition of RapsoFest runs this year May 1-17, and continues its mission to promote the oral tradition and folk culture through performances, lectures, seminars and workshops across both Trinidad and Tobago.Rapso, often defined as "the power of...
