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CARIFESTA through the Years

Caribbean Festival of Arts, commonly known as C.A.R.I.F.E.S.T.A, is an international multicultural event organized on a periodic basis by the countries of the Caribbean. The main purpose is to gather artists, musicians, authors, and to exhibit the folkloric and artistic manifestations of the Caribbean and Latin American region.

  • CARIFESTA XIV - 2019

  • CARIFESTA XIII - 2017

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Overview

Creative, healthy citizens capable of functioning in a knowledge-based global environment underscore the important role of culture in CARICOM’s agenda to build a resilient Community with improved quality of life for its people.

The Caribbean’s depth and diversity enjoy international acclaim. The only musical acoustic  instrument invented in the 20th  century – the steel pan - was produced in CARICOM. So too were:  Song of the Millennium – Bob Marley’s “One Love; the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt and several Nobel Laureates, to cite other examples. At the regional level, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) continues to offer a platform for regional practitioners to hone and... Read more

H.E. Desiré Delano Bouterse, CARICOM Lead Head of Government for Community Development and Cultural Cooperation (including Culture, Gender, Youth and Sport)

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New Permanent CARIFESTA Logo Unveiled at Festival Closing On Aug 27, 2019

Posted: 30 August 2019 - Regional News
A new permanent logo to be used for subsequent CARIFESTAs was unveiled at the closing of CARIFESTA XIV. The ceremony was held at the Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on
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CARICOM Culture Ministers, Officials meet during CARIFESTA XIV

Posted: 22 August 2019 - Regional News
CARICOM Culture Ministers and Officials took some time away from enjoying the festivities of CARIFESTA XIV to discuss  the business of the cultural sector. They met on Sunday 18 August at the
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CARICOM Secretary General pleased with Regional cultural showcase at CARIFESTA XIV

Posted: 21 August 2019 - Regional News
CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed his delight with the show of regional integration at the fourteenth hosting of CARIFESTA  in Trinidad and Tobago. The Secretary
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Trinidad and Tobago puts on spectacular show for CARIFESTA XIV opening

Posted: 19 August 2019 - Regional News
The Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago came alive on Friday night with a spectacular display of elaborate performances paying homage to the culture and customs of each
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CARICOM team visits TnT as preparations for CARIFESTA XIV heighten

Posted: 29 July 2019 - Regional News
Preparations for CARIFESTA XIV are in high gear, so much so that members of the organising team from the CARICOM Secretariat went to Trinidad and Tobago to meet with the Host Country Management
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CARIFESTA XIV App is live Download and Celebrate the Arts

Posted: 17 July 2019 - Regional News
The CARIFESTA App is now live and  could be downloaded here. The app offers  the ultimate access to all things CARIFESTA XIV, from the exciting performances and artistes to a detailed
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CARICOM’s Human Resource Development Strategy as Investment in Human Capital

Posted: 10 June 2019 - Article
(Reposted from GOFAD Blog)During the Annual Judicial Conference in St Kitts in the week of May 26, 2019, I met with Justice  Mario Michel of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal  and
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Culture plays important role in Region’s sustainable growth, development - CARICOM SG

Posted: 07 June 2019 - Press Releases
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has reiterated that culture played a significant role in the
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RCC Meets to Discuss Matters for COHSOD Thursday

Posted: 06 June 2019 - Regional News
The Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) held it’s fourth special meeting on Wednesday ahead of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) scheduled to
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Regional Ministers of Culture, Officials to meet in Guyana for COHSOD this week

Posted: 05 June 2019 - Regional News
The Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), will gathehr for its Thirty-Sixth Meeting on Thursday and Friday (June 6-7, 2019) to discuss matters in relation to Culture within CARICOM.
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CARICOM fine-tuning financing mechanisms for Cultural Industries

Posted: 16 July 2018 - Regional News
​As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to create the enabling environment for Cultural Industries to thrive, people involved in the creation, production,
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CARIFESTA XIV tops agenda of Regional Cultural Committee Meeting

Posted: 26 June 2018 - Regional News
The hosting of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIV) in August 2019 in Trinidad and Tobago is at the top of the agenda of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC)
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CARICOM and Georgia look to strengthen ties – new Georgian Ambassador accredited

Posted: 17 January 2018 - Press Releases
The Republic of Georgia’s new Ambassador to CARICOM HE David Solomonia on Wednesday presented his credentials to CARICOM’s Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan at the
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Cultural traditions, country colours, costumes on show as CARIFESTA XIII opens

Posted: 22 August 2017 - Regional News
After having to be rescheduled due to Tropical storm Harvey, CARIFESTA XIII officially opened Sunday evening in Bridgetown, Barbados.The Caribbean Region’s premier festival
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Canada sending large contingent to CARIFESTA XIII

Posted: 16 August 2017 - Regional News
More than 66 artists, spearheaded by the Canadian-Caribbean Arts Network (C-CAN), are heading to Barbados for CARIFESTA XIII which opens later this week, the TorontoCaribbean media outfit
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CARIFESTA XIII – An opportunity for Regional economic progress

Posted: 16 August 2017 - Press Releases
Asserting our future, celebrating ourselves is the theme for the thirteenth  Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIII), which  takes place in Barbados on August 17-27, 2017.CARIFESTA
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Maximum Exposure For CARIFESTA XIII

Posted: 02 August 2017 - Regional News
  CARIFESTA XIII will not lack for exposure thanks to the signing of two agreements – The Host Broadcasters Agreement with the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC); and a
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Youth To Be Vital Part Of CARIFESTA

Posted: 31 July 2017 - Article
CARIFESTA’s Youth Talk is expected to take the regional festival “to another dimension of the arts” in Barbados.This is according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
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Barbados building CARIFESTA legacy

Posted: 11 July 2017 - Article
CARIFESTA XIII promises to be to be a diverse festival with a lasting legacy.During a media update in his Sky Mall office on Monday, Minister with responsibility for Culture, Stephen Lashley
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CARICOM Official lauds work of Regional Cultural Committee

Posted: 22 June 2017 - Press Releases
Director of Human Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Myrna Bernard, on Wednesday lauded the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) for its many achievements over the past two
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Mega shopping mall for CARIFESTA XIII

Posted: 18 April 2017 - Article
Local and regional entrepreneurs will have a rare opportunity to showcase their products to international buyers as well as shoppers from the Caribbean when the new CARIFESTA Grand Market
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Live launch of CARIFESTA XIII today

Posted: 27 March 2017 - Press Releases
The  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat wishes to advise that the Government of Barbados will  launch  CARIFESTA III today, Monday, 27 March 2017.With support from the
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CARIFESTA XIII Symposium

Posted: 21 March 2017 - Regional News
The Caribbean, the Arts and the Cultural Industries: Negotiating Tradition, Aesthetics, Economics and LegacyThe University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, in partnership with the Host Country
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CARIFESTA Grand Market registration opens

Posted: 09 February 2017 - Press Releases
Registration for the Grand Market and Buyers’ Mall for CARIFESTA XIII is now open.Producers of cultural products and services are encouraged to sign up for the event, which takes
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CARIFESTA jingle, logo winners announced

Posted: 19 September 2016 - Regional News
A veteran graphic grapher and seasoned jingle producer were each awarded USD$5,000.Darren Holder and Alan Lowe have succeeded in leaving their mark on ‘the Olympics of culture’
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Tri-nation animators, experts strengthening Caribbean creative industries

Posted: 26 July 2016 - Press Releases
Suriname was the hub of activities earlier this month to explore avenues for collaboration towards the development of the creative sector in the Caribbean as attention continues to be ramped up
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Guyana Animation Network (GAN) Launched

Posted: 05 July 2016 - Regional News
The Guyana Animation Network (GAN) was officially launched at an Open Day in the Generation Next Conference Hall in Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday 2 July 2016. GAN is a network established to use it
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Prioritising the Caribbean Creative Industry through the Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit (CCIMU)

Posted: 17 June 2016 - Regional News
Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD, June 17, 2016.  The process of cultivating a buoyant and sustainable cultural and creative economy within the Caribbean is a step closer with the development of a
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CDB funding Caribbean music sector development

Posted: 04 June 2016 - Regional News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean region is known and celebrated for reggae and dancehall, soca, zouk and other genres. Yet many regional artistes, performers, their managers and publishers do
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CARIFESTA XIII preparations: submissions invited for jingle, logo competitions

Posted: 06 May 2016 - Regional News
In preparation for this country’s hosting of the 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) from August 17 to 27, 2017, the Government of Barbados is inviting submissions of
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