The Toronto Caribbean Carnival is formerly and more commonly called as Caribana, which is a must-attend festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each and every summer in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a one of the largest street festival in the whole of North America that is frequented by over 1.3 million visitors every year for the festival’s final parade that is most breathtaking in the whole festival.
The entire festival is considered to be one of the first Caribbean Carnivals along with those in New York City, Notting Hill and Boston that is being held outside the Caribbean region. The festival, which was renamed as Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival in May 2011 runs for two weeks and punctuates with the amazing program of Bands.
- Major event: The Caribbean islands having the Toronto Caribbean Carnival have the most amazing festival, which is highlighted by a street parade that is being held during the first weekend of August. It comprises of the genres that are majorly being played of soca calypso and steel pan.
- J’ouvert: Along with the main parade, the Caribbean islands also celebrate a small pre-dawn parade that is called as J’ouvert.
- Fetes: The small parties that are being played by a number of Caribbean music artists performing in Toronto is called as Fetes.
- Bands: Bands are considered to be the major part of the entire Caribbean festival. The bands are in competition with one another during the parade and are being judged on the basis of its costume designs, the energy of masquerades, the creativity of presentation and many such other things.
If the history of the Caribbean islands is seen for the past 49 years, then there was not a single year when the streets of Toronto did not come alive for the food, music, dance and spirit of the Caribbean people. The events that are being held every year are as follows:
- A taste of what’s to come:
A taste of what is to come is an event that adds a feather to the entire carnival as it is a proper blend of free entertainment, a live parade that features Caribbean dancers, Mas players and many special guests.
- An evening of elegance:
For the evening of elegance, the Caribbean supporters and sponsors come together and enjoy cocktails, dinner, dancing, steel pan and many such events.
- Here come the king and queen:
Here come the king and queen are a competition being held every year at the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival that brings elaborated costumes, pulsating music and also a friendly competition on the night of big fun.
- Steel pan time:
The steel pan time is considered to be amazing from the point of view of people who dreams of breathtaking experience of the sounds from the traditional instrument.
CARIBANA 2022 EVENTS AND CONCEPTS
The nightlife parties and the boat rides are the two events that are the main attractions of the Caribbean carnival making the festival more popular and hence adding more glamour to it.
Some of the boat rides that take place in the event are as listed below:
- Spicy Bites Food Festival
- One Big Dutty Jouvert
- Carnival Vibez
- Wicked In Whited Hd
- Sunnyside Up Breakfast
- Carnival Kingdom
- Dr Jay Big People Fete
The nightlife parties are the ones that usually attract more people because of the performances that take place and are performed by many of the famous artists.
The various nightlife events that are going to be held at the festival are as listed below:
- One Big Dutty Jouvert
- Spicy Bites Food Festival Day 1
- Spicy Bites Food Festival Day 2
- Bet Or Hot 97 Urban Party
- We Ting
- Vivid White Urban Event
- Wicked In White
The people of the Caribbean islands and all over the globe eagerly wait the entire year for the Toronto carnival because of the events it organizes. The Toronto Carnival adds spice to the monotonous routine of the people. Have we missed out something? You can your most valuable suggestions below in the suggestion box. The views of the viewers are always welcomed and appreciated.
