Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2019) By Philip Sander, Kellie Magnus and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from music festivals to Holi poems to Jamaica’s Champs athletics extravaganza
Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019) By David Katz and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados
Beauty and the Beast | Panorama By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history
A beginner’s guide to the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival By Shelly-Ann Inniss | News & Online Exclusives Kingston: a haven for food-lovers. Datebook writer Shelly-Ann Inniss explores the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2018) By Bridget van Dongen, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean
Need to know | Events calendar (Sept/Oct 2018) By Various Contributors | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of September and October — from Labour Day Carnival in Brooklyn to Pure Grenada’s Dive Fest and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Datebook | Events calendar (July/August 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Your guide to Caribbean events in July and August, from CPL cricket across the islands to Emancipation commemorations
AnimeKon: welcome to the multiverse | Word of mouth By Robert Edison Sandiford | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Robert Edison Sandiford visits Barbados’s annual AnimeKon and finds everything from cosplay to sci-fi writers and video games
A tale of two flowers | Word of mouth By Suzanne Bhagan | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) On the other side of the world from Trinidad & Tobago, Suzanne Bhagan experiences the Japanese cherry blossom spring festival, and remembers the golden poui trees that bloom at home
Datebook | Events calendar (May/June 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) Your guide to Caribbean events in May and June, from Guyana’s debut Carnival to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas
Datebook | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) Events around the Caribbean in March and April, from Guyana’s Easter Regatta to Carnival in Jamaica and St Patrick’s Day in Montserrat
Word of mouth (Mar/Apr 2018) By Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Subraj Singh | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) The bright colours of Guyana’s Phagwah celebrations mingle into a shade of unity, and Sint Maarten’s annual Carnival defies the ravages of Hurricane Irma
Datebook | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2017) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) Events around the Caribbean in November and December, from surfing in Barbados to Christmas celebrations across the region
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar: queen for a day By Cedriann J Martin | Issue 107 (January/February 2011) Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar was crowned Trinidad & Tobago's Queen of Carnival 2010. She talked to Cedriann J Martin
Pictures From Carifesta 1992 By Caribbean Beat | Issue 4 (Winter 1992) Taste the colour and excitement of the Caribbean Arts Festival, Carifesta, held last August for only the fifth time in 20 years
Celebrating our heritage By Various Contributors | Issue 51 (September/October 2001) Simon Lee looks at the various heritage festivals throughout the region in September and October
!Viva el Caribe! Looking back at Carifesta 2000 By Simon Lee | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Carifesta is the most important arts and culture festival in the Caribbean. This year it was held in St Kitts, where despite storm warnings, courtesy tropical storm Debby, the atmosphere got electric
Pantastic By Simon Lee | Issue 40 (November/December 1999) Pan and jazz go together so well — especially when played by Trinidad and Tobago’s Panazz. Simon Lee explains
Datebook | Events Calendar (Jan/Feb 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Events around the Caribbean in January and February, from Bahamas Junkanoo to Guyana’s Mashramani to Carnival celebrations up and down the islands, plus St Lucia’s Nobel Laureates Festival, a marathon in Haiti, and the world-famous Havana Book Fair
Walk tall, moko jumbie | Closeup By Ray Funk | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) It’s one of the oldest masquerades in T&T’s Carnival, brought across the Atlantic from West Africa. The moko jumbie tradition once seemed to be dying away, but in recent years a handful of enthusiasts have created a moko jumbie revival, training hundreds of young people in the art of stilt-walking. Ray Funk investigates, and explains the power of these towering figures
Word of mouth (Jan/Feb 2018) By Various Contributors | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) It’s Carnival time! Come on a panyard lime with Barbara Jenkins, experience the thrilling, shape-shifting ritual of J’Ouvert in a poem by Shivanee Ramlochan, and discover Carriacou’s unique Shakespeare mas. Meanwhile, Jamaica celebrates its musical heritage at Reggae Month
