The Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Ernest Hilaire, recently took to his social media account to launch the festivities of the Saint Lucia Carnival. The Deputy Prime Minister handles the responsibility for the Ministry of Tourism and the Creative economy. He is also responsible for the National Carnival. Accordingly, he has shared a detailed schedule for the Carnival.
The Deputy Prime Minister shared the schedule on his social media account. According to Deputy Prime Minster, this year’s Carnival will be one of the biggest with the return of many of our National Programs. The lineup of programmes will include the following:
- Kiddies Carnival
- School’s Panorama and Jouvert.
According to Minister Ernest Hilaire, The people of Saint Lucia will also see the return of community carnivals throughout the island. Meanwhile, Carnival is one of our premier cultural and creative industry activities, and we must nurture it and help it grow. We must also make it inclusive to everyone and encourage participation island-wide. The Lucian Carnival will start from July 1 and conclude, July 19
The schedule for the festivities is as follows:
CALYPSO AND SOCA TENT
- Saturday, April 29 – Ultimate Soca Tent
- Saturday, May 20 – Ultimate Soca Tent
- Friday, May 26 – KPT
- Saturday, May 27 – the country will host TOT/SV
- Friday, June 2 – South
- Saturday, June 3 – Fire One
- Tuesday, June 6 – KPT
- Wednesday, June 7 – TOT/SV
- Saturday, June 10 – Ultimate Soca Tent
- Sunday, June 11 – Gospelypso
- Tuesday, June 13 – KPT 1/4 Finals
- Wednesday, June 14 – the country will host Fire One 1/4 Finals
- Friday, June 16 – TOT/SV 1/4 Finals
- Saturday, June 17 – South 1/4 Finals
COMMUNITY CARNIVAL PARADE
- May 29 – Gros Iset Carnival
- June 10-11 – Canaries Carnival
- June 17-18 – Anse La Raye Carnival
- June 24 – Babonneau Carnival
- June 25-26 – Soufriere Carnival
- July 1-2 – Dennery Carnival
- July 11 – Roseau Valley Carnival
NATIONAL EVENTS
- June 9 – School’s Calypso
- June 23 – Soca/ Groovy Monarch Semi-Finals
- June 25 – Calypso Semi-Finals
- July 1 – National Queen Pageant
- July 5 – Export the Runway
- July 6 – Intercommercial Calypso
- July 7 – National Soca Monarch
- July 8 – National Calypso Finals
- July 9 – Junior Carnival National Panorama
- July 10 – King & Queen of the Bands
- July 17 – the country will host National Jouvert Parade of the Bands Day 1
- July 18 – Parade of the Bands Day 2
The other events taking place during the Lucian Carnival are:
July 1
SOS Soca
Sounami Boat Ride
July 8
Feteland
July 9
Bachannal Brunch
BRB Boatride
Privasea Boatride
WOW
July 11, the country will host
Transend Moonlight Mass
Dwine Bikini Cruise
Ricky T and Friends
July 12
COD Boatride
Welcome
Sexy Shorts & Soca
Hello
Check-in
July 13, the country will host
Speed Boatride
Soca Booze Cruise
Escape Fete
U4RIA
Lush Nights Boat Ride
SKYN
Big Phat Fish
July 14
BAD
Job Boatride
Steam Boatride
Sa Ka Fete
Color Me Red
Powder
uck Work
July 15
Mess
Sock’t
Bacchanal Blocko
Soca Raff Up
Brunch & Soca
Remedy
Famalay
July 16
Sunnup Breakfast Party
Rum Bucket
Indulgence Breakfast Fete
Sunlit
Rum in the Morning
Red Brunch
Brazen
HOT
Legacy Fete
Foreign Invasion Boat Ride
SSASLU Boatride
Uncle Superman Children Maylay
July 17
Jab Jab J’ouvert Band
Powdaval Boat Ride
July 18
Duckn Frunk
July 19
Suits Beach Part
Lush Last Lap Boad Ride
