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International visitors, celebrities included, have a blast as they join the procession

The Bacchanal Run was a big success on Saturday despite having to be toned down in response to several noise complaints, organisers have said. A spokeswoman for Party People Entertainment which hosts the Soca-driven event every Cup Match holiday, sa...

Kassie Bather started designing because she couldn’t find a carnival costume she liked. Nervous, she kept it a secret from everyone except family and close friends until last year when her Code Red BDA costumes got people talking. She’s hoping the re...

Streets came alive with music and colour today as the Bermuda Carnival Parade of Bands made its way through Hamilton. A packed weekend of events culminated with the spectacle, which saw revellers dressed in ornate costumes brave the heat alongside Pa...

Destra Garcia, the Queen of Bacchanal, will perform at the Bermuda Carnival. The soca artist visited Bermuda two years ago for Cup Match Summer Splash, but did not complete her set after she broke her ankle in a fall on stage. Fans will now get a sec...

Roddy Nesbitt leads a double life. By day he’s an excess casualty broker; at night he’s Rowdy Piper, boisterous singer with DIA. “Sometimes it feels like both are alter egos with ‘me’ tucked in somewhere between but I try to be myself regardless,” th...

Get ready, Bermuda. Fiyah Marshall has brought together an “all-star” line-up of soca and reggae artists for Syzygy Festival, an end-of-year concert at The Shed in Dockyard. Sizzla, Bunji Garlin, Orlando Octave and Izac King are among the headliners ...

The king of soca is to return to Bermuda for National Heroes Weekend. Machel Montano, a Trinidadian headline artist, will perform for the first time at a holiday associated with Bermuda’s growing carnival scene. Promoter Declan Harris said Mr Montano...

JayLynn Hines’s family was flabbergasted when she won Intense Mas’s song competition. Although she’d written tunes before, she couldn’t sing a note. It didn’t matter. The 23-year-old had YouTube on her side. “I found a video that suggested using a pl...

A national treasure among Bermuda’s musicians, Freeman “King” Trott has been a performer for almost all of his 85 years. Left in limbo since his wife, Ismay, died last year, Mr Trott has been thrown a lifeline by promoter Cleveland “Outta Sight” Simm...

Trinidad and Tobago’s KES The Band is set to take the stage in the America’s Cup Village on Saturday for Conquer Cancer Foundation Day. The pop/soca group have become known for their blend of “soulful vocals, calypso-inspired melodies, rock riffs and...

From 17 to 60 ... Wyclef Jean made good on his promise that everyone would have a good time, no matter their age. The musician warmed up the congregation at the America’s Cup Village on Saturday with personal hits from the Fugees to Shakira, before ...