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On Memorial Weekend 2009, Atlanta Carnival LLC will present a two day street festival infused with music, food and cultural exhibitions. This festival village will showcase a new twist to the Caribbean Carnival. The patron will have the opportunity to go from spectator to a true Carnival reveler by participating in workshops highlighting the steel drum, costume making and soca performances. To add to this experience, there will be live performances from internationally known Soca Artists, Steel Drum Artists and the street dancers known as Moko Jumbies. The activities for the two day festival are endless.

Schedule of events:

April 23, 2009: Press and Sponsor Party
May 2, 2009: Carnival Launch Party
May 15, 2009: PanJazz
May 16, 2009: PanJazz
May 22, 2009: Sponsor Meet and Greet reception
May 23, 2009: The Caribbean Festival Village
May 24, 2009: The Caribbean Festival Village

For more information visit Atlanta Carnival LLC 2009.

two days for the village this year!

I've always remembered Atlanta having 2 carnivals, one Downtown and the other in Decatur

If so which one will have the two day festival? Will that result in bands playing mas for twoooooo days like in Trinidad.

ummmmmmm i doubt it....the one downton is the better carnival that is the one w/ the 2 day village...i doubt ATL ppl tryin 2 have a parade 2 days in a row

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Juancito Trucupey me dijo ke tiene una fiesta formá Pa' tocar con su tambora allá por la madrugá. Juancito Trucupey (muchacho) es un hombre popular!!

^^^^ look i have my own song! lol

This Carnival is located Downtown Atlanta at The Masquerade.

Performing May 23 and 24 at THE MASQUERADE in Downtown Atlanta:

KMC - I'm not drunk, Mr. Speaker
Iwer George - Ready, Ready, Ready, We like it
Skinny Fabulous - "We head bad"
Peter Ram - white pant tight, Woman by my side, Pumpin'
Zolah - Wine up on me, Go down low
Patch - Rum & Roti
Jamesy P - Rogaltic, Bashment, Nookie
David Rudder
The Mighty Shadow
Hunter (Dominica)
Red Hot Flames- Antigua Road March Winners '08 & '06
Jam Tymez - The Virgin Islands # 1 Band
D Soca Unit - The official Backing Band of the International Soca Monarch Competition (Trinidad)

Atlanta to host Summit of Caribbean Culture

Rolph I L Warner | 5:35 pm
Published: April 24, 2009


David Rudder

Rolph I L Warner | 5:35 pm

There are more than a hundred Caribbean-styled carnivals celebrated around the world annually. Of these, the city of Atlanta is the first carnival on the international Caribbean Carnival calendar, after the premier festival of its kind in T&T each year. This year, on May 23 and 24, the Memorial Weekend in the US—a Summit of Caribbean Culture is expected to convene as part of the ’09 Atlanta Carnival festivities.

The venue is The Masquerade, the premier outdoor facility located in downtown Atlanta, at 695 North Avenue, and artistic delegates will represent various Caribbean territories. For the first day of the two-day Summit the extremely popular Red Hot Flames will carry the flag of Antigua and Barbuda; Peter Ram is the Barbadian rep; the Virgin Islands will have its representation from their super group the Jam Tyme Band; while Vincentians Zolah, Jamesy P and Skinny Fabulous are expected to proudly fly their country’s national colours.

T&T delegates are former Road March Monarch Neil Iwer George, KMC and Patch, and Boston-based on-the-rise Soca siren Jadine (pronounced Jay-deen) will play the role of host along with the Atlanta Organising Committee. The ten-hour festival marathon will commence at midday and showtime is 3 pm. The Web site is Atlanta Carnival LLC 2009 and it is also declaring Day 2 of the Summit (May 24) to be a breath-taking exercise which will bring together a plethora of top-quality stage stars.

Convening on Day 2 will be Trinidad’s eight-time Road March Monarch SuperBlue, former Road March monarchs Shadow and David Rudder, and chutney soca sensation Hunter, internationally acclaimed Vincentian Kevin Lyttle (of Turn Me On fame). Supporting these celebrated entertainers with top-draw musical accompaniment will be the incomparable Vince Rivers and D Soca Unit band. Much preparation is being put into getting things properly set at the picturesque official Caribbean Festival Village location.

Security for the two-day event is of prime importance and the Organizing Committee of the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival is assuring that everything is ideally in place. People from all over the world are due to converge on the city of Atlanta for their 2009 carnival festivities. Expectations are mammoth and memorable on the Memorial Weekend.

Atlanta to host Summit of Caribbean Culture | The Trinidad Guardian