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This Weekend It's Carnival In Virginia!
August 6 & 7, 2010
The Virginia Caribbean Cultural Association
Presents Their:
5th Annual International Caribbean Festival "Caribfest"
“Celebrate Culture, Embrace Diversity”
Have the experience of a life-time! Come to the BIGGEST and only Caribbean Summer Festival! See and experience it for yourself!
Celebrate and experience a dazzling fusion of colors, creativity, music, masquerades and incredible art that resonates with the infectious tropical rhythmic sounds from REGGAE icon Freddie McGregor. Enjoy the exciting beat of CALYPSO, REGGAE, SALSA, SOCA and other Caribbean music. This is a day of tropical rhythm, cuisine, carnival and culture as only the Caribbean can offer!
CaribFest is no ordinary festival! It is a vibrant celebration of Caribbean culture. One of its main highlights is the STEELPAN music and the many practitioners of this remarkable art form.
Enjoy the colorful PARADE portion of the Festival including stilt dancers, elaborate costumes and folklore characters. Parade starts at 12:00 p.m. (noon)
Friday,
August 6th: Kick-off
CaribFest aboard the Spirit of Norfolk for a midnight “J’Ouvert
Cruise” Caribbean style from 11:30 pm to 3:00 am. Tickets can be
purchased at jouvertboatride.eventbrite.com.
Saturday, August 7th: It's "Caribfest" Time @ TownPoint Park, Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
GATES:
Open @ 9:00 a.m. and the fun
starts at 10:00 a.m. on the main stage. Bring your folding chairs and
umbrellas.
ADMISSION:
General- $20, Military/Seniors - $15, Children 6-17 years $10 and Kids 5
years & under – Free. Advance ticket purchases are $5 off
general admission and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com, Norfolk
Tides Box Office, and virginiacaribfest2k10.eventbrite.com. For a
limited time only adult tickets can be purchased for $10 and children $5
at virginiacaribfest2k10.eventbrite.com by using the promo code "caribfest".
Featuring Performances by Reggae Superstar: Freddy McGregor * The Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Artists: Rikki Jai * Shal Marshall * Buffy Along with One of Trinidad and Tobago's Soca Band: Traffik Band * The Image Band
For further information, visit our Web site at: www.virginiacaribfest.com , or contact Event Manager, at info@vcaca.org (757)766.0532 or Abby @ (757) 287-1539
Below are additional Events and Carnivals taking place during the month of August and September, 2010
Kindly keep Scrolling down to view all!
Bronx, New York - August 6, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland - August 7, 2010
Washington DC - August 7, 2010
Washington, DC - August 7, 2010
Crownsville, Maryland - August 15, 2010
Join Jamaica Promotional Company for their 1st Annual Caribbean Food and Wine Festival
Washington DC - September 10, 2010
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