The National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace,
St. James, Barbados
246-417-6610
Date: July 1, 2022Subject: Big line-up for tomorrow’s Vintage Tent Calypso lovers are in for a treat tomorrow (Saturday) when the 2022 Crop Over Festival officially opens at Portvale Sugar Factor, after a two-year pandemic break. The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has pulled out the stops, bringing together some of ...
Date: June 30, 2022Subject: Rock Hall start for Crop Over significant It all ends where it began. On Saturday, July 2nd, Barbados’ sugar harvest is celebrated with the Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes, which begins its procession from the Rock Hall Freedom Village in Rock Hall, St. Thomas. It ...
Date: June 30, 2022Subject: Tents gearing up to face the judges The road to the Courtesy Garage Pic O De Crop Finals intensifies from next Saturday, July 9. That’s when the first of the six calypso tents will face the Pic-O-De-Crop judges for a chance to make it to the ...
The National Cultural Foundation is hosting its final Writers’ Clinic for the 2021/2022 season. The highly interactive session themed “Poetry for Beginners” will take place on Saturday, July 9th from 11AM-1PM, via ZOOM. Poetry for Beginners is the 11th instalment of the series, which was initially launched in September 2021. These ...
What makes a selfie better? A filter and better yet…a Crop Over Filter! Last week, the National Cultural Foundation launched its first-ever Crop Over filter. This virtual, interactive experience gives users on the app the opportunity to create their own fun photo, video, or boomerang in the new ‘I Love ...
Date: June 25, 2022Subject: Crop Over Festival launch to be a spectacular showing Barbados’ premier cultural showcase, the 2022 Crop Over Festival will be officially unveiled on Saturday July 2, with a reimagined Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes. In what is expected to be the most spectacular opening ceremony ...
Date: June 24, 2022Subject: De Limes Sweet, Fuh Trute! “De pipe burst. De pipe buss. BOOF!!” Brucelee Almightee compared the public’s overflowing excitement for Crop Over’s return to a fixture buckling under immense water pressure. It was an excitement that could be heard in his voice. An excitement seen in ...
Date: June 24, 2022Subject: Scotiabank Junior Monarch Finalists SCOTIABANK JUNIOR MONARCH FINALSTS 2022 TABULATED BY PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS SRL Category: Soca Given Name Sobriquet Song Joshua Blackman Joshua B Loving It Joshua Oxley Joshox Dip and Go Low Kiah Shurland Netanya Make a Memory/When Last ...
Brucelee Almightee is comparing the public’s overflowing excitement for Crop Over’s return to a fixture buckling under immense water pressure. It’s excitement you can hear in his voice. An excitement seen in his sweat-soaked shirt. An excitement shared by everyone at Jscape Bar in Dash Gap, St. Michael, for the ...