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Tropicalfete is once again inviting you to a great day of cultural vibe, arts and entertainment for this year’s Caribbean Cultural Showcase on June 25, 2017 (Sunday) from 2PM to 4PM. This is to be held at Von King Park – Almira Kennedy Coursey Amphitheatre, 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 (Marcy Ave., Tompkins Ave.) The audience will be taken on a cultural journey that includes dance, theater, masquerade, steel pan music, spoken word, live band and stilting.   Thanks to the generous support of New York City Council MemberRead More

As part of Tropicalfete’s mission to develop the community in the areas of arts and social services, Tropicalfete once again will be presenting their annual Caribbean Cultural Showcase on Sunday June 26, 2016 at Complete Music Studio, 227 St Marks Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238. The audience will be taken on a cultural journey that includes various artistic disciplines – dance, theater, masquerade, steel pan music, stilting, visual art, music and ventriloquism. The forming cast includes the following. Dance/Theater Performance – Tropicalfete Body of Vibration Dance and Theater under the leadershipRead More

The Saint Lucia House Foundation in conjunction with the Saint Lucia Consulate in New York is set to observe Creole Heritage Month in New York. This year’s festival will take place on Sunday October 25th, 2015 with an action filled day in Brooklyn. This event will showcase the rich cultural heritage of Saint Lucia and introduce others to the island’s amazing history and traditions that continue to be celebrated to this day. This year’s celebration will feature De Inferno Band, Tropicalfete Steel Pan Ensemble, DJ Eryk Natural Sounds, Drummers, Dancers,Read More

Brooklyn, NYC — The Kings Theatre, since 2010 listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1929 as a movie-palace-type theatre under the original name of Loew’s Kings Theatre. The facility was closed from 1977 and reopened under Borough President Eric Adams on February 3, 2015, after renovations in the vicinity of 94-million dollars. Come April 10, 11 and 12, a different kind of history will be made, as for the first time ever, major dancehall-reggae, crossover- mainstream R&B and soca concerts that are organized byRead More

Missed Carnival? No Worries, Calling All Soca Fans to Kings Theater in Brooklyn!!! Didn’t make it to Carnival this year? Have no worries as The First Ever and Biggest Caribbean Concert to hit the tri-state area for 2015 brings you Kes The Band, Kerwin Du Bois, Ravi B, Olantuji, Lead Pipe & Saddis, Fadda Fox and more to be added! This star studded lineup is sure to quench your soca thirst as it features such acts as one of the Caribbean’s most popular and sought after bands KesThe Band whoRead More

Co-presented by River to River and Isabel Soffer/Live Sounds From an accordion fronted Tex-Mex punk-band to socially conscious Haitian songs and from ambient folk and electronica to the New York debut of the king of Colombian vallenato and cumbia, this Caribbean and Latin America festival travels the crossroads, the blurs and the beats of traditional and contemporary sounds from around the world and around the corner. Fronteras series curator Isabel Soffer of Live Sounds, has been at the forefront of the global music scene in the US since its formativeRead More

NEW YORK, NY, – Just 11 days before award-winning, New York-based artist Monty Alexander releases his new album, the jazz virtuoso is set for a scintillating performance at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College. The Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated performer and his band Harlem-Kingston Express are set to raise the roof in the Caribbean-populated borough of Brooklyn on Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 8 p.m. “We are bringing a party that will fuse the smooth sounds of jazz classics with the infectious rhythms of reggae to create aRead More

Brooklyn, U.S.A – When a producer and artist have the right chemistry it translates into their music like a well orchestrated dance. Such was the result when producer Ricky Blaze and international reggae star Gyptian teamed up for what became Gyptian’s gold-selling anthem “Hold You”. Since then, both Ricky and Gyptian have been a busy fixture on worldwide charts, Ricky with chart topping hits from Hip Hop to Reggae, and Gyptian touring worldwide, and more recently a live performance in the middle of Times Square in Manhattan, NY. Luckily forRead More

Brooklyn, New York – Alicia Seymour of the Bahamas was crowned queen at the 5th annual Gay Caribbean USA Pageant which was held in Brooklyn, New York last Saturday, 28th September. Seymour was dynamic from her very first appearance in her swimwear and maintained the lead in both the talent and evening wear categories. As her talent, she performed a splendid dramatization of Jennifer Holiday’s “And I am Telling You”. In the second place was Puerto-Rico’s Karen Cover Girl, followed by Guyana’s Sundari Indian Goddess. The organizers of the pageantRead More

With only a few days to get your tickets, one of the fastest rising Reggae artists out of Jamaica, Chronixx, is ready to hit Brooklyn, NY on Saturday September 21st 2013. Chronixx and Zinc Fence Redemption band alongside Kelissa will be in Brooklyn, NY performing live for the first time at Pulse 48 (formerly known as C-Pac). At just 20-years old Jamaican-born artist Chronixx already has a handful of successful singles, music videos and a mixtape with Diplo’s Major Lazer. This is all before he’s even released a full-length album.Read More