Nevis to Welcome 50th Culturama Festival from April 12, Know Schedule
Nevis is ready to welcome its 50th Culturama Festival with a series of activities for the 1st Wave from April 12th to August 6th, 2024.
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Nevis is all set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Culturama Festival with a huge number of exciting activities taking place from July 25 to August 6, 2024.
The Festival Committee will be hosting the core activities while several other events will be hosted by private organisations on the island.
During a press conference held on January 25, the committee launched the official Core Calendar of Activities with events taking place between April 12 to August 6. The committee said that this is just the first wave of events revealed with several more to be announced soon.Notably, "Core activities" are those that the Culturama Committee is responsible for. The other activities that some persons lean toward are "fringe events". Those have to be submitted by private promoters/organisers and approved by the committee to form part of the lineup.
Nevis Culturama Festival is recognised as the most important in the Island’s history. The Carnival is celebrated over 12 days with celebrations beginning much earlier. [caption id="attachment_67010" align="aligncenter" width="1068"] Nevis 50th Culturama Festival 2024[/caption] This Nevis Tourism Authority will celebrate the festival's Golden Jubilee under the theme, “Celebrating Culture, Embracing History, Its Culturama 50.” The Festival will bring visitors together from across the region, who will immerse and engage themselves in the blend of activities along with the deep-rooted culture and heritage of the nation. The Festival is expected to be a great packed schedule highlighting all aspects of Nevisian arts and culture through poetry nights, games, aquatic extravaganzas, craft and food fairs, sports racing, Soca Monarch competitions, steel pan night and more.Here's the Complete Schedule for the 50th Nevis Culturama Festival:
Friday, April 12th:- Launch of Culturama 50
- Reveal of Culturama 50
- Senior Pageant Contestants (Venue Charlestown Waterfront)
- Night of Steel (Venue: TBD)
- Senior Kaiso Eliminations (Venue: TBD)
- Fashion Show (Venue: David Freeman Centre of Excellence)
- Opening of Culturama Village
- Soca Monarch Semi Finals (Venue Cultural Village)
- Senior Kaiso Fiesta (Venue: David Freeman Centre of Excellence)
- Junior Kaiso Finals (Venue: Cultural Village)
- Official Opening Ceremony of Culturama 50 (Venue: Cultural Complex)
- Culturama 50 Golden Jubilee Awards Ceremony (Venue: MGR Park)
- MS Culture Swimwear and Mr Cool Contest (Venue Cultural Complex)
- Poets in the Square (Venue: War Memorial Square)
- Bhoni Panorama Contest (Venue Cultural Complex)
- Poets in the Square (Venue: War Memorial Square)
- Mr and Ms Talented Youth Pageant (Venue: Cultural Complex)
- Home Coming Celebration (Venue: Nevesian Heritage Village)
- Poets in the Square: (Venue War Memorial Square)
- Homecoming Gala (Venue: MGR Park)
- Poets in the Square (Venue: War Memorial Square)
- Junior Cultural Street Parade (Venue: Charlestown)
- Soca Monarch Context (Venue: Cultural Village)
- Poets in the Square (Venue: War Memorial Square)
- Senior Calypso Finals (Venue: Cultural Complex)
- Culturama 50 Art, Craft and Cultural Food Fair (Venue: MGR Park)
- Culturama 50 Emanicipation Concert (Venue: Cultural Village)
- MS Cultural Queen Pageant (Venue: Cultural Complex)
- Emanicipation J'ouvert Jump Up (Venue: Charlestown)
- Culturama 50 Street Parade and Last Lap (Venue: Charlestown)
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