The Wadadli Music Festival will not be staged this year due to financial constraints. It has been a labour of love, but more than that, it is my way of making a worthwhile contribution to the
country of my birth. I feel a deep, sweet desire to consciously and actively promote my country and my people, particularly our youths. It can be said that this festival has become a spring
board to catapult their careers into the entertainment arena, not to mention the caliber of other artists that we have attracted over the years, namely: Glen Washington, Red Fox, Christopher

Caribana, the sister isle’s major festivity, is to feature new additions this year, as the organisers seek to find innovative ways of minimising expenses while delivering a remarkable product. “All of this is in efforts to just cut costs,” Co-ordinator of Culture and Youth Affairs on the Barbuda Council Maureen Lee-Simon said. Under the theme “Resurrecting the Bu-yard Roots and Culture for 2012,” Caribana is scheduled for May 20– 28, giving Barbudans more days to enjoy calypso, soca, and seaside fun and jamming. Bu-yard is the colloquial term for Barbudans.

Multi-platinum, multi-Grammy award winner reggae toaster, Sean Paul, will perform on the 21st annual ECHO Awards at the Berlin Fair Ground on Thursday, March 22. The ECHO Awards is Germany’s most prestigious music awards show. Also slated to perform: pop superstar Katy Perry.

Antiguans and Barbudans living overseas who’ve contemplated moving home may identify with Joanne C. Hillhouse’s latest book, about a woman doing just that. Publisher, Simon & Schuster by way of Zane’s Strebor imprint, on its website, describes the book – Oh Gad! – as “a stirring novel about a woman facing cross-cultural odds and redefining everything she understands about her family, herself, and the country she’s never really been able to call home”.

It is with great pleasure that Antigua Sailing Week announces a new partnership with HIHO, the BVI-based brand of Caribbean clothing, as the exclusive apparel supplier to Antigua Sailing Week.

HIHO will design a range of casual and technical clothing for the event. The collection will feature the brand’s well-known quality materials and details, plus dedicated hangtags and main labels.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (February 25, 2012) - The Caribbean special events company and entertainment brand Antilia continues to put "the world's greatest show" on the celebrity radar.

During the 2012 Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, which ended on the streets of Port of Spain on Carnival Tuesday, Antilia - known for attracting and entertaining celebrities at the world famous celebration - threw a glittering 29th birthday party for Caribbean supermodel Selita Ebanks on Carnival Saturday.