Montserrat to attend CARIFESTA XIII

By Michelle Nurse On Jul 20, 2017

[su_pullquote]”… It is imperative that we attend regional events not only to take part as performers, etc., but also to see what’s going on as so to gauge regional trends. What this does is inform us as to what our position is in the creative industries.” – Director of the Montserrat Arts Council, Chadd Cumberbatch [/su_pullquote]Montserrat is set to attend CARIFESTA 2017.

The 13th edition of CARIFESTA, short for Caribbean Festival of Arts, is scheduled for August 17th – 27th 2017 in the island of Barbados. The main purpose of the Festival is to gather artists, musicians and authors, and to exhibit the folkloric and artistic manifestations of the Caribbean region. There are also a number of learning and teaching opportunities presented at the Festival.

According to a release from the Montserrat Arts Council (MAC), the members of the delegation preparing to go to Barbados to represent Montserrat are local Entrepreneur, Christobel Daniel, artist Kelvin ‘Tabu’ Duberry, author and playwright Edgar Nkosi White, Tourism Representatives Rosetta West-Gerald and Cherise Aymer and Head of Planning & Production at MAC, Kenneth Silcott. The delegation will be headed by the Director of the Montserrat Arts Council, Chadd Cumberbatch.