The Carnival Planning Management Committee (CPMC) launched Lucian Junior Carnival on May 15, with an overarching objective to increase youth involvement in the cultural festival.
Head of the Carnival Planning Management Committee, Tamara Gibson, listed the events on the 2025 itinerary.
“We have been hard at work preparing for Lucian Junior Carnival. This part of the festival opens the Carnival season. We are working with the departments of Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries, and the Ministry of Education to ensure that we can produce yet another successful event. We’re excited because this year we have tried to make the calendar for the juniors very exciting, she said.
“We start with the National Schools Calypso Competition and we will also host the very first National Schools Soca Competition. The Schools Pan Fest and the Junior Parade of the Bands follow. But before we get to all of that we have the National Schools Tour. Last year was our first year we hosted the tour and it was very well received. We are due to start the 2025
Junior Carnival Schools Tour next week, the schools are ready to receive us, and we’re ready to go.”
The five main events on the Lucian Junior Carnival calendar of activities are the National Schools Tour from May 19 to 30, the National Schools Calypso Competition on June 6, the National Schools Soca Competition on June 6, the National Schools Pan Fest on June 7, and the Parade of the Bands on Saturday, July 13.
