Special Events Calendar



Trinidad and Tobago Jazz Festival
hosted by Jazz Alliance of Trinidad and Tobago (Jatt)
Fri Mar 12thPoetry, Flamenco and Tap Jazz Fusion @ Brian Lara Promenade, Port-of-Spain (3 pm 5 pm - free), featuring poet Muhammad Muwakil; tap dancer Candace Ellis; flamenco dancer Nalini Akal; guitarist Larry Lee Luck; percussionist Modupe Onilu; bassist Russell Durity; keyboardist Wayne Guerra; and drummer Sean Thomas.
Jazz @ Spalkers @ Spalkers Restaurant and Sports Bar, St Ann's (9 pm 11.30 pm - free); featuring keyboardist Wayne Guerra; bassist Russell Durity; guitarist Jeffrey Pataysingh; pannist Mikhail Salcedo; vocalist Marissa Gomez; and drummer Sean Thomas.
Sat Mar 13thMaster Class conducted by saxophonist Grace Kelly @ Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, St Augustine (11 am 1.30 pm - free to all musicians)
Main event @ Centre for Creative and Festival Arts - The Greens, St Augustine (5 pm 10 pm - $200), featuring Moods Steel Orchestra; UTT Faculty Jazztet, directed by pianist Dave Marcellin; guitarist Gene Lawrence and Friends, featuring pannist Ray Holman, Brazilian guitarist Antonio Valdetaro; Kernal Roberts Crew; US saxophonist Grace Kelly Quartet, featuring drummer Sean Thomas.
Festival After Party @ The Corner Bar, Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook (12.30 am - free jam session with local and foreign musicians) .
Sun Mar 14thJazz Movie Blue -Note A Story of Modern Jazz @ The Corner Bar, Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook (8.30 pm - free), featuring Kernal Roberts performing his greatest soca hits in jazz, plus a historical photo shoot of T&T local contributors towards jazz.
For more information and tickets, visit www.jazzalliance.org or call 632-3061/689-4298/478-9948.


22nd Annual Tobago Jazz Experience
Thu Apr 22nd"Jazz on de Waterfront" @ Milford Road Esplanade; 4:30. Free.
Fri Apr 23rd"World Music Night" @ Pigeon Point Heritage Park; 7.30 pm. Featuring: Badu, Shurwayne Winchester and the big band YOU, Lord Nelson, 3Canal, Mavis John, Dil-E-Nadan, Ziggy Rankin and Fire Empress. Tickets for that show are TT$300 each.
Sat Apr 24thStreet Beat parade (all-day music event) @ Plymouth; 5 am. This event also involves a cultural procession and street theatre through the village streets, then it' s off to Mt. Irvine Bay for Caribbean Jazz Rhythms at Jazz on de Beach. Free.
Jazz in de East caravan @ Speyside Beach Facility grounds; 5pm. Free.
Steelband Music t@ Pigeon Point Heritage Park; 5pm. Featuring: Desperados, Phase II, Robert Greenidge, Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe and Steel Xplosion from Tobago. Tickets for the Pan Jazz in de Park event will cost TT$200.
Sun Apr 25thBeach Jazz Fiesta

Featuring: Élan Parlé, Sean Thomas Quartet, Clive Zanda, Kay Alleyne, Luther Francois, Ettienne Charles and the Queen of Funk Soul herself, Chaka Khan.







If you know any important dates in history, events or festivals that are not listed........
please email me the information. Thanks for your input!


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