Top things to know
- Tobago Carnival opens Thursday evening with Monarchs of Mas in Scarborough.
- This year's theme is "Mud, Mas and Music," with mud featured throughout, per CEO Kern Cowan.
- Rox-glo in Roxborough will be a mud edition for the first time, with thousands registered.
- At least four mud bands have registered for J'ouvert on Saturday, October 31.
- A Road March competition, a first for Tobago Carnival, is open only to Tobagonian artistes, with a $75,000 prize.
Tobago Carnival celebrations begin Thursday evening with the Monarchs of Mas competition in Scarborough, and mud will feature prominently under this year's theme, "Mud, Mas and Music," Tobago Festivals Commission CEO Kern Cowan said at a media briefing on Tuesday.
Cowan said Rox-glo in Roxborough will be staged as a mud edition for the first time, with thousands already registered and "different forms of the mud, even glowing mud" promised at the parade. At least four mud bands have registered for J'ouvert on Saturday, October 31, and mud stations will let other bands take part. Cowan also announced the first Road March competition in Tobago Carnival history, open exclusively to Tobagonian artistes, with judging at Market Square, the Calypso Rose Boulevard along the waterfront and the Claude Noel Highway. The winner will receive $75,000.