Music and cultural delight converge in Tobago this Easter, because the island gears as much as host the Tobago Rhythm and Soul Competition, that includes a global solid of cross-generational performers.
Amid political stress main as much as Trinidad and Tobago’s elections, the festival indicators a renewed push to advertise Tobago as a premier vacation spot for music, leisure, and relaxation.
A newly unveiled airport and plans for additional growth have added gasoline to the Tobago Festivals Fee’s efforts to place the island on the world stage. “Our aim stays enshrined in putting Tobago on the forefront in terms of vacation spot tourism,” mentioned Kern Cowan, CEO of the Tobago Festivals Fee. “We should present the world all that we’re able to delivering and with yearly that we’re capable of market Tobago… we’re capable of chart a concrete course ahead to financial sustainability for the island and our folks.”
This yr’s pageant options a formidable lineup of worldwide and regional stars, together with members of the Marley dynasty—one of many Caribbean’s most acknowledged music manufacturers—alongside Brian McKnight, Jon Secada, Wayne Marvel, Gramps Morgan, Singing Melody, Kes The Band, Mical Teja, and Coutain.
Organizers say the inclusion of Nigerian gospel star Sinach—who brings greater than three a long time of expertise as a singer, songwriter, and senior worship chief—provides an necessary religious factor to the occasion. “We felt it was completely vital to include spirituality on this pageant with all issues thought of,” Cowan mentioned. “Sinach is globally acknowledged and her presence in Tobago will undoubtedly mirror properly for model Tobago.”
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The Easter weekend pageant is predicted to attract an inflow of holiday makers, and officers have been working to handle considerations round airlift and lodging. “We’re in fixed communication with these in positions to make this pageant a very pleasurable expertise for all, and it’s our hope that we’re all on the identical web page – that being, amplifying model Tobago, which might basically be useful to everybody concerned,” mentioned Cowan.
Cowan emphasised that the occasion is extra than simply leisure. “We’ve strategically created a pageant that locations love and lightweight into focus, encouraging not simply the surface world to be drawn into that, but in addition our folks right here at house.”
As pleasure builds, Tobago is setting the stage for a weekend that showcases the island’s vibrant tradition and its rising enchantment as a peaceable, dynamic vacation spot—the place rhythm and soul meet paradise.
