August 30–September 5, 2019 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 7
Fly girls: Feather-clad parade-goers strut their stuff at the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day.
Caribbean crews!
Weekend of West Indian parties and concerts
By Jacob Fillmore
Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn’s biggest parade is coming!
Eastern Parkway will be filled
with feathered outfits, calypso beats,
and the sizzle of Caribbean dishes on
Labor Day, when the 52nd annual New
York Caribbean Carnival Parade steps
off at 11 a.m. The march caps a weekend
full of events celebrating the West
Indies, so here are some island-related
events you can visit before the Labor
Day parade.
Heavy metal
Kick off your weekend with a concert
of soca music at Brassfest, dubbed
“Brooklyn’s Savannah Grass” after the
insanely catchy song “Savannah Grass”
by Trinidad and Tobago band Kes, who
will headline the show. Other acts include
Patrice Roberts, Farmer Nappy, Skinny
Fabulous, and many, many others.
Brassfest at Brooklyn Museum 200
Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in
Prospect Heights, (718) 467–1797, www.
wiadcacarnival.org. Aug. 30; 7 p.m.–3
a.m. $65 ($125 VIP).
Mini march
The Junior Carnival Parade give kids
a chance to take center stage at Carnival.
The pint-sized parade will step off at 9
a.m. from the corner of Kingston Avenue
and St. Johns Place in Crown Heights,
march down St. Johns to Franklin Avenue,
turn left on Franklin and parade
to President Street, and then end with
a festival on the grounds of the Brooklyn
Museum.
Junior Carnival Festival at the Brooklyn
Museum (see above). Aug. 31; 9
a.m.–4 p.m. Watching the parade is
free. Festival $5.
Pan-tastic
Almost a dozen different steel pan
bands will compete to be named the best
pan band in the land at Panorama 2019
on Saturday night! The championship
will go on until early in the morning,
and the winner will be announced at
Sunday night’s gathering.
Panorama 2019 at Brooklyn Museum.
Aug. 31; 7 p.m.–3 a.m. $45.
Final night
The grand finale of the concerts at
Brooklyn Museum will be the Dimanche
Gras (Fat Sunday), a party with an allwhite
dress code. The night will showcase
this year’s King and Queen of the
bands, announce the winner of Panorama
2019, and highlight some of the best
costumes to be deployed in the parade
the next day. It will also feature performances
from Calypso Rose, Lavaman,
and the stilt-dancing group Kaisokah
Moko Jumbies, among others.
Dimanche Gras at Brooklyn Museum;
Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. $35.
The big day
Thousands of revelers will march
in the parade, and millions will line
Eastern Parkway to watch. This year’s
Parade Grand Marshalls, Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams and Haitian
born City Councilman Mathieu
Eugene, will lead the party along the
Parkway from Schenectady Avenue in
Crown Heights to Grand Army Plaza
in Prospect Heights.
You can stake out a spot anywhere
along the route, but the best view may
be in front of the Brooklyn Museum,
where each group of the acts will put
on a show for the judges. Check out the
elaborate outfits, dance to the steel pan
bands, and get a dish of curried goat or
jerk chicken from the many food vendors
along the route.
New York Caribbean Carnival Parade
(Eastern Parkway between Schnectady
Avenue and Grand Army Plaza
in Crown Heights, www.wiadcacarnvial.
org). June 2; 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Free.
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