BUJU TO VISIT TOBAGO

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Buju Banton will be live at the Tobago Rhythm and Soul Festival 2025 on April 20th. The announcement was made on the Tobago Festivals Commission Limited Facebook page on Sunday and reporter Elizabeth Williams sat down with the CEO of the Commission, Kern Cowan.

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00:00The Tobago Rhythm and Soul Festival 2025 with headline act Boozhoo Banton will take place

00:07April 17th to 20th, 2025.

00:11We start on Thursday, what we call Glorious Thursday, with our gospel night named Melodies

00:19from Heaven.

00:20And that happens Thursday from 6 p.m.

00:24Then we of course skip Good Friday and then we start again on Saturday at the Buku Seafood

00:31and Jazz, which is going to be in Buku.

00:33So that's going to be a more jazz-centric environment.

00:37And then of course, Sunday, Boozhoo Banton and our host of fantastic artists will give

00:44you what we call the fusion.

00:46During an interview with TV6 News, Mr. Cowan said talks have already begun with Caribbean

00:52Airlines for additional flights on the air bridge.

00:55And what about Caribbean Airlines?

00:58So the conversation has already started and that's one of the reasons why we wanted to

01:02put the information out as early as we did.

01:06The conversation is already in the mix.

01:09We want to be able to have some depth of conversation with Caribbean Airlines, of course the Seabridge,

01:14of course our hotelers, and everybody else.

01:17This is going to be something that we see as a social economic boost within the space.

01:24Mr. Cowan said while he is open for promoters to partner with the Tobago Festivals Commission,

01:30he wanted to make it clear that the event is not a replacement for the Tobago Jazz Festival.

01:36It's not a replacement for jazz, it's an addition to what our event calendar will look like.

01:42We are testing out the Easter weekend right now, but it may not be Easter weekend next

01:47year.

01:48And based on how the following year, 2026, it may not be an Easter weekend.

01:53Easter weekend just kind of happened to fall into April based on how Carnival and everything

01:58kind of pushes down.

02:00Mr. Cowan said additional acts are to be released, early bird tickets would be out soon, and

02:06he is asking local artists to prepare themselves for auditions.

02:11Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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