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August 1: Caribana Parade; August 1: Calypso Show at Varsity Stadium; August 1: Caribana Carnival Dance at Royal York Hotel (with music by G.I. Brass Int'l. and Swinging Stars) August 2: Caribana Reggae Explosion at Varsity Stadium (with music by Third World and Dennis Brown) August 2–3: Caribana Caribbean Picnic on the Toronto Islands
The Toronto Caribbean Carnival, formerly and affectionately known as Caribana, is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a pan-Caribbean Carnival event and has been billed as North America 's largest Festival, [ 2 ] frequented by over 1.3 million tourists each year for the ...
The Official Caribana Store and The Carnival Shop, located at College Park, [8] and an Eaton's Caribana Shop at the Toronto Eaton Centre. [9] At launch in Nathan Phillips Square, Premier Bob Rae calls the event a "beacon of hope" for all Canadians, as a symbol of racial harmony. "Carry a Can to Caribana" launched, in support of Daily Bread Food ...
"Carnival"(cancelled) — In the city of Hamilton, 1 week after Toronto's Caribana. "Carifest" — In the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. "Cariwest" — Held annually the second week of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, drawing more than 60,000 visitors a year. Cariwest boasts an amazing display of masqueraders in the main parade, and is ...
2023 Pacific typhoon season. Typhoon Doksuri. 2023 China Doksuri floods. The death toll from the flooding in Beijing, China, which is the city's worst flooding in more than 140 years, increases to 21.
[2] 461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor . 932 – After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo , in Spain , surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III , assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March .
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Toronto hosts the Toronto Caribbean Carnival (known as Caribana until 2006), which is held the first Saturday in August of Civic Holiday, observed on the first Monday of August. Started in 1967, it is a two-week celebration culminating in the long weekend, with the Kings and Queens Festival, Caribana parade, and Olympic Island activities.