The Crop Over Super Six Cavalcades [May 2nd - June 6 2009]

The Crop Over Cavalcades are a welcomed addition to the Crop Over festival.   The cavalcades travel across the island, touching down in each parish from  May  June. The Cavalcades have now evolved to being the place where the hits of the Season are launched and new comers get a chance to trade-in 'stage fright' for a mic a jumping crowd.  Good Bajan food, good bajan entertainment and the perfect community hot-spot make the cavalcades the best way to start the hectic season!

The Junior Monarch Semi-finals [July 5th 2009]

This year the Junior Calypso Monarch competition moves into its 21st year. The Juniors have proven time and time again, that they are motivated and serious enough about calypso to have their own tent and rightfully so, they have been able to draw large crowds. So successful is this venture that there has been a steady increase of entrants, more noticeably in the 8-12yr age group.

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Pan In De City [July 19th 2008]

The streets are alive with sound of music, pan and tuk music! On July 21  we make our way through the streets of Bridgetown, swaying to the rhythms of pan and the tuk bands, with our final destination being Independence Square where the event climaxes to beautiful and powerful renditions from a leading steel orchestra.

Pan Pun De Sand [July 18th 2009]

The most anticipated pan event of the Festival season. Pan Pun de Sand is a perfect day out - sea, sun, sand, steel band music and lots of fun. This event offers a line-up that usually includes steel-pan bands from the neighboring islands of Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua, the Barbados National Youth Steel Orchestra, the Combined Schools Steel Orchestra, and more.....

Pic-O-De Crop Semis [July 25th 2009]

Pic-O-De-Crop is the social commentary calypso competition. It is a 'battle' that is waged in words in the various tents across the island and on judging nights. The format - after the first round of judging in the calypso tents, the 18 best calypsonians advance to the semi-final stage of the competition. The 10 best are then chosen for the Finals and from that a winner and a new calypso monarch is 'crowned' and presented with a bounty of prizes, including a new car.

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Junior Kadooment [July 18th 2009]

A day dedicated to the children.  Children are encourage from very tender ages to take part and become familiar with the Crop Over Festival and its history.  Some as young as 2 years have been seen parading before the judges in fine style. Children are dressed in brightly coloured costumes, waving flags with painted faces, they dance and prance in the streets, much like their adult counterparts, to the sweet melodious sounds of the season.  The parade for the children is not a very long one and climaxes at the National Stadium

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Party Monarch Finals [July 26th 2009]

The event has certainly grown over the past few years, we have seen the number of contestants swell from a handful eager participants to a battalion of soca warriors! When the dust settles after several nights of judging in the calypso tents, 19 finalists will advance to battle the reigning Monarch for the supreme title of the 2006 Party Monarch and ruler of the 'Calypso Bowl'.

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Pic-O-De Crop Finals  [Jul 31st 2009]

One of the more popular events during Crop Over Festival is certainly the Finals of the Pic-O-De-Crop competition. The competition is strongly supported by locals and is the  of weeks of tent performances by the calypsonians, who each sing two songs before a panel of judges. Points are awarded  based on lyrics, content, performance, melody and diction.

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Fore-day-Morning Jam [August 1st 2009]

In the wee hours of the morning revellers jump from Independence Square to Spring Garden Highway to the sweet strains of tuk bands and massive music trucks, blasting out all the hottest tunes of the season. In recent times we have seen more organised bands in costume for this event, but the word 'costume' is used loosely and basically means 't-shirt and short pants cover with mud' and an array of paint plastered on the bodies and faces of the revellers.

Bridgetown Market [August 1st to 3rd 2009]

The infamous Spring Garden Highway is the place to be for the final three days of the festival. The entire stretch of road is converted to a marketplace of bajan art and craft, local produce, local and regional fashion and foods of all kinds. Visitors can also enjoy a wide variety of entertainment from tuk bands, steelbands, dance groups, folk and gospel groups and calypsonians.

Cohobblopot [August 2nd 2009]

The last big party of the Festival! This event is a who's who among the hit-makers of the Season and the final chance to preview the line-up of contenders for the Tune of the Crop competition, passionately known as 'de Road March Tune'. This also where the King and Queen of the Band titles are awarded. After which the most popular songs likely to be heard on the road the following day are performed.

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Grand Kadooment [August 3th 2009]

You could cut the excitement in the air with a knife! This is the seasons' climax! This is KADOOMENT DAY! This day, revellers are decked in the most beautiful orgy of colours. Feathers, sequins, beads, glitter body paint, with a splash of energy, revellers 'jump'  from the National Stadium to Spring Garden Highway awash with the colours of Crop Over. The colours and designs of the costume bands presented by the creative masquerade designers  are judged in a number of categories; Most Colourful, Biggest Band, Most Topical to name a few, and most coveted, Band of the Year.

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