After a year hiatus, Caribbean styled carnival will be returning to Florida, US this year. With the mass vaccination of a significant portion of the population resulting in a drastic decline in transmission and hospitalization due to Covid-19, the authorities in the State of Florida have relaxed their strict Covid protocols in an effort to bring some normalcy back to the sunshine state.

Orlando Carnival Downtown will be the first stop for the Merry Monarch. Scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, May 28^th to 30th 2021, this is expected to be a bumper event as many top-notch soca artists are already booked to perform in town during the weekend and soca lover with their pen up energies are expected to descend on Orlando to jubilantly welcome the return of the God of Bacchanal.

For more information visit Orlando CarnivalDdowntown website and on FaceBook

Turning our attention to further south on the peninsula, in a press release from The Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee (MBOCHC, Yvette Harris, the Public Relation officer, joyfully proclaimed “We are back!!” and that the 37th Annual Miami Carnival is Set To Restart the Festival Season on Columbus Day Weekend With Health and Safety Protocols.

It was announced that after working with county medical and park department officials in Miami-Dade and Broward County, the producers of the Miami Carnival have been given the green light to advance planning for the 2021 Miami Carnival celebrations. With guest safety as the highest priority, the Miami Broward Carnival One Host Committee (MBOCHC) will promote and implement an event plan of reduced capacity in adherence with recommended CDC COVID guidelines. As local COVID-19 positivity rates continue to decline from the increased % of vaccinated persons, Miami Carnival may be permitted to increase attendance capacity and relax specific protocols.

Yvette stated,

“We are excited to once again be able to showcase the Miami Carnival in person. We have missed being able to present our pageantry, music, and Caribbean Culture with everyone. Our committee has been diligently working with both Miami -Dade, and Broward Counties to ensure that we can plan our cultural event, with the health and safety of our stakeholders and patrons as a key part of that plan,” states Joan Hinkson-Justin, Chair, Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee.”

“The South Florida Carnival Band Leaders Association (SFCBLA) is pleased and thrilled to once again work with MBOCHC with planning a safe and well-desired carnival. We invite you all to the 2021 Miami Carnival Showcase (Band Launch) on June 5th, 2021, where you will be the first to see the pageantry to be displayed for 2021.”

“We are excited to again partner with Miami Carnival as they plan to navigate bringing the cultural event back to an in-person platform. With the generations of persons of Caribbean descent who have made Miami their home and the tourists coming in from other regions, Miami Carnival is an important part of our cultural tourism economy,” states Connie W. Kinnard, GMCVB Vice President, Multicultural Tourism & Development.

To keep up with official updates of 2021 Miami Carnival events and programming, visit: https://miamicarnival.org.

Follow on Instagram and Twitter @MiaBroCarnival or https://www.facebook.com/MiamiBrowardOneCarnival/.

To reach the South Florida Caribbean Bandleaders Association, visit www.sfcbla.org and follow on Instagram @sfcbla or https://www.facebook.com/FLCBLA/ for more information.

 

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