Trinidad Carnival 2025 party calendar: Your ultimate fete-by-fete guide.

Fetes galore: The ultimate Trinidad Carnival 2025 party calendar

Trinidad Carnival is more than an event—it’s a cultural explosion, a symphony of soca, and a marathon of masquerade. For 2025, the festivities promise unparalleled energy, with over 100+ fetes, concerts, and cultural spectacles spanning January to March. Whether you’re a first-timer or a seasoned reveller, this definitive party calendar for Carnival 2025 maps out every must-attend event, ensuring your itinerary is as vibrant as the festival itself.

Why Trinidad Carnival 2025?

Trinidad’s Carnival is the blueprint for global carnivals, blending African, Indian, and European traditions into a kaleidoscope of music, dance, and creativity. In 2025, expect:

Historic milestones: 50th anniversary celebrations for iconic fetes.

Global headliners: International artists alongside soca legends like Machel Montano and Bunji Garlin.

Cultural immersion: From Panorama steelpan finals to fiery stickfighting competitions.

The ultimate Trinidad Carnival 2025 party calendar

🌴 February 2025: Peak revelry

As Carnival nears, the energy intensifies:

Feb 1st – Gateway to the World: All-inclusive luxury at Queen’s Park Savannah.

Feb 7th – Fete with the Saints: St Mary’s College transforms into a soca paradise.

Feb 14th – Ladies Night Out: A female-centric fete with premium cocktails.

Feb 23rd – Hilton Lavish: Gourmet dining and top-tier DJs at Trinidad’s iconic hotel.

Cultural spotlight:

Feb 16th – Panorama Semi-Finals: Steelbands compete for a spot in the finals.

Feb 28th – Canboulay Riots Re-enactment: Relive the 1881 uprising that shaped Carnival.

💥 March 2025: Carnival climax and beyond

The grand finale—and recovery parties:

Mar 1st – J’ouvert: Mud, paint, and chaos with STINK & DUTTY and Clubhouse Utopia.

Mar 2nd – Dimanche Gras: Crowning of the Calypso Monarch and King/Queen of Carnival.

Mar 3rd-4th – Parade of Bands: Dance through Port-of-Spain with TRIBE, Bliss, and Yuma.

Mar 8th – Bunji & Fay-Ann’s Au Revoir Cruise: Bid farewell to Carnival on the Caribbean Sea.

Post-Carnival gems:

Mar 6th – Untamed Beach (Tobago): Recharge with soca and sea breezes.

Mar 7th – Carnival Aftermath: Relive highlights with local comedians and DJs.

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Cultural must-sees: NCC Carnival 2025 highlights

While fetes steal the spotlight, Trinidad’s cultural roots shine through NCC events:

Panorama Finals (Mar 1st): Witness steelpan orchestras like Phase II Pan Groove battle for glory.

Calypso Monarch Finals (Mar 2nd): Political satire and storytelling through calypso.

Junior Carnival (Feb 22nd): Future stars shine in kids’ parades and competitions.

Ticket alert: Book early for premium seating at Queen’s Park Savannah events!

Tips for conquering Trinidad Carnival 2025

Plan ahead: Sold-out fetes include Crème de la Crème and Rum & Rosé—secure tickets by December 2024.

Dress code: White attire for Indulge, neon for J’ouvert.

Stay hydrated: Coconut water and mauby are lifesavers.

Explore Tobago: Post-Carnival boat rides like Fly & Sail offer serene escapes.

Final word

Trinidad Carnival 2025 isn’t just a party—it’s a pilgrimage for soca souls. With this Party Calendar for Carnival 2025, you’re equipped to dive into breakfast fetes, cooler cruises, and cultural gems. Pack your dancing shoes, embrace the rhythm, and let Trinidad’s spirit move you!

Ready to jump? Follow event organisers on social media for real-time updates and ticket drops. See you on the road! 🎭

2025 Fete calendar

Date	Event name	Type	Venue/details
Wednesday, Jan 1st	Day One	Breakfast Party
	1st Jam	Road Party
	Soca 1st	Cooler Cruise
Thursday, Jan 9th	Pier Pressure	Cooler Cruise
Friday, Jan 10th	Bishop’s	Cooler/Food Incl.	Bishop Anstey High School
	Rum & Rosé	Cooler Fete
	NOIR	Drinks Incl.
Saturday, Jan 11th	Crème de la Crème	Beaucoup Bacchanal Breakfast
Saturday, Jan 18th	College Boy Jesse	Soca Love Story
	Besslime “Socastalgia”	Cooler Fete
	St Andrew’s	Schooler Fete	St Andrew’s Private School
	Soca in the Hills	Food Incl.
	GBM Nutron	Sol of Soca
Friday, Jan 24th	Xperience	Cooler Fete
	Undercover	Cooler Fete
	Fete Lovers	Cooler Fete
	On D’ Range	Drinks Incl.
	Team A+ “Just the 2 of Us”	Cooler/Food Incl.	St Joseph Convent, St Joseph – St Xavier’s PS
Saturday, Jan 25th	Party with the Hearts	Semi Incl.	Sacred Hearts Girls’ RC
	Mical Teja – MAS “The Experience”
Wednesday, Jan 29th	AIR COMMITTEE “B-YATCH”	Cooler Cruise
Thursday, Jan 30th	AIR COMMITTEE “OUT in SOUTH”	Cooler Fete
	Soaka Arts & Music Festival “Iron Park”
Friday, Jan 31st	GT-Sea “Colours of Carnival”	Food Incl. Cruise
	Chaux
Saturday, Feb 1st	Soaka Arts & Music Festival “Carnival Up Market”
	Gateway to the World	All Incl.
	Indulge	White Affair
	Soca Refuel	Cooler Fete
	Phoenix	Cooler Fete	Holy Name Convent
	Hillview	All Incl.	Hillview College
	Evolve	Cooler/All Incl.	Presentation, Chaguanas
	Soca Brain Kooler	Cooler Fete	Chaguanas North Secondary
Sunday, Feb 2nd	Soaka Arts & Music Festival “Soaka Till Sunrise”	Cooler Fete
	SOB	Cooler/Food Incl.	St Francis Boys’ College
	Palmiste	All Incl.
	Berry Brunch
	Camimas	Cooler Cruise
	A Class	Cooler Fete
Friday, Feb 7th	Fete with the Saints	All Incl.	St Mary’s College
	Fete Gala	Drinks Incl.
	Jardin de Sokah	All Incl.
	Ravi B – Homecoming
	Blue Sky		El Dorado East Secondary
	Soca Village	Cooler Fete
	Chutney Soca Monarch	Semi Finals
Saturday, Feb 8th	JAM NKD	Cooler Fete
	PREStige	All Incl.	Presentation, San Fernando
	Breakfast Meet Coolerz
	Suns of Oil “SHUTDOWN”
	Hot Sun & Soca	Cooler Cruise
	You, Me + Soca	Cooler Cruise
	Ultimate Soca Champion	Semi Finals
Friday, Feb 14th	Renaissance	All Incl.	BATCE
	Soleil	All Incl.
	Rumajay	All Incl.
	Ladies Night Out
	Rise N’ Roast	Breakfast Party
	Fete Royal	All Incl.	Queen’s Royal College
	SOLSET	Drinks Incl.
Saturday, Feb 15th	U-PICK FARM		6 PM-2 AM
Sunday, Feb 16th	Passage to Asia	All Incl.
	Yorke “New Dawn”	Breakfast Party
	Raze	Breakfast Party
	Sip & Sail Carnival Cruise
	Panorama	Semi Finals
Date	Event Name	Type	Venue/Details
Friday, Feb 21st	Yung Bredda	Water World
	Clubhouse “Utopia”	J’ouvert
	I Love Choka
Saturday, Feb 22nd	STINK & DUTTY	J’ouvert
	Fatima – All Incl.	Fatima College
	Sunset Brunch
	Nadia Batson – Artform
	Rep yuh Band	Cooler Cruise
	Bass Yard “The Secret Garden”
	Frazzled Saturday	Cooler Cruise
	InDiGlo
Sunday, Feb 23rd	Hilton “Lavish”	All Incl.
	Team ChillOut “Rise”	Cooler Fete
	Kairi People “Different”	All Incl.
	Dirty Brunch
	Blossom	Food Incl.
	Crème de la Crème	All Incl.
	Crunch	All Incl. Brunch
	WeWine	Cooler Fete
	Got Soca	Cooler Cruise
	Bon Voyage	Cooler Cruise
	SunDeck	Pool Party
	Belle Fourche	Food Incl.
	Shurwayne Winchester – Addiction
	Vybe	Drinks Incl.
	Freetown Collective – Welcome to Freetown
	Sun Bliss	Drinks Incl.
	Erphaan Alves – EDAY
Thursday, Feb 27th	One Caribbean – Music Festival		Featuring Vybz Kartel, Voice, and more
	PHUKET	All Incl.
	Sunrise	Breakfast Party
	Freebird	Breakfast Party
	Bayview	Cooler Fete
	Frolic	Food Incl.
	SCORCH “uck Work”	Drinks Incl.
	Blue Range	Cooler Fete
	MECKA	Cooler Fete
	Calm B4 D Storm	All Incl.
	Silent Morning	Cooler Cruise
	Rum & Music	Cooler Cruise
	Ravi B – Ravi B in South
	NAPS “Paradise”	Cooler Fete	Naparima College
	BOYCODE Weekend
Friday, Feb 28th	Erphaan Alves – EDAY		Tobago
	Samsara Festival
	Culture in D Park
	Red Cross Children’s Carnival
	Calypso Fiesta
Saturday, Mar 1st	Estate 101	All Incl.
	Caesar’s Army “A.M.Bush”
	PINKnicTT	All Incl.
	Soca Brainwash	All Incl.
	Bacchanal Brunch	All Incl.
	Soca Spice	Drinks Incl.
	STINK & DUTTY “ROAD”
	Strut	Cooler Cruise
	Soca Takeover
	Flora & Fauna	All Incl.
	Niceness	Food Incl.
	Lions Club	Cooler Fete
	Wavy Carnival
	No Sleep Boatride
	BOYCODE Weekend
	Chutney Soca Monarch	Finals
	Panorama	Finals
Sunday, Mar 2nd	Brian Lara	All Incl.
	LUXX	All Incl.
	Moka Xtreme	All Incl.
	Fantasy Sunday	All Incl.
	Vale Vibe	Breakfast Party
	Shades	Breakfast Party
	Sunny Side Up	Breakfast Party
	Kairi People “Breakfast is”	Breakfast Party
	Soaka Street Festival
	Miami Beach	Cooler Fete
	Imagine	J’ouvert
	BessLime “Carnival Island”
	Soca Brunch	All Incl.
	Brunch & Soca	All Incl.
	Tropic	Cooler Cruise
	MC Boat Experience
	Flight Cruise
	Jump Out & Whine	Cooler Fete
	Dimanche Gras
Monday, Mar 3rd	Brass Bacchanal
	Caesar’s Army “Bacchanal Road”
Tuesday, Mar 4th	House of Raj x SCORCH “Wine Down”	Beach Party
	Kool Down	Cooler Fete
	BessLime “Sunscape DDI”
	Calabash	Cooler Cruise
	BOYCODE Cooldown
Wednesday, Mar 5th	Post Carnival Relief	Food Incl.
	Carnival Beach	Tobago
	Sunlit	Tobago
Friday, Mar 6th	Momentum
	Clubhouse “Goodbye Carnival”	Cooler Fete
	Fly & Sail	Cooler Cruise
	Untamed Beach	Tobago
	Alternative Comedy Festival
Saturday, Mar 7th	TRIBE “Las Jam”
	SAM “Coolers ‘n Cocktails”	Tobago
	Untamed Sanity Boatride	Tobago
	Carnival Aftermath
	Bass Yard “The Beach”	Tobago
	Last Carnival Cruise
	Carnival Lagnaippe
Sunday, Mar 8th	Untamed Family “Sunset Raft Up”
	Bunji & Fay-Ann – Au Revoir	Cooler Cruise

2025 NCC calendar

Date	Event	Time	Location	Ticket Info
Nov 17 2024	Launch of Panorama 2025 Phase 11 Pan Groove	5:30pm	Hamilton Street, Woodbrook
Nov 23 2024	Launch of Carnival 2025	3:30pm	Carnival City, QPS
Dec 14 2024	National Single Pan Finals	6pm	Carnival City, QPS
Jan 17	National Extempo & Freestyle Competition Preliminaries	7:30pm	TUCO Calypso Hub, (The BIG Tent)
Jan 18	National Panorama Small Conventional Bands Semi-Finals	4pm	Victoria Square, POS
Jan 19	National Stickfighting Semi-Finals	7pm	Ojoe Road Recreation Ground, Sangre Grande
Jan 24	Grand Opening Kaiso Showcase Calypso Tent		Palms Club, San Fernando
Jan 25	National Panorama Small Conventional Bands Finals	7pm	Skinner Park, San Fernando
Jan 25	Traditional Individuals Competition	7pm	Adam Smith Square, POS
Jan 29	Grand Opening Klasic Ruso Calypso Tent		City Hall Auditorium, Knox Street
Jan 29	National Extempo & Freestyle Competition Finals	7:30pm	TUCO Calypso Hub, (The BIG Tent)
Feb 1	Grand Opening Kaiso Karavan Calypso Tent		La Joya Auditorium, St Joseph
Feb 2	National Junior Panorama Finals	9am	Carnival City, QPS
Feb 7	Opening of John Cupid Carnival Village	6pm	Carnival City, QPS
Feb 13	Grand Opening D’Kaiso Dynasty		Radisson Hotel, Wrightson Road
Feb 14	National Stickfighting Preliminaries	7pm	Moruga Multi-Purpose Youth and Sport Facility	TT$50
Feb 15	National Junior Calypso Monarch Semi-Finals “Junior Fiesta”	10:00am	TUCO Calypso Hub, (The BIG Tent)
Feb 16	National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Bands Semi-Finals “Savannah Party”	1pm	Carnival City, QPS	Grand Stand TT$400, North Stand TT$500
Feb 19	National Stickfighting Semi-Finals	7pm	Ojoe Road Recreation Ground, Sangre Grande	TT$75
Feb 19	Senior Kings & Queens Preliminaries	7pm	Carnival City, QPS	Reserved TT$150, General TT$100
Feb 22	Red Cross Junior Carnival	11am	Carnival City, QPS
Feb 22	Calypso Fiesta	12 noon	Skinner Park, San Fernando
Feb 23	Junior Kings, Queens & Individuals Preliminaries	9am	Adam Smith Square
Feb 23	National Panorama Medium Conventional Bands Finals	7pm	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago	Grounds TT$300, D’Bank TT$100
Feb 24	National Junior Calypso Monarch Finals	10am	Carnival City, QPS
Feb 26	National Stickfighting Finals	7pm	Skinner Park, San Fernando	TT$125
Feb 26	Senior Kings & Queens Semi-Finals Junior Kings & Queens Finals	7pm	Carnival City, QPS	TT$100
Feb 27	Alkebulan… The Concert (TUCO Event)	8pm	Carnival City, QPS
Feb 27	Conventional Individuals Competition	7pm	Adam Smith Square, POS
Feb 28	Re-enactment of Canboulay Riots	4am	Piccadilly Greens, POS
Feb 28	Dragon Festival	9am	George & Prince Streets, POS
Feb 28	Traditional Carnival Characters Parade	12 noon	Memorial Park, Victoria Square & Woodford Square, POS
Mar 1	Junior Parade of Bands	9am	Carnival City, QPS	TT$50 (12yrs+), Children Free (under 12yrs)
Mar 1	National Panorama Large Conventional Bands Finals	7pm	Carnival City, QPS	Reserved TT$700, Grand Stand TT$500, North Stand TT$400
Mar 2	Dimanche Gras – Senior Kings & Queens Finals and National Calypso Monarch Finals	7pm	Carnival City, QPS	Reserved TT$500, General TT$300
Mar 3	J’ouvert Port-of-Spain	4am	Port-of-Spain
Mar 3	Neville Jules Bomb Competition	4am	Victoria Square, POS
Mar 3	Monday Traditional Parade	9am	Carnival City, QPS
Mar 3	Senior Parade of Bands (Carnival Monday)	12 noon	Carnival City, QPS
Mar 3	Brass Bacchanal	9pm	Carnival City, QPS	TT$150
Mar 3	Senior Parade of Bands	9am-8am	Grand Stand, Carnival City, QPS	TT$150 (2 Day Ticket)
Mar 3	Senior Parade of Bands (North Stand)	9am	North Stand, Carnival City, QPS	FREE
Mar 4	Senior Parade of Bands	8am	North Stand, Carnival City, QPS	TT$50
Mar 4	Senior Parade of Bands (Carnival Tuesday)	8am	Port-of-Spain
Mar 4	Pan on the Road, Mas & Las Lap	7pm	All Regions
Mar 8	Carnival Lagniappe	7pm	Carnival City, QPS	General TT$300

Notes:

POS = Port-of-Spain
QPS = Queens Park Savannah
TUCO = Trinidad and Tobago Unified Calypsonians Organisation
Where a time was not provided, that cell is blank.
“Grand Stand” and “North Stand” refer to specific seating/viewing areas within the Carnival City, QPS location.