The Reggae Fever Parade
This event starts with the procession leaving at 11am from the Caribbean Community Centre, Spon Street and the doors for the main site open at 11.30am. The procession will travel through the streets of the city centre with people dressed in traditional carnival costumes. Dancers will be accompanied by calypso and soca music by steel pan. Caribbean music was brought to Britain in the 50s & 60s during the main migration of the Windrush generation.
The Main Event
Caribbean Reggae Fever, an 8-hour reggae music event, will run from 12-8pm in Millenium Place, outside Coventry Transport Museum. As you may be aware the City of Coventry is twinned with the City of Kingston, Jamaica. The two cities share a great history with the vast majority of the Windrush generation coming from Jamaica.
The reggae stage will showcase will consist of international, national and local artists and bands. There will also be a Windrush exhibition, taking people on the journey of this generation and subsequent generations.
A number of stalls will showcase Caribbean arts and crafts, traditional foods such as jerk chicken, rice and peas, and a fully licensed bar.
