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| DC CARNIVAL 2006 (17th-26th June)
Located at the end of the Parade route, the DC Festival site will be housed at Banneker Field which is on Georgia Avenue at Barry Place directly across from historical Howard University. Christened "De Savannah”, (after Trinidad's Queens Park Savannah, the center of T&T annual Carnival Celebrations) for the duration of the festival, there will be live entertainment and vending on both Saturday 24th and on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Vending spaces for the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) are being reserved on a first come first serve basis. Interested parties should go to our vending page for details. We welcome one and all to one of Washington’s unique festivals, and while we want you to enjoy the spectacle, the food and entertainment, please be reminded it is usually hot on Carnival Day, so you should take be aware of some of the survival precautions you should consider. You are also reminded that the Police will be enforcing the laws of the District of Columbia, which prohibits drinking on alcohol in public. Please be responsible, have a good time and help us to make this another incident free Caribbean Carnival Celebration. HISTORY
For more information on DC Carnival and the Parade Order for the Parade of the Bands, check out www.dccaribbeancarnival.com
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The
2006 DC Caribbean Carnival Parade will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2006. The
starting point will be at the corner of Georgia Avenue NW and Missouri Avenue
NW Washington, DC, and the parade will proceed south along Georgia Avenue to Barry
Place, where it will disassemble. Kick off time is 11:00am sharp, and all 
DC
Caribbean Carnival is one of the fastest growing Carnivals in North America. Established
in 1993, this carnival has developed from nine bands and approximately 150,000
spectators the first year to 25 bands and well over 300,000 spectators according
to estimates by the Washington Metropolitan Police. To date, all of the participating
groups have been local to the DC Metropolitan Area, comprising of representatives
from every Caribbean country. The carnival has enjoyed support from several local,
national and family-owned businesses.
Trini
Jungle Juice can clearly remember the first DC Carnival, when we linked up with
the SocaWeb and Supreme Team crew outta of New York to head to the nation's capital
to show some love to DC's #1 DJ Sprang International. We had a ball. Why? Two
words... "MUD BAND". We like to refer to DC Carnival as home of the
Mudders & Masqueraders. Back in the day, there weren't any events besides
the actual Parade to really attend or talk about. But trust us, DC has grown to
be one of the bigger, more enjoyable Caribbean Carnivals in the United States.
