Blog Archives - Edinburgh Caribbean Association

Poster for event at Brina's Jamaican Kitchen, 2nd August 2024, Falkirk

Indoor Street Party: Jamaica Independence 62

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Hosted by Brina’s Jamaican Kitchen in Falkirk – Jamaican street Food and a day of decolonised Music

Poster for Carriacou fundraiser at the Rumshack, Friday 2nd August. Has a photo of buildings and homes devastated but hurricane Beryl.

Fundraiser for Carriacou at The Rumshack Glasgow

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2nd August 2024. A night of reggae, calypso, and soca to support Hurricane Beryl relief in Carriacou.

Photo of a Black person dancing, arms outstretched and locks flowing; wearing a white and patterned costume.

Displaced

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The cinematic re-imagining of Akeim Toussaint Buck’s one-man dance theatre piece, Windows of Displacement.

Failure Project

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A comedy drama… or “dramedy” directed by award winning Guyanese creative Joseph Barnes-Phillips, starring BAFTA nominee Yolanda Mercy.

Person in a white carnival costume, smiling.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CARNIVAL 2024

Posted on: Last updated on: Written by: swallowtail Categorized in: Blog, Events Archive

“A breath-taking celebration of costumes, dance and music as we transform the city centre into a kaleidoscope of vibrancy, sound and movement”

CaribScot Fest™ – A Caribbean Carnival party in Edinburgh!

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Get ready to party Caribbean style at CaribScot Fest™ in Edinburgh – it’s gonna be a wild carnival celebration!

Illustration with profiles of womxn and tree with logos and text saying Womxn of African & Caribbean Heritage Nothing About Us Without Us

Nothing About Us Without Us Welcomes Womxn of African & Caribbean Heritage

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Join the movement to end maternal health inequalities in Lothian! Launching in November 2023, ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ is a community initiative brought to you by KWISA and NHS Lothian Maternity…

Windrush 75 Anniversary Celebration, 24th June 2023, Edinburgh Scotland

Posted on: Last updated on: Written by: swallowtail Categorized in: Blog, Events Archive, News

We invite you to our Windrush 75 Anniversary Celebration – an intergenerational, family-friendly Caribbean celebration in Edinburgh, Scotland, with opening speeches, performances (music, dance, poetry), food, a children’s activity corner, Mas costumes and DJs!

Poster graphic showing a sun setting behind green hilltops and in the foreground a palm tree and house by water.

Windrush Legacy Creative Reflections Project 2023

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The Windrush Legacy Creative Reflections project invites people of Caribbean descent based in Scotland to creatively explore our experiences, reflect on and celebrate our roots and our lives in Scotland, share cultural or personal stories and dream into our futures.

Alberta Whittle – create dangerously – solo exhibition at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2023

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Alberta Whittle: create dangerously is on now at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. It is the largest showing of Alberta’s works to date.

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