Kobo Town and Carnival preparing to make Niagara Falls Jump Up To A Caribbean Beat
KOBO TOWN - stephen weir The Niagara Caribbean Festival bringing Carnival to the Falls By Stephen Weir While Torontonians have already put away their costumes for another year, in Niagara Falls, the Caribana schooling is just about to begin. Tomorrow morning the musical group Kobo Town, a fleet of food trucks and a busload of parade veterans will be heading down the QEW to a famous Niagara Falls park to teach tourists how to jump up and get down to the sounds and sights of Canada’s carnival scene. The Niagara Caribbean Festival , a weekend celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and Carnival mas costumes starts at 3pm on Friday August 17th and continues to Sunday August 19th. The free festival, this year starring a pair of Juno Award winning musical acts and the Canadian Calypso Monarch will be held in the Queen Victoria Park directly opposite the American and Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Connector - Calypso Monarch by sweirsweir This is the t