Every year thousands upon thousands of people of Caribbean descent come out to Brooklyn, New York to enjoy the parade, concerts, and related festivities associated with the West Indian American Day Parade and Carnival. Now in its 42nd year, it’s one of those events that West Indians from across the US do not want to miss, and a great experience for those who are not of West Indian descent as well. All you need is a love of music and culture and partying and you’ll be guaranteed a good time. In all these years, I have never made it out to this festival, however, I regularly attend Caribana in Toronto in August. This year, I hope to be in NYC so I can attend my first of what will hopefully be many years.
The actual parade is on Monday, September 7 from 11:00am to 6:00pm at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park (parade starts from Utica Ave and Eastern Pkwy) and is absolutely FREE.
Here’s slideshow footage I found on YouTube from last year’s parade.
Read More…
West Indian American Day Carnival Association- www.wiadca.com
The Bronx Times- “2009 West Indian American Day Parade”
Prospect Park Alliance- Event: West Indian Day Parade
Brooklyn.com- “2009 West Indian American Labor Day Carnival Parade”
Wikipedia- Labor Day Carnival
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