Festival News

May 03, 2007 -- Cry Freedom Award ’07 Recipient, Professor Hiliary Beckles to arrive on Island on Friday.

Renowned Caribbean historian, Barbados’ Dr. Hilary Beckles, arrives on the island on Friday and will be at the Sweet Cry Freedom Concert on Saturday May 5th to receive the prestigious Sweet Cry Freedom ’07 award. This year’s award is named for Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture and the award, a painting by renowned St. Lucia artist Arnold Toulon will be presented by the Right Honorable Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. Read Full Article

May 03, 2007 -- Legendary Jamaican Reggae Star, Barrington Levy replaces Third World in Sweet Cry Freedom Line-up.

Barrington Levy, Jamaica’s #1 singer of all time who remains the perennial favorite of audiences throughout the world has replaced Third World in the line-up for the much-anticipated return of Sweet Cry Freedom ’07.Read Full Article

April 29, 2007 -- Count Down to Sweet Cry ’07 – this coming Saturday

Production is progressing smoothly for the staging of the long-awaited return of what was one of the Caribbean’s top two music festivals. Read Full Article

April 17, 2007 -- Ministry looks to benefit from Sweet Cry Freedom Concert

Antigua & Barbuda’s Director of Tourism in the United States Derede Samuel-Whitlock is confident that the renaissance of the Sweet Cry Freedom Concert will be a plus for the country’s tourism brand. Read Full Article

April 13, 2007 -- Sweet Cry launch to set stage for show

This evening’s official launch of the Sweet Cry Freedom Concert will showcase what is expected to be a grand return of the once annual event. Read Full Article

April 12, 2007 -- Sweet Cry Freedom once again celebrates the best of Caribbean & African-American achievement

Renowned Caribbean historian, Barbados’ Dr. Hilary Beckles, and African-American basketball icon, Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, are expected to receive the prestigious Sweet Cry Freedom ’07 award, when the groundbreaking Antiguan musical event returns on 5th May 2007. This year’s award is named for Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture. Read Full Article

Climax to 8 Fun-filled Days – SCF ‘08

In the early ‘90s, a music festival was staged in Antigua that was second only to Jamaica’s Sun Splash and which became the model for the various music festivals that have proliferated across the Caribbean.

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