Cascadoo the Caribbean Festival of Spoken Word Poetry
Held in collaboration with NALIS during the week of World Steelpan Day (11 August) and International Youth Day (12 August).
This exhilarating journey culminates in a spectacular showcase of performances, where love and positive energy fill the air. Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and immersed in an unforgettable celebration of artistic expression at Cascadoo.
Cascadoo Caribbean New Voices International Festival of Spoken Word was launched in 2013 at the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) as an annual spoken word festival which features local and international poets on a global platform for cultural exchanges for CHANGE.
VOCAL featured N’th Digri, Motion, Eddy DaOriginalOne, Manchilde & Dwayne Morgan (Canada)
CLIP featured Lamont Carey (USA), Miss Quote (USA), Ritallin (Canada), Muslim Belal (UK), Randy
McLaren (Jamaica) & Thobs the Zulu Queen (South Africa)
WORDS featured Amal Kassir (USA), Malcolm London (USA), Marshall Davis Jones (USA), Suli Breaks(UK) & El Jones (Canada)
LOVE featured Amir Sulaiman (USA), Hawa Rahman (USA), Ahmad Iklas (UK), Kat Francois (UK), Randell Adjei (Canada), Kym Dominique-Ferguson (Canada), Abdul Hammoud (Australia) & Emerson Alcalde (Brazil)
SNGS 2.0 featured N’th Digri (Canada), Eddy DaOriginalOne (Canada), Dwayne Morgan (Canada), Randy McLaren (Jamaica), Lamont Carey (USA), Amal Kassir (USA), Amir Sulaiman (USA), Hodari B. Davis (USA) & Candice Antique (USA)
NAPPY featured Young Gifted and Black (USA) & ROOTS BNV Team (T&T)
TEAM featured ROOTS Foundation Teaching Artists
SOLO featured Cascadoo TV 2013 to 2019 Virtual Showcase
BEST featured ROOTS Poetry Slam “I Have Something to Say!”
Cascadoo is TEN featured ROOTS Kalenda Poets & dStorySpeller @ Festival of New York
Cascadoo is BACK featured ROOTS Kalenda Poets (T&T) & Urban Word New York Slam Team (USA)
Cascadoo UNITE featured Shareefa Energy (UK)
Cascadoo has SOUND featured Youth Poet Ambassadors Geron Ruiz, Jabari Collins, Brandon Butcher, and Kelsey Brown (T&T)
Held in collaboration with NALIS during the week of World Steelpan Day (11 August) and International Youth Day (12 August).
