Watch and Listen on CBC

Christine Birak

CBC Radio One 99.1 and CBC TV Toronto were proud sponsors of the 2008 Scotiabank Caribana Parade and festival - North America's largest cultural festival. Watch and listen to our Caribana coverage; you'll find radio and television stories in the right column of this web site.

Our Stories

CBC Radio One 99.1 and TV's CBC News at Six brought you the stories and people that make up the Caribana experience from July 15th to August 3rd plus music and information to help you connect with your very own backyard carnival.

A Unique Concert

Andrew Craig

CBC Radio 2 held the 1st Annual CBC Calypso Tent at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio on Wednesday, July 30th. The concert is now available online.

Calypso Monarchs “Structure”, “Guney”, “King Cosmos”, “Skippy”, “Beginner”, “Macomer Fifi”, “Lady Pearl”, “Pan Man Pat”, “Crooner” and “Jayson” lit up the stage.

They kept the audience laughing and dancing all night long to their Calypso tunes, fiesty lyrics, and hilarious improvised song battles called ‘extempo’.

Live Parade Broadcast

CBC TV broadcast the Caribana Parade on Saturday August 2nd at 1:00 pm, live across Ontario with CBC hosts, Christine Birak and Andrew Craig plus Garvia Bailey reporting live from the parade route.

If you missed our live coverage, stay tuned to this web site.