SAN­DRA L BLOOD

The heart­beat of T&T’s cul­ture will once again re­sound through the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah when Pan Trin­ba­go launch­es the 2025–2026 Na­tion­al Panora­ma Fes­ti­val to­mor­row at 4 pm.

This year’s fes­ti­val, themed Lega­cy, will open with a grand show­case on the Drag at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain, fea­tur­ing sev­en pre­mier steel­bands along­side tam­boo bam­boo per­for­mances. The fes­ti­val runs from No­vem­ber 9 to Feb­ru­ary 21, cel­e­brat­ing the en­dur­ing spir­it and artistry of the na­tion­al in­stru­ment.

Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ly Ram­sey-Moore ac­knowl­edged on­go­ing chal­lenges such as spon­sor­ship cuts and un­pre­dictable weath­er, but said the or­gan­i­sa­tion con­tin­ued to “make the best of what is avail­able and make ap­pro­pri­ate ad­just­ments.”

“Against all odds, Pan Trin­ba­go is mov­ing by leaps and bounds,” she said. “We in­vite every­one to re­spect, en­joy, and con­tin­ue cre­at­ing a great lega­cy — be­cause it’s ours to love, ours to cher­ish.”

The first event un­der the Lega­cy ban­ner will be the Sin­gle Pan Pre­lim­i­nar­ies, held from No­vem­ber 12–20, cov­er­ing the East, South/Cen­tral, To­ba­go and North re­gions, cul­mi­nat­ing in the fi­nals on No­vem­ber 29 at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

The launch line-up in­cludes:

Roy­al Stars Pan Sym­pho­ny

Uni Stars

Sin­gle Pan cham­pi­on San Juan East Side Sym­pho­ny

Pan El­ders

Large Con­ven­tion­al Band cham­pi­on Re­pub­lic Bank Ex­o­dus

bp Rene­gades

Massy Trinidad All Stars

Oth­er ma­jor events in­clude:

Ju­nior Panora­ma

Small, Medi­um and Large Con­ven­tion­al Band Com­pe­ti­tions

Neville Jules Bomb Com­pe­ti­tion

Re­gion­al Pan on the Road Bomb Com­pe­ti­tions

Car­ni­val Lagniappe

Tick­ets are avail­able at Pan Trin­ba­go’s Head Of­fice be­tween 8 am and 4 pm, by phone at 235-5493, and on­line at is­landet­ick­ets.com or pantrin­ba­go.co.tt. They will al­so be on sale at re­gion­al of­fices.

For up­dates, fol­low Pan Trin­ba­go on Face­book (@PanTrin­ba­go), In­sta­gram (@Pan_Trin­ba­go), or its of­fi­cial What­sApp chan­nel.

Panora­ma 2025–2026 Cal­en­dar at a Glance (Put in box)

No­vem­ber 2025 – Sin­gle Pan

Pre­lim­i­nar­ies: Nov 12–14 (East), 15–16 (South/Cen­tral), 17 (To­ba­go), 18–20 (North)

Fi­nals: Nov 29 – Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah | $150

De­cem­ber 2025 – Small Con­ven­tion­al

Pre­lim­i­nar­ies: Dec 5–7 (East), Dec 8–10 (South/Cen­tral), Dec 11–12 (To­ba­go), Dec 13–14 (North)

Se­mi-fi­nals: Dec 20 – Vic­to­ria Square | $100

Jan­u­ary 2026 – Ju­nior & Con­ven­tion­al

Ju­nior Panora­ma Pre­lims: Jan 8–13

Small Con­ven­tion­al Fi­nals: Jan 10 – Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do | $150

Ju­nior Panora­ma Fi­nals: Jan 18 – QPS Grand Stand | $50, Child $20, North Stand $50

Medi­um Con­ven­tion­al

Pre­lim­i­nar­ies: Jan 20 (East), Jan 21–22 (South/Cen­tral), 23 (To­ba­go), Jan 24 (North)

Large Con­ven­tion­al

Pre­lim­i­nar­ies: Jan 25 (East), Jan 26 (South/Cen­tral), Jan 27 (To­ba­go), 28 (North)

Feb­ru­ary 2026

Medi­um & Large Se­mi-fi­nals/Sa­van­nah Par­ty: Feb 1 – QPS | North Stand $500, Grand Stand $400

Medi­um Fi­nals: Feb 8 (Venue/Ad­mis­sion TBA)

Large Fi­nals: Feb 14 – North Stand $400 | Grand Stand: Spe­cial Re­served $850, Re­served $700, Gen­er­al $500

Neville Jules Bomb Com­pe­ti­tion: Feb 16 (Car­ni­val Mon­day J’ou­vert)

Re­gion­al Pan on the Road Bomb Com­pe­ti­tions: Feb 17 (Car­ni­val Tues­day)

Car­ni­val Lagniappe: Feb 21 – QPS | $300