October 2011 has been set aside for the staging of "Pan Is Beautiful XII"-Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Music Festival. Produced by Pan Trinbago Inc. TC, Pan Is Beautiful XII will be staged in phases during that month. Categories in this competition are Soloists, Ensembles, Single Pan Bands and Conventional Bands with the Orchestra Finals on October 27 at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium, National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain.
Registration forms are available at all Pan Trinbago Regional Offices-North, South/Central, East and Tobago as well as the Head Office, 14-17 Park Street, Port of Spain. The official launch of the Festival at which the patron, Test Pieces, prize structure, play offs and adjudicators will be revealed, are yet to be announced. The last staging of Pan Is Beautiful was in 2008 with the theme "We Play It With Pride."