STEPHON NICHOLAS

To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

The fourth edi­tion of the To­ba­go Jazz and Mu­sic Week­end promis­es to have pa­trons swing­ing in more ways than one.

The an­nu­al event, or­gan­ised by Black 2 Sug­ars, will be held from May 1–3 at the Mag­dale­na Grand Beach and Golf Re­sort in Low­lands.

A golf com­pe­ti­tion will get the ball rolling on May 1 at the re­sort’s course from 8 am- 5 pm, blend­ing sport with the smooth sounds that de­fine the week­end.

The fes­tiv­i­ties con­tin­ue from 6 pm to 11 pm with Come Een, a back-in-times cool­er event fea­tur­ing Os­car B and sev­er­al top DJs, set­ting the tone for a live­ly open­ing night.

On May 2, the sig­na­ture drinks-in­clu­sive Beach­front Jazz ex­pe­ri­ence takes cen­tre stage from 1 pm to 8 pm.

The cur­tain will come down on May 3 with Fair­ways Jazz Un­der The Stars, sched­uled from 5 pm-10 pm, promis­ing an el­e­gant fi­nale un­der the evening sky.

Pa­trons can look for­ward to live per­for­mances from renowned US award-win­ning sax­o­phon­ist Dr Jazmin Ghent, new­ly crowned Ca­lyp­so Monarch Ter­ri Lyons, Trinidad-born bassist, steel­pan play­er, arranger and com­pos­er Ron Reid, gui­tarist Theron Shaw, and vo­cal­ist Llette­sha Sylvester. Ad­di­tion­al artistes are ex­pect­ed to be an­nounced as the event draws clos­er.

Co-founder Ker­ry Roach said he is ex­cit­ed about this year’s edi­tion, not­ing that pa­trons from the Unit­ed States, across the Caribbean and from Trinidad are al­ready mak­ing book­ings.

Roach said the event de­buted in 2023 at Mt Irvine be­fore mov­ing to Tur­tle Beach the fol­low­ing year. Now in its sec­ond con­sec­u­tive year at Mag­dale­na, he be­lieves the fes­ti­val has found its home.

He added that Ghent has thrilled au­di­ences around the world and ex­pects her per­for­mance to be a ma­jor high­light, along­side a strong cast of lo­cal acts set to com­ple­ment the mu­si­cal week­end.