{"id":14858,"date":"2018-04-22T21:50:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T01:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2018-04-22T21:50:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T01:50:25","slug":"soca-monarch-now-on-sunday-as-carnival-events-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/soca-monarch-now-on-sunday-as-carnival-events-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Soca Monarch now on Sunday as carnival events reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-898735816\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2679653210\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"mbs ad\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The new Festivals Minister called on the country to embrace change as he announced a reshuffling of events for this years\u2019 Carnival.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1402084983\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Minister Daryl Matthew announced the changes at the launch of Carnival 2018\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067265\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">He revealed the changes will start on the\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067266\">Thursday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0night with the Calypso Monarch competition, which has traditionally taken place on Sunday.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-3565956456\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a 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width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14859\" src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Matthew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:640\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Matthew.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:200\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Matthew.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:280\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Matthew.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067268\">Friday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0night is gonna be the LIAT Caribbean Melting Pot and\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067269\">Saturday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0night during Carnival we are going to have our Panorama followed by Soca Monarch\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067270\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0going straight into Jouvert, Carnival\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067271\">Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067272\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0on the road.\u201d, he explained.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-834436466\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Matthew sought to justify the changes by explaining it \u201cgives someone who may be visiting Antigua &amp; Barbuda for Carnival an opportunity to be partying all day, all night from the time they land\u00a0<span class=\"aqj\"><span style=\"z-index: -1;\"><span style=\"z-index: 0;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1322067273\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0right down until Last Lap\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-4536339355964266031gmail-msonospacing\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: start; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201cThe changes may not always be what we desire at the point in time, but rest assured that the changes are for the betterment of our festival\u201d he assured.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-661653740\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14861\" 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