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CARNIVAL 2025
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Media Invite – Juniors and Seniors Carnival Awards 2025 Ceremony
Media Invitation – Carnival in the Sky – A Kite Flying Festival and Exhibition – April 19th and 20th 2025
Carnival in the Sky – A Kite Flying Festival and Exhibition that the NCC, in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Starting on April 19, 2025, the...
NCC CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF DR. CYRIL COLLIER
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Thursday, March 20, 2025: The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) remembers the life and legacy of Dr. Cyril Anthony Collier, who passed away on March 19, 2025. With a highly distinguished career in education, drama, and...
A Tribute to Mr. Glen De Souza aka Dragon
We join with the cultural community in celebrating the life of Glenn "Dragon" De Souza who passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025. Born on July 4, 1956, he was moved by a love and passion for developing the youth in the community. Standing tall on the stilts of...
Carnival Lagniappe 2025
Media Invitation – Announcement of TUCO Road March 2025 and TTCBA Bands of the Year 2025
John Cupid Carnival Village
Carnival Results
SCARNIVAL
ABOUT NCC
Greetings, friends.
It is the distinct pleasure of the Board of Commissioners of the NCC to welcome you to our official website; your portal into the dynamic and expressive world that is all things Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
Without a doubt, Carnival remains one of our nation’s greatest gifts, not only to ourselves, but to the entire world as, year after year, various artistic and cultural segments, stakeholders, and the national community work in harmony to stage this, the Greatest Show on Earth.
Our Vision
To be the global leader of Carnival, with consistent growth, satisfying all stakeholders with quality products and services that exceed all expectations.
Our Mission
To preserve the traditional heritage of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival whilst ensuring its sustainable development as a viable industry.
Our Core Values
- Professionalism
- Value for Money
- Teamwork
- Service Excellence
- Transparency
- Creativity
Objectives of the Commission
- To make Carnival a viable, national, cultural and commercial enterprise;
- To provide the necessary managerial and organisational infrastructure for the efficient and effective presentation and marketing of the cultural products of Carnival; and
- To establish arrangements for ongoing research, the preservation and permanent display of the annual accumulation of Carnival products created each year by the craftsmen, musicians, composers and designers of Carnival.
