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Carnival Tuesday 2026: Parade of the Bands

  • Past event

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 (times TBC)

Parade routes, Port of Spain

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Two masqueraders in huge fanned orange, yellow and red feathered headdresses and beaded costumes dancing during the Carnival Tuesday Parade of the Bands in Port of Spain in 2015, with other revellers behind them

Image credit: Idobi, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

How it went

Carnival 2026 came to a close on Tuesday 17 February. The Lost Tribe's "Island Circus" took Large Band of the Year and the overall Band of the Year title, ahead of Trinidad All Stars' "Sailors Ashore in Japan" and Paparazzi's "Elope: Destination I Do". Machel Montano won the Road March with "Encore", played 171 times at the judging points, giving him a 12th title, the most by any artiste.

Results

  1. Large Band of the Year and overall Band of the Year: The Lost Tribe, "Island Circus" (1,351 points in the TTCBA results, as reported by the Trinidad Express)
  2. Large Band runner-up: Trinidad All Stars, "Sailors Ashore in Japan"
  3. Large Band third: Paparazzi, "Elope: Destination I Do"
  4. Medium Band of the Year: K2K Alliance & Partners, "Pollen Houses" (as reported by the Trinidad Express)
  5. Small Band of the Year: Tribal Connection Cultural Promotions (as reported by the Trinidad Express)
  6. Road March: Machel Montano, "Encore" (171 plays)
  7. Road March runner-up: Aaron "Voice" St Louis, "Cyah Behave" (127 plays)
  8. Road March third: Bunji Garlin, "Roadman" (97 plays)

What happened

Carnival Tuesday, 17 February 2026, was the final day of the Parade of the Bands, with bands in full costume crossing the judging points around Port of Spain.

The big winner was The Lost Tribe. Its presentation "Island Circus" won Large Band of the Year and the overall Band of the Year title. Trinidad All Stars placed second with "Sailors Ashore in Japan", and Paparazzi third with "Elope: Destination I Do".

Road March: a record for Machel

The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians' Organisation (TUCO) announced that Machel Montano's "Encore" was the most played song at the judging points, with 171 plays. It was his 12th Road March title, which the Trinidad Guardian reported as the most by any artiste in Trinidad and Tobago. Aaron "Voice" St Louis was second with "Cyah Behave" (127) and Bunji Garlin third with "Roadman" (97).

A note on the results

Band of the Year results are judged by more than one body, and the medium and small band placings differ between them. In the results reported by the Trinidad Express and TTT, announced at the post-Carnival press conference, K2K Alliance & Partners won Medium Band with "Pollen Houses" and Tribal Connection Cultural Promotions won Small Band. The Trinidad Guardian's results table, from the Uptown Carnival Improvement Committee's judging, named Image Nation's "Kaiso Kaiso" as Medium Band winner and Vibez Mas as Small Band winner. Both had The Lost Tribe on top in the large band category, and the Guardian reported that the band swept the large band titles at the National Carnival Commission, Downtown and Uptown judging.

Looking ahead

Carnival Tuesday 2027 is 9 February 2027.

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Sources

  1. Trinidad Express: Lost Tribe is Band of the Year
  2. TTT: Five and counting, The Lost Tribe reigns again as Senior Large Band of the Year
  3. Trinidad Guardian: Lost Tribe cops 2026 triple crown
  4. National Carnival Commission: 2026 results
  5. Trinidad Guardian: Machel Montano claims 12th Road March title

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