Krewe Du Kanaval will return for its fourth year, February 9-12, celebrating the cultural connection shared by New Orleans and Haiti. This year’s “bal” honors the Warrior Women of Ayiti and ...

Music is a form of prayer in New Orleans and across the sea in Haiti. It connects the living and the dead, the present with the past. Every year, in February and March, people all over the western ...

It's Mardi Gras season and in North America, no celebration is more famous than the one put on by the people of New Orleans. For two weeks, local groups called Krewes organize balls, parades and dance ...

Philadelphia will enjoy the pageantry, grandeur and excitement of their first Kanaval Ball at The Fillmore on March 20, 2022. The Haitian Carnival and New Orleans Mardi Gras-style event will explore ...

Arcade Fire's Win Bulter takes part in the 2018 Krewe du Kanaval festivities in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. 'Kanaval' is the Haitian word for 'carnival.' Butler, his wife and bandmate Regine ...

We're bringing you something special today. A documentary calledKanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans. It chronicles the history of Haiti and explores that nation's influence on the ...

The Krewe Du Kanaval brought the sights and sounds of both New Orleans and Haiti to the streets and music venues of Knoxville, Tennessee, on the last weekend of March as part of the sold-out Big Ears ...

Each year on January 6, King Day in New Orleans, Carnival season begins, featuring numerous parade krewes marching throughout Mardi Gras in the run up to Fat Tuesday (also known as Shrove Tuesday), ...

Kanaval premieres on BBC Arena on Sunday 27 November. Ed Cross will present Kanaval, a solo show of photography and film from Leah Gordon, 11 January – 18 February 2023. Private view and screening 10 ...

Kanaval Ball has announced that the co-founder of Arcade Fire, Win Butler, and noted Latin Grammy-winning Haitian DJ/producer, Michael Brun, have been added to the lineup. The free indoor festival ...

An impressive documentary reveals the radical significance of carnival celebrations in the making of a nation with a dark, difficult past Exuberant and historically rich, Leah Gordon and Eddie Hutton ...

Much of what distinguishes New Orleans today from other American cities can be traced back to French and African influences from Haiti. The cultural ties go back more than 200 years, when 10,000 free ...