West Indian Day Parade 2019 to take place September 2
The blockbuster West Indian Day Parade is poised to return to Eastern Parkway on Labor Day, Sept. 2, and organizers hope to attract a larger crowd than in the recent past.
There have been fewer attendees over the last couple of years, according to West Indian American Carnival Day Association President Jean Joseph, who said, “We are inviting people to come back to the parkway. It is based on increasing the mass, increasing our spectators, because over the years we have lost some of the mass to Miami.”
This year’s parade will be the 52nd annual celebration whose goal is to salute the culture of the Caribbean through compelling music — including soca, calypso, reggae and steelpan — as well as elaborate floats and costumes and, of course, the food.