2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Dragonzilla and Zelly welcome children and their families to Bocas Arima! Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Tell your story with maths! The CountMeInTT Multiplication Challenge is a fast-paced interactive math activity where students race against the clock to complete a multiplication grid. It’s a fun way for children to build confidence in mathematics while competing with other young learners. Venue: Bacano Bookshop, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Let’s get crafty! One piece of paper with which to play. One piece of paper. What would it say? Tracy Assing leads an explorative, hands-on zine workshop for youngsters. Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Bocas Lit Fest brings its popular Family Reading Circle to Bocas Arima, in collaboration with Let’s Read, featuring Phillip Simon, Mary Cuffy, Charisse J. Broome, Rajini Haraksingh, Zaire Williams, Denisa Thompson-Oblington, Michelle Govia, Afiya Gaspard and Stories From The Caravan. Venue: Bacano Bookshop, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Bocas Lit Fest and East Yard welcome the audience to Bocas Arima, featuring official remarks from the Arima Borough Corporation. Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Launch of Kevon Gareth Foderingham’s Arima is Love Exhibition, a photography series featuring portraits of Arimian Creatives, Changemakers, and Entrepreneurs captured in the spaces where they live, work, and create. Venue: Joki One Studio, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Stand and Deliver. Our signature open mic journeys to East Yard! Hosted by Kevon Gareth Foderingham. Venue: Backyard, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Join us for a cosy, community-oriented reading experience! Bring your own books, or pick one up from Bacano Bookshop or Paper Based Bookshop on the day. Venue: Bacano Bookshop, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Where Wild Words Grow: A Mixed Media Poetry Workshop with Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné. Fee: $50 (pay on the day). Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
The final session of a 3-part writing and performance workshop series, as participants sharpen their skills and prepare to take the stage at the Youth Spoken Word competition, facilitated by Deneka Thomas. Venue: Bacano Bookshop, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
A virtual literary tour of East Trinidad, with readings from C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary, Michael Anthony’s Green Days by the River, Lawrence Scott’s Aelred’s Sin, and the poems of Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné. Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Arima authors Makeda James, Melissa S. Ann and Valerie Laurent discuss the importance of place in their poetry and prose, and reflect on writers from East Trinidad whose work resonates with them, moderated by Keeron Isaac. Venue: Cafe, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
The community’s rising spoken word poets face off in the electrifying, closing event. Young poets battle for bragging rights, cash prizes and more! Hosted by Marielle Forbes. Venue: Backyard, East Yard.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Bask in the conviviality of a true East Yard wind-down lime! Venue: Backyard, East Yard.
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2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Opening remarks from Methanex Trinidad and Bocas Lit Fest’s Georgia Popplewell, with a musical performance by Anup Ramsundar. Venue: Main Hall.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Zelly and Dragonzilla welcome children and their families to Bocas Couva! Venue: Children’s Activity Area.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Tell your story with maths! The CountMeInTT Multiplication Challenge is a fast-paced interactive math activity where students race against the clock to complete a multiplication grid. It’s a fun way for children to build confidence in mathematics while competing with other young learners. Venue: Children’s Activity Area.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
A hands-on, visually engaging Puppet Storytelling Workshop, with Survival Scholars. Everybody loves puppets! Create your own character and story in The Puppet Storytelling Workshop, led by Dawsher Charles, ‘The Resilient Warrior’ and founder of Survival Scholars. This hands-on, practical workshop will help children build empathy and self confidence through the magic of puppetry. Materials will […]
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Bocas Lit Fest brings its popular Family Reading Circle to Bocas Couva. The beloved and popular Family Reading Circle Festival Edition in partnership with Let’s Read is back! Bring the little ones 12 and under to enjoy readings and interactive activities by writers of the latest children’s books and some of your favourite local writers. […]
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Our signature open mic event is back! Stand and Deliver open mic, hosted by Jody White. To register for this Open Mic, visit https://www.bocaslitfest.com/form/2026-bocas-couva-stand-deliver-registration-form/ Venue: Main Hall.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Vashti Bowlah, Tricia Chin, and Portia Subran discuss the importance of place in their poetry and prose, and reflect on writers from Central Trinidad whose work resonates with them. Venue: Main Hall.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
The final session of a 3-part writing and performance workshop series, as participants sharpen their skills and prepare to take the stage at the Youth Spoken Word competition, facilitated by Javaughn Forde. Venue: Main Hall.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
A virtual literary tour of Central Trinidad, with readings from Derek Walcott’s “The Saddhu of Couva”, Kevin Jared Hosein’s Hungry Ghosts, Harold Sonny Ladoo’s No Pain Like This Body, and Justin Haynes’ Ibis Featured readers: June Aming, 2023 Bocas Breakthrough Fellow, Kenneth Ramchand, recipient of the 2014 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award, and Kevin Jared Hosein, […]
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Featuring Jody White, Katrina Khan-Roberts, Milan Chambers, Emma & Eliana Teelucksingh, Miranda Dookran, Shalon Kasha Joseph, Salim Rampersad, C. S. Binnie, Crystal-Marie Sealey, Oprah C. Francis, Michelle Govia, and Stories from the Caravan. Venue: Children’s Activity Area.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
The community’s rising spoken word poets face off in the electrifying, closing event. Young poets battle for bragging rights, cash prizes and more! Hosted by Jody White. Venue: Main Hall.
2026 Bocas Arima Festival Schedule
Outdoor performance by Speed 49 Carolina Rhythm Section for a high-energy sendoff. Venue: Main Hall (outdoor).