The predawn festival on carnival day J’Ouvert had people in colorful costumes, dancing on the steel bands through the streets of Brooklyn. It was a great spectacle with costumes inspired from everyday life, thumping music and people carelessly dancing in the early hours of the day of the much awaited parade. This was a befitting start to the colorful and mesmerizing parade that is to follow this colorful madness.

The New York Labor Day parade which begins at 8:00 am will proceed through Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue to the Flatbush Avenue extension. The parade will have masquerades, moko jumbies and floats with the live performers and the sesame flyers in their colorful and vibrant costumes performing on this year’s theme, “Dazzle” a chromatic tribute to the entertainment industry. With great bands and Caribbean food stalls, the parade has something for all. With millions adding to the last year’s attendance record, the parade this year will be bigger and more dazzling than ever.

Millions of Brooklynites & New Yorkers line up at the Brooklyn parade, starting from September 3rd to September 7th 2009. Celebrating its 42nd anniversary this time, the fest still continues to enjoy being the best and the biggest cultural festival held in New York by far.

The weekend festival Organized by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association is held in Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, and the theme for this year is the “sesame flyers”.

The other major attractions of this year parade according to the different dates are;

September 3rd, Thursday

– The Clash of the Calypso Titans, 7:30 pm, featuring 24 greatest and most popular, talented Calypso and Soca artists.

September 4th, Friday- Stay in School Cultural Concert, 1- 4 pm, to send a social message to all youngsters to study well and stay away from drugs, and other taboo things.

Brass Fest, 8 pm, featuring the most exciting performers from Caribbean.

September 5th, Saturday- Junior Carnival, 9 am to 3 pm, the parade will move from Kingston Ave. to the Brooklyn museum.

Panorama competition, 8 pm, will showcase steel orchestras in US.

September 6th , Sunday- Dimanche Gras, 7 pm, featuring the most exciting and known performers from Caribbean.

September 7th, Monday – West Indian American Day Carnival Parade, 8 am to 6 pm

With costume bands, masquerades, Moko Jumbies and much more, enjoy Caribbean ethnic heritage and cultural diversity at this amazing parade from 3rd to 7th September, to experience something which will last a lifetime.