{"id":7528,"date":"2024-02-18T20:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T00:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=7528"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:42:40","slug":"allstars-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/allstars-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Allstars Festival: a journey of music, laughter, and inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In March 2024 the inaugural Allstars Festival took center stage, delivering an amazing fusion of music, comedy, and emerging talent against the enchanting backdrop of the Caribbean night sky. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a journey of music, laughter, and inspiration like never before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday 15th<\/sup> March: Opening Opera Gala<\/strong>
Join us for a spectacular evening of Opera & Broadway hits, with the American Tenor Todd Wilander, Baritone Nathan Richards, Sopranos Melinda Hughes, Shantal Martin and special guest Andre Hoyte. They are accompanied by Trinidadian pianist Enrique Ali.  After the show, enjoy delicious food from one of the many food vendors for an al fresco dinner under the stars with live further entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n

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🎫 Tickets: Early bird $75 BBD, Standard $95 BBD<\/a>
⌚ Doors Open: 6.pm. Show 7pm
🎭 Duration: 70 mins (no interval)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday 16th<\/sup> March: Comedian Rich Hall<\/strong>
The award-winning Montana native is renowned for his expertly crafted tirades, quick-fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences. Rich won the Perrier Award (Edinburgh Comedy Festival) and Barry Award, (Melbourne International Comedy Festival). He has fronted the hugely successful BBC documentaries. He wrote and starred in Rich Hall\u2019s (US Election) Breakdown and has appeared on BBC One\u2019s QI, Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News for You. An unmissable hour of irreverent satire & song from one of the greatest comedians around.<\/p>\n\n\n

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🎫 Tickets: Early bird $75 BBD, Standard $95 BBD<\/a>
⌚ Doors open 6.pm. Show 7pm
😁 Duration 70 mins (no interval)
🍹 Food & Drinks from vendors on terrace after show<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday 17th<\/sup> March: Stars of the Future<\/strong>
The Allstars Festival presents a showcase of musical talent from graduates of The Barbados Community College. The BCC Music Department started in 1998 and has graduated over 400 musicians. This evening’s performances are by current students and recent graduates. These young vocalists and instrumentalists will enthrall you with a variety of selections from classical to jazz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🎫 Tickets: Early bird $25 BBD, Standard $45 BBD<\/a>
⌚ Doors open 6.pm. Show 7pm
🎵 Duration 70 mins (no interval)
🍹 Food & Drinks from vendors on terrace after show<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Festival Director<\/strong> Melinda Hughes<\/strong>
Melinda Hughes is an opera singer and comedian . She attended the Maastricht Conservatory of Music, Royal College of Music and Brussels Opera Studio. She then toured Europe for three years as the soloist with the Andr\u00e9 Rieu Strauss Orchestra. Her operatic career took her to more than forty countries singing over twenty leading roles. As a social and political satirist Melinda has had much success performing with lyricist and composer Jeremy Limb often performing at The Edinburgh Fringe and at venues in New York and London.
Melinda first came to sing at the Holders Festival Barbados in 2014 and fell in love with the island. For four years she curated the Cobblers Live series at Cobblers Cove and set up the non-for-profit Speightstown Allstars<\/a><\/strong>, a company encouraging collaboration between Bajan musicians and visiting performers. During lockdown, Melinda produced three songs promoting tourism for the island. These songs featured prominent artists such as Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Emile Straker, Alison Hinds and RPB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Introducing the Allstars Festival: a celebration of talent and culture under the Caribbean sky!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,85,458,99,8,76],"tags":[486,487,488,79,485],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}