Soca Monarch returning to Crop Over Festival

by Donna Sealy

The Soca Monarch competition is returning to Crop Over.

The announcement was made earlier today by Senator Shane Archer, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Youth and Culture, while he was speaking on the Appropriation Bill, 2026 in the Senate.

The competition, last held in 2019, was won by Mikey. There have been repeated calls from soca artistes and others for the competition to be staged.

Archer did not go into specifics...