Taste of Trinidad & Tobago in Lauderhill offers food & live entertainment with free entry

Dancing, drumming and other performances are featured at a lively event in Lauderhill that focuses on Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day.

Taste of Trinidad & Tobago in 2025 is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 29, and entry is free.

Photo/Shelly Sweetshells Rahim

The event includes:

• entertainment by Shelly Sweetshells
• foods representing Trinidad and Tobago 
• Lauderhill Steel Ensemble 
• Karnival Bounce
• Tassa Grouip
• Food vendors include
  • Tabanka
  • Singh’s Roti Delight
  •  Carib Island
  • Joy’s Roti Delight
  • and others 

The venue is the Inverrary community center, 3300 Inverrary Blvd., Lauderhill 33319, and parking is free.

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