Ocean Gem Productions Inc. wishes to advise that in light of the recently announced one-off national holiday in Barbados on Monday July 31, 2023, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), we have made a determination that given the historic significance and national celebrations to be scheduled on the same date, it would be in the best interest of the public and in recognition of the historical value of Barbados being a founder of CARICOM, to postpone the inaugural Soca Rumble Soca Monarch Competition.

The event will now be held during the 2024 Crop Over season and it remains our intention to host a bigger and better event with top-of-the-line performers, a unique style of competition and the delivery of different genres of music to satisfy our local, regional and international audiences.

Although we deeply regret that we are unable to proceed with the event this year, it is our hope that we may continue our discussions surrounding your participation and engagement with us in 2024; whether in the capacity of partner, sponsor, service provider, performer or otherwise. We truly appreciate the level of support we have received from you to date, and look forward to your continued support toward next year’s event.

In light of the foregoing, we understand that there may be some questions you may have or wish to further discuss and to facilitate such, we will be scheduling a meeting within the coming days to respond to any particular queries. An invitation to the meeting will be sent subsequent to this correspondence.

Once again we sincerely thank you for your support and patronage and eagerly anticipate the hosting of Soca Rumble 2024.