Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The last nights of preliminary competition for small steel orchestras feature bands in the North region. On Friday and Saturday December 12–13 nine are expected to participate in this category of the 2026 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama.
Roadblock Steel Orchestra is first on the performance card on Friday beginning 7:00 p.m. AST. The second and final night of preliminary competition features four bands, with Tokyo Steel Orchestra listed as the final competitor to face judges in their panyard. Event organizer is Pan Trinbago.
Those who are eventually in the running for the semi-finals will compete in Port-of-Spain on Saturday December 20. Finalists will see competition on January 10, 2026. Golden Hands and New East Side Dimension steel orchestras are defending co-champions in this category.
Venue addresses as provided are listed below. All data—especially venues—subject to
change.
Source:
Pan Trinbago.
Times are AST (Atlantic Standard Time)
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NORTH REGION - SMALL |
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| Friday December 12 at 7:00 p.m. | |
| 1 - Roadblock Steel Orchestra | Corner Melbourne Street & Sydney Lane, Port-of-Spain |
| 2 - Newtown Playboyz Steel Symphony | Corner Tragarete Road & Broome Street, Port-of-Spain |
| 3 - West Stars Steel Orchestra | Water Wheel Road, River Estate, Diego Martin |
| 4 - Diego Martin Merry Tones Steel Orchestra | #1 Bagatelle Road, Greenhill, Diego Martin |
| 5 - T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra | Defence Force Headquarters, Convention Centre, Airways Road, Chaguaramas |
| Saturday December 13 at 7:00 p.m. | |
| 1 - Phoenix Steel Orchestra | St. Francois Girls’ College, St. Francois Valley Road, Belmont |
| 2 - Trinidad & Tobago Music Stars | Chinapoo Basketball Court, Morvant |
| 3 - Laventille Serenaders | Corner St. Babbs & Laventille Old Roads, Laventille |
| 4 - Tokyo Steel Orchestra | #2a Plaisance Road, John John, Laventille |
Steel orchestras from four regions—East, South/Central, Tobago and North—are competing in these preliminaries to move on to the National Semi-finals.
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