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WCMF 2026 night 2: Saturday October 24 in Roseau

Published October 21, 2026

The second night of the World Creole Music Festival 2026 takes place on Saturday October 24 at Windsor Park Sports Stadium in Roseau, Dominica. It is the night of the big international headliners, Ne-Yo and Alkaline, and at the same time the big bouyon night of the weekend: Asa Bantan, Reo and Trilla-G represent the sound born on the island, alongside the historic kompa of Tabou Combo.

The night 2 programme: Ne-Yo, Alkaline and Tabou Combo

Four opened sources tell the same Saturday October 24 story: Ne-Yo, the American R and B star presented by the official release as a Grammy Award winner, Alkaline, the Jamaican dancehall star, Tabou Combo, the Haitian kompa band, and Asa Bantan, the bouyon artist from Dominica. Dominica News sums night 2 up with Ne-Yo, Alkaline and Tabou Combo, and Station509 adds that Tabou Combo plays on Saturday, on the same night as Alkaline and Asa Bantan.

Tabou Combo brings the programme its historical depth: founded in 1968 in Petion-Ville, Haiti, according to Station509, the band is among those who carried kompa to international stages. Its Saturday presence is a reminder that WCMF is a Creole festival in the wide sense, where Haitian kompa, Jamaican dancehall and Dominican bouyon answer each other.

Asa Bantan, Reo and Trilla-G: the Saturday bouyon night

On the bouyon side, night 2 is the fullest of the weekend. Asa Bantan, widely called the King of Bouyon, plays at home on Saturday, according to the sources cited above. The published festival programmes, reflected in this site's World Creole Music Festival page, also place Reo and Trilla-G in the night of Saturday October 24. Reo, billed as the Prince of Bouyon by his supporters, and Trilla-G, crowned Calypso Monarch in 2023, embody two generations of the current Dominican sound.

Published guides further add names like Edday, from Guadeloupe, and Extasy Band to the Saturday night. As with the other nights, the exact running order is not confirmed by agreeing sources, and this guide does not invent it. What is established is the Saturday concentration: if a visitor can choose only one night for bouyon, the sources point to night 2.

What night 2 says about the festival in 2026

The official release of August 19, 2026 presents WCMF 2026 as a bill where global stars meet Creole and Dominican acts. Night 2 is its clearest demonstration: an American R and B singer, a Jamaican dancehall artist, a kompa monument and Dominica's bouyon voices on one stage, in Roseau, during Independence season.

For Bouyon Shattaz, which follows the festival as bouyon's strategic showcase, this night also concentrates the weekend's meetings: artists, media and partners from the French Antilles and France are at Windsor Park on the same evening. It is in nights like this that the collaborations and invitations of the genre's following year are formed.

Planning night 2: verified reference points

Facts kept by this guide, because several opened sources confirm them: Saturday October 24, 2026, Windsor Park Sports Stadium, Roseau, the festival's 26th edition, and the artists named in the sections above. Per night prices and set times are not repeated, for lack of agreeing confirmation in the opened sources.

The weekend reads in full with the night 1 guide, Friday October 23, and the night 3 guide, Sunday October 25. Before the trip, the Bouyon Road Mix playlist by Bouyon Shattaz collects, on Spotify and YouTube, the tracks that prepare for the Saturday night voices.

Frequently asked questions

When is WCMF 2026 night 2?

On Saturday October 24, 2026, at Windsor Park Sports Stadium in Roseau, Dominica, the second night of the 26th edition of the World Creole Music Festival.

Which bouyon artists play WCMF 2026 night 2?

Asa Bantan, widely called the King of Bouyon, is confirmed for Saturday by several sources. Published programmes add Reo and Trilla-G to the night of Saturday October 24.

Who are the international headliners of night 2?

Ne-Yo, the American R and B star, and Alkaline, the Jamaican dancehall star, with Tabou Combo, the historic Haitian kompa band founded in 1968 according to Station509.

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