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WCMF 2026 night 3: Sunday October 25 in Roseau

Published October 21, 2026

The third and final night of the World Creole Music Festival 2026 takes place on Sunday October 25 at Windsor Park Sports Stadium in Roseau, Dominica. The closing night brings together Machel Montano, the soca superstar from Trinidad and Tobago, Uncle Waffles, the South African amapiano star, Fridayy, the American singer of Haitian descent, and Maxi Priest, the British reggae star. On the bouyon side, Shelly with Signal Band and Gwada G carry the end of the weekend.

The night 3 programme: the soca and amapiano closing

Opened sources agree on the heads of Sunday October 25: Machel Montano, Uncle Waffles, Fridayy and Maxi Priest. Dominica News describes the end of the festival with Machel Montano, Maxi Priest and Uncle Waffles, and Sweet TNT Magazine confirms the same closing, with Fridayy added. The official release of August 19, 2026 presents Machel Montano as the soca superstar from Trinidad and Tobago and Uncle Waffles as the South African amapiano star.

Station509, in its October 7, 2026 article, places Fridayy on Sunday October 25, on the same night as Machel Montano, Uncle Waffles, Diblo Dibala, the Congolese soukous guitarist, and Les Aiglons, from Guadeloupe. Night 3 is therefore the most global of the weekend: soca, amapiano, R and B, reggae and soukous close the Creole festival.

Shelly, Signal Band and Gwada G: the closing bouyon

Dominica does not leave the closing to the guests alone. This site's World Creole Music Festival page, built on the official communication and the published guides, places Shelly with Signal Band and Gwada G in the Sunday night. Published festival guides add Nice to the same night. Signal Band is one of the island's reference bouyon bands, and Shelly is among the current voices of the genre followed by this site.

This split says something about the structure of WCMF 2026: night 1 opens on the cadence and bouyon institutions, night 2 concentrates the current bouyon heads around Asa Bantan, Reo and Trilla-G, and night 3 hands the local closing to Signal Band while the global guests close the ball. Bouyon is present every night, not filed into a single box of the programme.

Night 3 and Independence season

WCMF takes place during Dominica's Independence season, and the official communication presents the festival as the great gathering of that period. Sunday night therefore carries a particular charge: it is the last evening before Roseau moves into the Independence celebrations, and the sources describe it as the festival's closing night, with the 26th edition ending on October 25.

For Dominican artists, playing night 3 also means playing in front of the visitors who then travel back to Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia and the diaspora. Sean "Smokiller" Francis, the Dominican-born producer who founded Bouyon Shattaz, describes this festival as the moment when bouyon presents itself to the Creole world from its home ground: night 3 is its last impression.

Planning night 3: verified reference points

Facts kept by this guide, because several opened sources confirm them: Sunday October 25, 2026, Windsor Park Sports Stadium, Roseau, the closing night of the 26th edition, and the artists named above. Set times, per night prices and any fireworks mentioned by a single guide are not repeated here, for lack of agreeing confirmation.

To prepare the full weekend, read the night 1 and night 2 guides, then the general World Creole Music Festival presentation. The Bouyon Road Mix playlist by Bouyon Shattaz, on Spotify and YouTube, accompanies the trip back from Roseau with the voices heard across the three nights.

Frequently asked questions

When is WCMF 2026 night 3?

On Sunday October 25, 2026, at Windsor Park Sports Stadium in Roseau, Dominica. It is the closing night of the 26th edition of the World Creole Music Festival.

Which artists close WCMF 2026?

Opened sources agree on Machel Montano, Uncle Waffles, Fridayy and Maxi Priest for the Sunday night, with Diblo Dibala and Les Aiglons according to Station509.

Which bouyon artists play WCMF 2026 night 3?

Shelly with Signal Band and Gwada G, according to the official communication and the published guides reflected by this site. The guides add Nice to the Sunday night.

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