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The San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee has sus­pend­ed the com­pet­i­tive com­po­nent of San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val 2026, cit­ing re­duced fund­ing for the up­com­ing sea­son.

In a state­ment is­sued af­ter a meet­ing with stake­hold­ers on Mon­day, Feb­ru­ary 02, 2026, the com­mit­tee said fund­ing al­lo­ca­tions for Car­ni­val 2026 were low­er than in pre­vi­ous years and in­suf­fi­cient to sup­port a full com­pe­ti­tion-based prod­uct. It said it al­so as­sessed ris­ing op­er­a­tional costs and the need to treat all par­tic­i­pat­ing bands and stake­hold­ers fair­ly and sus­tain­ably.

The com­mit­tee stressed that San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val 2026 is not can­celled. The pa­rade of the bands will pro­ceed as sched­uled, and bands will take part in the pa­rade with­out com­pe­ti­tion or prize place­ments for the 2026 sea­son.