The Port of Spain City Cor­po­ra­tion has ad­vised all Car­ni­val 2026 ser­vice providers that they must ob­tain mu­nic­i­pal ap­proval be­fore en­ter­ing the city to op­er­ate dur­ing the sea­son. The cor­po­ra­tion is­sued the no­tice on so­cial me­dia, tar­get­ing providers trans­port­ing food, drinks, toi­lets or mu­sic in­to Port of Spain.

Ac­cord­ing to the cor­po­ra­tion, ap­pli­ca­tions open from Feb­ru­ary 4 to Feb­ru­ary 13, 2026, and will be processed be­tween 8.00 am and 2.30 pm at its of­fices at 2–4 Knox Street. The no­tice urges bands and ser­vice providers not to wait un­til the last minute and to en­sure full com­pli­ance ahead of Car­ni­val.

The cor­po­ra­tion al­so warned that fail­ure to ap­ply con­sti­tutes a breach of the Pub­lic Health Or­di­nance Chap­ter 12 No. 4 and the Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions Act Chap­ter 25:04.“Of­fend­ers shall be guilty of an of­fence and shall be sub­ject to the ap­plic­a­ble penal­ty or penal­ties where ap­plic­a­ble.”