Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sarah Espedido
Publication Date: August 29, 2025 - 13:00
Inside the making of Toronto’s Carnival sound systems
August 29, 2025
On a Friday afternoon, the sun blazes down on a Mississauga truck yard. With less than 24 hours before Toronto’s annual Carnival parade, Freedom Mas hasn’t started building its sound system. The semi-truck bed for the float is four hours late, and the rented speakers aren’t what were ordered.
Khalil Bernard is pacing anxiously across the yard. As lead DJ for Freedom Mas, the only masquerade band (mas band) playing primarily Jamaican music in the Grand Parade, Bernard carries the weight of ensuring their sound system delivers not just tunes, but a statement of cultural pride.
“Will they know that we were pulling out hair and crying behind the scenes and all of this before the parade started?” he asked.
Even though he's locked in on the task at hand, Blue Jays manager John Schneider admits he glances at the out-of-town scoreboard five or six times a game this time of year.
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