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Colourful costumes will dance through Edmonton this weekend as an expanded Cariwest makes itself at home in a new spot.

The annual Caribbean celebration will be held at Capital Plaza on the legislature grounds, rather than the usual Sir Winston Churchill Square, which is closed for construction. The new venue allows for a more spacious layout, board vice-president Samantha Alexander said.

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The new setup will feature a record number of vendors with more than 30 food and merchant offerings in the Caribbean Village.

“We wouldn’t have been able to hold them all at Churchill,” Alexander said.

Festivities kick off on Friday evening with a showcase of the “larger than life” costumes created, where the mass band teams will compete for the titles of king and queen of the bands.

“It’s a great showcase for sure to see all of the hard work over the past few months,” Alexander said on creating the costumes, which are key to Cariwest’s parade and festival.