GECCU Gospel Fest Opens on Sunday at the Russell’s Auditorium

The 2025 edition of the GECCU Ltd. SVG Gospel Fest will be officially opened on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at the Russell’s Auditorium from 6.00 p.m. The festival which started in 2003, and is now into its 23rd year, has become a major event on the national calendar, and showcases Vincentian gospel expressions in music, song, dance, and drama.

A release from the organisers said the evening’s programme dubbed “A Praise & Worship Experience”, will feature six denominational worship teams including: Church of the Nazarene; Church of God of Prophecy; Kingstown Baptist Church; Pentecostal Assemblies of the

West Indies; and the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Addresses will come from chairman of the Gospel Fest Committee, Leroy Browne, new corporate sponsor GECCU Ltd. and Minister of Culture Carlos James, who will officially declare the festival open.

Following the opening, the festival will continue with shows every weekend during April at the Russell’s Auditorium. Presentations will include: Dance Praise; Drama Praise; Youth Praise; Symphonies of Praise; Sing A New Song Contest; and will climax with the National Gospel Showcase on Sunday, April 27, 2025. The showcase will feature the Best of SVG and international gospel artiste, Petra Kaye of Jamaica.

GECCU Ltd. SVG Gospel Fest 2025 is being held under the theme: “A Glorious Celebration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. The festival was previously sponsored for several years by Digicel.