PRESS RELEASE: With just under a fortnight to go until the annual Leeds West Indian Carnival, preparations are in full swing for Europe’s longest running authentic Caribbean carnival parade.
A number of events will provide a warm up for the glittering parade featuring floats and hundreds of spectacular costumes from across ... Read More
Category: UK
14
Aug2014
02
May2014
Here are some UK Carnival dates for your calendar. We will be attending as many of these as possible. Feel free to come along with us.
Luton Carnival - Sunday 25th May - www.carnivalarts.org.uk/Carnival2014.aspx
See all the Luton Carnival 2014 pictures here
Reading Carnival - Monday 26th May
Northampton Carnival - Saturday 14th June
Preston ... Read More
06
Sep2012
5 Days of Extreme Unadulterated Fun….
2012 has certainly proved to be an exceptional year to date and the culmination to one of the last greatest shows on earth this year confirmed this (we still have Christmas and Ham to look forward to). Notting Hill Carnival this year was in layman’s ... Read More
16
Aug2012
‘Every Spectator is a Participant
Part 1 - 3 Soca Lovers, Great Britain and Its UK Carnivals.
Part 2 - The Beginning of Europe’s Largest Carnival Part II
This s Part 3
It is whimsical in perception, to even fathom that down a rabbit hole exists a magical world filled with strange but yet ... Read More
08
Aug2012
“The UK Soca Scene is huge, it’s not only necessarily the UK, in the UK alone there is 36 Carnivals that are dedicated to the Caribbean culture, however there is only 19 that represent what we actually doing, out of those 19, you will probably gonna get about 5 that ... Read More
02
Aug2012
The Introduction of UK Carnivals
7 days ago, the world witnessed what some would term, the ‘greatest show on earth’. Whilst critics and sceptics alike might have argued that it was the barmiest, boring, politically and confused 2012 Olympic opening ceremony ever to be held, I, a Danny Boyle fan beg ... Read More
07
Jun2012
I hope you don't mind. I'm going to rant a little bit...
Notting Hill Carnival started over 45 years ago.
It had over 1 million people revel in all its glory last year.
It is one of Europe's biggest events.
It has been claimed that it generates £90+ million to the city of London's ... Read More
17
May2012
Notting Hill Carnival 2012 is on target to be the best carnival Europe has ever seen.
As we all feel the pinch from the global economic crisis the spirit of carnival burns ferociously in each and everyone of us. We literally can't wait for it.
The essence of carnival is FREEDOM.
We want to ... Read More