The Annual Nottingham Carnival returns to the Victoria Embankment on Sunday 18th August with the PARADE featuring hundreds of stunning new costumes worn by young carnival masquerades in 13 different troupes all performing their choreographed routines and competing for the top prize.
As well as our Nottingham based troupes, there will be the world-famous Origin Moko Jumbies on their 6 foot high stilts, the fabulous Caporales San Simon from Bolivia and other amazing troupes from Luton, Leicester, Derby and Leeds.
The parade which is FREE to the public will leave the Victoria Embankment at 2pm head up Wilford Grove, Felton Road and Green Street before making its way back down to the Embankment via Bunbury Street returning to the Carnival Village via Wilford Grove, where the troupes will perform on the dedicated Troupe & Soca Stage.
Following the Parade, the Carnival Village is where all the action then takes place with
dozens of musicians and DJs performing in 3 music zones with the headline performance by Jamaican Reggae legend Wayne Wonder on the Carnival Main Stage. In addition, there will be lots of food and other stalls, fairground rides, free Kids’ Zone activities and licensed bars.
For 25 years Richard Renwick MBE and the Carnival Committee together with staff from Tuntum Housing Association and volunteers from the community, have held this wonderful Community carnival together, come rain or shine, profit or loss. As the years went by with the ever-increasing costs of putting on the event combined with the reduction in public finance, the organisers had no choice but to ask the public to make a financial contribution.
Today, tickets to enter the Carnival Village and enjoy all the fabulous entertainment will be £5 in advance with under 13s free.
Richard Renwick MBE said:
‘Please join us to have a fabulous time because Nottingham Carnival is the occasion when people of all backgrounds get together in unity and love to enjoy safe and unique family friendly entertainment reflecting the rich diversity of our city’.
Tickets are available here:
£5 in advance (plus booking fee) // £7 on the door // Children 12 and under: Free
The parade is FREE to watch at any point along the route.
Posted on 12 August 2024
