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It was this small community children’s street fayre back in the mid 60s that would morph into what we now know as Notting Hill Carnival. Claudia Jones, a Trinidadian human rights activist based in London, put on a BBC broadcasted indoor ‘Caribbean Carnival’ at St Pancras Town Hall back in 1959.
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington, over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
- 2 million attendees, 40,000 volunteers and 9,000 police
- 26 August 2023 – 28 August 2023
- Carnival
- 1965–present
The Notting Hill Carnival is one of the world’s biggest, and most electrifying, outdoor events. As it goes digital for 2020, Lou Mensah reflects on its historical and political impact.
Notting Hill Carnival has its origins in the carnival traditions of the Caribbean and the social and political conditions of the post-1948 migration of peoples from the Caribbean.
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The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual street festival that comes around on the final weekend of August to celebrate the culture, arts, and heritage of Caribbean people. Where did it all begin? The origins of Notting Hill Carnival trace all the way back to the age of the slave trade.
Behind the origins of Carnival is a turbulent story that follows Notting Hill’s West Indian community after it protested at the 1958 race riots to establish its identity in London and...
Notting Hill Carnival has its origins in the carnival traditions of the Caribbean, brought over to London with the post-1948 migration of people from the Caribbean.
