- If you’re curious to know more about this Summer Bank Holiday event, we picked some fascinating facts about Notting Hill Carnival
- Our first ever trip to the Notting Hill Carnival, so lots of walking, much of which was in the wrong direction!
- Thankfully, the official Notting Hill Carnival website has much more information for 2024 than it has in previous years, including this Notting Hill Carnival map.
- Notting Hill carnival’s perforated history. Letter: Stephen Spark sets the record straight on the stamps that were issued to commemorate the event in London.
- Connor became a regular performer over the early years of the carnival and Jones is now known as the ‘Mother of Notting Hill Carnival’.
- Notting Hill Carnival is an annual festival that takes place in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London, usually on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
- The Notting Hill Carnival has been a highlight of London’s summer calendar for as long as many people recall and this year will be no exception.
- ...more than 50,000 performers, 40,000 volunteers, hundreds of parade floats and 38 mega soundsystems, Notting Hill Carnival is the best party in the city.
- “The lead up to Notting Hill Carnival is as wonderful as the carnival itself,” says Fiona Compton, a London-based artist, historian and Carnival ambassador.
- Tip: If you’re planning to go to the carnival for the first time, read this Notting Hill Carnival guide on everything you’ll need to know before visiting.