It’s Carnival time!
Carnivals are the highlight of the year and one of the most exciting and fun displays of amateur entertainment anywhere in the world.
There are various organised carnivals every year, some with over a hundred brilliantly lit and decorated floats – ‘carts’, we call them – and exotically dressed performers from the local carnival clubs. The carnivals operate on a circuit, travelling from town to town and the creativity and design skills of the carnival clubs will take your breath away. Whichever carnival you choose, check the route, arrive early as some roads may be closed, dress warm, be prepared for big crowds and a show lasting several hours.
The festive spirit first breaks out in September, and we keep it up during October, with the Guy Fawkes carnivals until late November, just when your spirits need lifting – that’s how carnivals started, as one of these prehistoric ‘winter’s coming, let’s have a festival’ occasions.
Above all, bring plenty of loose change. It’s all done for charity, and it’s a free show, so give generously.
Fri 13 October 7:30pm Wincanton
Sat 14 October 7:00pm Castle Cary
Sat 14 October 7:30pm Chard
Fri 20 October 7:30pm Salisbury
Sat 21 October 7:00pm Trowbridge
Sat 21 October 7:00pm Taunton
Sat 28 October 7:00pm Warminster
Sat 04 November 7:00pm Bridgwater
Mon 06 November 7:30pm Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea
Fri 10 November 7:15pm Weston-super-Mare
Sat 11 November 7:00pm North Petherton
Mon 13 November 7:30pm Midsomer Norton
Wed 15 November 7:30pm Shepton Mallet
Fri 17 November 7:00pm Wells
Sat 18 November 7:00pm Glastonbury
