Category: UK

14

Aug2014
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
14th August 2014uksocascene

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
2nd May 2014uksocascene

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
6th September 2012

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
16th August 2012

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
8th August 2012

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
2nd August 2012

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
7th June 2012uksocascene

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
17th May 2012uksocascene