UK Carnival Season

LadyDay · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi GUYS

I just thought i would share the uk carnival dates with you guys. i am a bit late as some have already past. those that have past are Luton (31may) Preston (20th june) Bristol (3july)

those coming up are

Derby sat 17th july procession day , sunday18th july @osmaston park

Manchester July 24 and 25th @alexandra park , moss side

Coventry 31st July @conventory war memorial , kenilworth road

Nottingham (not to be confused with nottinghill) sat 14th and sun 15th august @ Forest recreation ground

Leeds 30th august @potter newton

Notting hill (London) sun 29 and mon 30th aug

If you guys can think of any other carnivals please do list them. i know that Birmingham usually has one but it may have been cancelled this year, other places that have carnivals are Huddersfield, Bradford ........

LadyDay · (#2 (**permalink**))

i cant be the only one who knows about the carnival dates

anyone going to any of them. i will be reaching nottingham and i may reach nottinghill. i will go to derby aswell providing its not raining

Thriller · (#3 (**permalink**))

Sheesh.. there is a website with all the UK Carnival dates...4got the url at the moment!

I know Derby Carnival is this weekend. LadyDay or anyone reaching any carnivals this summer, would be nice if you could come back here and say how it was like.

I hear Birmingham carnival is cancelled this year.. which is a big shame.

Thriller · (#4 (**permalink**))

http://www.carnivalnet.org.uk/then click on UK carnivals 2004

JONHNCROW234 · (#5 (**permalink**))

@Ladyday I love carnivals, help you to rubba dub with the sexiest person to your taste, helps you to work up a good sweat and who knows you could be able to lose weight, if continue jiggling that fat arse not mine fi mi just right.banana.gif

The Watcher · (#6 (**permalink**))

Notting Hill is a no no..........

The best Carnival I remember was 94 Jungle was live then and for the first time I never followed a soca float!!

Following the soca things was the best fun and its just not about the Rampage or Westwood thingsblkfingerwagnot unless you like be dangerously squashed stuck.

The last time I enjoyed carnival was in 96 I think thats the year when JayZ and FoxyB were there and it was heavy.... After that it became a thing where there was beef every year and garaunteed. Its either moving about in a big group where everyone keeps moving around and never stood still long enough to let you chirps or bubble to a lil sound system or float... just walking *yawn* If you went in a smaller group then when the inevitable beef came you were woefully outnumbered on the wrong side of town.

I ain't been back since 2001 and don't plan to.

Fredblack · (#7 (**permalink**))

@Johncrow234..Gwwaann uncle how it go jump jump jump, shake shake shake go on girl jump jump jump...Hi hi hi...

Never liked carnival, but like to watch the daughers jump jump and jumping...

@LadyDay see you missed out Luton Carnival. But perhaps not usually dry nah hell....

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JONHNCROW234 · (#8 (**permalink**))

@FredB yu too funny lol, a who tell yu seh mi a ghal uncle is rightbanana.gifhe he he yesss i like dis.

Fredblack · (#9 (**permalink**))

@BB/DM nowhere is the fear of African CAribbean people, their culture and what it represents collectively is more apparent than Notting Hill Carnival. Last time I went was in 84 to check out how the police were policing it given the past. Never went back. Complete farce and betrayal of what Marcus Garvey's wife and Claudia Jones had in mind when they created it.

All those meagre "huugly" looking white women whining themselves, on floats as they are Caribbean women makes me sick and is deeply deeply offensive. All those white women from all over the world thinking and drink asssited that this is the liscence for them to whine on you as a black man and push up, in the pressence of black woman. Deeply insulting. Never mind the ritual institution of the Caribbean woman whining on the white police man. Puke..

Multi-racial peace and harmony propaganda, which masks the fear and loathing to our culture and us, supported by a almost military police presence from land sea and sky...

No thanks..reminds me of the Native American Indian ritual of the ghost dance where the white man was so frightened he had the whole place surrounded with battalions armed to the teeth. Just in case some of the people suddenly remember who and what they are and the purpose of the ritual and shit kicks off...

When the whites eventually got jumpy and too nervous they ended up killing thousands in crazy gun fire and killing plenty of their own to, such was the fear...

Nope, some warriors got to be left to pick up the pieces me think....confused3

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The Watcher · (#10 (**permalink**))

More acid house things and hippies music than Calypso or Soca or Reggae etc

Nuff people just aimlessly bopping about bumping into each other being herded like sheep

Rampage and Westwood are taking the p*** out of us!! Im not having it...

I rather go after party but then I hate clubbing!!!!

Fredblack · (#11 (**permalink**))

@DM interesting info thanx for that. I as at 76 Carnival when it kicked off and saw the way the police and white politicians descended on it after that the famous Willie Whitelaw comes to mind. 76 was the last traditional and proper carnival.

So after that we went every couple of years to check out the situation, because people kept low profiles but also we knew the police were planning big time to make sure if things kicked off they would take revenge for 76 and make sure they control everything that moves.

But the white washing of Carnival started then in 77, but I had no idea the hippy boys them and all that shit were now being attracted. But it was obvious given what they were trying to do...

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The Watcher · (#12 (**permalink**))

@ FB

The Soca thing is a tiny lil procession with more 'officials' and people umm standing looking important than actual dancers in costume or whatever. Its tiny!!

All around are white people and white music systems and police... WOW there are police, I think Carnival is the reason Im scared of horses (the way they look at you)

The are a few Carribean food stalls but the are woefully outnumberes by people selling all types of nonsesne. The carnival is a brand and advertisers are everywhere. The whole thing lacks spirit and soul

RAS BERRY · (#13 (**permalink**))

banana.gif I AND I LOOK FARWAAD TO DI CARNIVAL CAAAS IT MEAN SEH ME HAVE NUFF CHANCE FI SELL MI SPLIFF AN' LOOK FI HOOMAN TO BREED, SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!