CHILDRENS DAY

@ CARNIVAL ROUTE. TIME: 10.30AM

Carnival waits for no woman, or man, and even if you’re still sticky with red and yellow paint or as dusty as a walking flour bag, it won’t be long before the pretty mas comes out to play - because from 10.30am on Carnival Sunday we’re officially in Children’s Carnival, with kids’ costumes brightening up the roads.

After the worthy (some might say dull) opening ceremony in Great Western Road is over, the crowds first trickle, then pour, out of the tube stations, creating a human flood in this very special corner of West London. Static sounds and barbecues fire up and fill the side streets with sound and smoke. And suddenly you find yourself in the belly of the ram-jam, baffling, glittering, fire-breathing beast that is Notting Hill Carnival.

Later on, after all the children are well on their way around the route, the adult ‘dutty mas’ - based on j’ouvert but made daytime and thus more palatable - comes out to play, with various bands sporting mud, chocolate or paint.

SUN 27 AUG 2023

CHILDREN'S BANDS

• Caribbean Sessions

• Dende Nation

• Elimu Paddington Arts Mas Band

• Funatik Mas

• Gemz Mas International

• Hotwax Carnival

• Mahogany Carnival

• Mas Africa