7 Of The Best Soundsystems & Mas Bands To Seek Out At Notting Hill Carnival. From classics like Genesis Mas to DisYa’s surprising lineup. by Sabrina Fearon-Melville. Aug. 26, 2022.

Notting Hill Carnival is back this bank holiday weekend, promising a sensory explosion of colour, music, tastes and smells as artists, musicians, chefs and designers combine their crafts to ...

Saturday at Notting Hill Carnival. Steel Band competition, Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, W10 3DH, 16:00-23:00. The carnival kicks off with one of the largest steel pan competitions outside ...

Bianca Wardally participates in the Notting Hill Carnival wearing a Vibrance Mas Band costume designed by Cee Bolakee. The outfit is inspired by the effects of climate change on coral reefs ...

One of the earliest Mas bands included in Notting Hill Carnival was Genesis, created by husband and wife duo Vernon and Allyson Williams in 1980 to bring about a modern evolution of the event.

A steel drum band performs in the street before the 2022 Panorama UK National Steelband Competition during Notting Hill Carnival on Aug. 27, 2022, in London, England.

Holding the carnival in Hyde Park could alter the way that the carnival is enjoyed in ways that would be fundamental to the ...

From steel bands to mas performers, here’s what to see and do at carnival this year. ... Today, Notting Hill Carnival is thought to generate as much as £300 million for the London economy.

This impact was already felt in this year’s J’ouvert celebration, which happens annually on Carnival Sunday, after it was cancelled due to a lack of participating bands. Notting Hill Carnival ...

What is Notting Hill Carnival? Carnival is one of the longest running street parties in the world. Started by London’s Caribbean communities in 1966, it’s a celebration of freedom and ...