The Leeds Carnival, also called the Leeds West Indian Carnival or the Chapeltown Carnival, is one of the longest running West Indian carnivals in Europe, having been going since 1967. The carnival is held in the Chapeltown and Harehills parts of Leeds every August bank holiday[1] weekend. Attendance is estimated at about 150,000.[2]
It is a three-day event, climaxing in a carnival procession on Bank Holiday Monday, which starts and finishes in Potternewton Park in Chapeltown. A parade of floats and dancers makes its way along Harehills Avenue, down Roundhay Road in Harehills, along Barrack Road and back along Chapeltown Road to the park, where a wide range of stages and stalls provide entertainment and refreshment for carnival-goers. Since 2005 this event has been covered by BBC Radio 1Xtra in conjunction with Notting Hill Carnival.[3]
^The last Monday in August, a holiday in England
^"Thousands attend 46th annual Leeds West Indian Carnival", BBC News, 27 August 2013.
^"What's Happening?", BBC.
and 22 Related for: Leeds West Indian Carnival information
event in Europe Leeds — LeedsWestIndianCarnival, sometimes called Chapeltown Carnival in Leeds; the oldest WestIndianCarnival in Europe Manchester —...
Notting Hill Carnival 2018 Notting Hill Carnival 2019 LeedsWestIndianCarnival (also known as the "Chapeltown Carnival") St Pauls Carnival, Bristol Culture...
Armitage and his band, LYR, as well as the chorus of Opera North, LeedsWestIndianCarnival, spoken word artists Testament and Danmark Cleary, Ntantu and...
established the United Caribbean Association, along with the founder of LeedsWestIndianCarnival, Arthur France. Clarke was elected to represent the Chapel Allerton...
Kingdom, WestIndian immigrants brought with them the traditions of Caribbean Carnival; however, the Carnivals now celebrated at Notting Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire...
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West...
International Film Festival, Leeds International Piano Competition, LeedsWestIndianCarnival and Leeds Festival. Hotels in Leeds city centre include Malmaison...
Wilks to avoid jail after admitting involvement in LeedsWestIndianCarnival group attack". Leeds Live. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023. "Mallik...
City of Leeds Borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historically in the West Riding...
giant chessboard. The park also hosts the annual LeedsWestIndianCarnival. "Potternewton Park". Leeds City Council. Retrieved 10 September 2018. v t e...
Gipton Gala. The Gipton Gala is a local festival, similar to the LeedsWestIndianCarnival, but on a more minor scale. Usually, a procession starts at Gipton...
Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative...
Hill Carnival takes place in west London which is the second biggest street party in the world after Rio Carnival. It spans areas of north-west London...
the Leeds postcode area, is a group of 29 postcode districts in England, within six post towns. These cover northern West Yorkshire (including Leeds, Wetherby...
constituencies are Elmet and Rothwell, Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, LeedsWest, Morley and Outwood (three out of five...
Skills. Ian Winston Charles, Co-Founder, LeedsWestIndianCarnival. For services to the community in Leeds. Kathleen Frances Cheetham, District Auxiliary...
Global Information