Notting Hill Carnival

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The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster each August over two days (the August bank holiday Monday and the preceding Sunday ). It is led by members of the British West Indian community, and attracts around one million people annually, making it one of the world's largest street festivals, and a significant event in Black British culture . In 2006, the UK public voted it onto a list of icons of England . Despite its name, it is not part of the global Carnival season preceding Lent . Crowds of around one million people participate in the Carnival each year . Start-August 25 Ending - August 6 Since the carnival did not have local authority permission, initial police involvement was aimed at preventing it taking place at all, which resulted in regular confrontation and riots.

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History The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival that took shape in the mid-1960s had two separate but connected strands. A "Caribbean Carnival" was held on 30 January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the problematic state of race relations at the time. The 1959 event, held indoors and televised by the BBC, was organised by the Trinidadian Claudia Jones(often described as "the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival ") in her capacity as editor of influential black newspaper The West Indian , and directed by Edric Connor; showcasing elements of a Caribbean carnival in a cabaret style, it "featured among other things the Mighty Terror singing the calypso 'Carnival at St Pancras ', a Caribbean Carnival Queen beauty contest, the Trinidad All Stars and Hi–fi steel bands dance troupe and a Grand Finale Jump-Up by West Indians who attended the event."