Harrogate town centre will become a cultural hub tomorrow when it welcomes the return of Harrogate Carnival.
Launched in 2019, the carnival is commissioned by Visit Harrogate – a tourism organisation run by North Yorkshire Council and produced by Harrogate International Festivals.
The free one-day event will showcase an array of world music and entertainment, as well as street theatre, a dance stage, and a food quarter.
Live dance and music performances will fill the streets of the town, including Leeds West Indian Carnival, Zulu performers, Ubunye, and St Aelred’s Irish Dance Group.
There will be an interactive display from Close-Act, an inflatable lobster from Lobster A la Cart, as well as moving sculptures from Hebden Bridge’s Handmade Parade.
A Chinese dragon will take centre stage.
Foodies will find cuisines from around the world, from Greek gyros to Japanese rice dishes to Turkish kebabs and churros.
People can also take part is various workshops to learn about international cultures, including a dhol drumming workshop with Punjabi Roots.
The parade will begin at 11am from the war memorial and will finish in the Valley Gardens.
Several roads will be closed between 10am to 1pm during the carnival, including Cambridge Road, Royal Parade and West Park.
More details on road closures can be found on North Yorkshire Council’s website.
A full programme of acts can be found here.
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The free event will begin with a street parade through the town centre before heading to Valley Gardens.
The attractions will include a troupe from Leeds West Indian Carnival and a dance stage with belly dancing.
First staged in 2019, the carnival is commissioned by Destination Harrogate, which is a tourism organisation run by North Yorkshire Council and produced by Harrogate International Festivals.
The event, which celebrates global diversity, costumes, sounds and flavours, will include music, dance, themed food zones, art and craft workshops and street theatre.
John McGivern, destination events manager at Destination Harrogate, said:
“This exciting and unique event is perfectly suited to the Valley Gardens, one of many fantastic event spaces that we’re fortunate to have here in Harrogate.
“Carnival will also draw visitors from further afield to join in the celebrations with our residents, with opportunity to boost our visitor economy and showcase the town as an amazing visitor destination.”
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Cllr Derek Bastiman, the council’s executive member for open to business, said:
“Carnival is a chance for our community to come together, embrace diversity and create lasting memories.”
The full programme will be announced closer to the date on the Harrogate International Festivals website for more information: https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/
The arts charity is seeking volunteers to take part in the carnival.
In Pictures : the joy of Harrogate CarnivalThousands lined the streets of Harrogate today as a colourful parade of dancers, costumes and music from all over the globe made its way from the centre of town to Valley Gardens.
This year’s Carnival was paid for by Harrogate Borough Council‘s tourism body, Destination Harrogate, and was put on by Harrogate International Festivals. Unlike the last carnival in 2019 when the weather was atrocious, this year the rain held off allowing everyone to have a great time.
Here are some images that aim to capture that carnival spirit:
Here’s what you can see and do at the Harrogate Carnival this weekend
A parade featuring music, dancers and colourful costumes is set to wind its way through Harrogate this weekend with the return of the Carnival.
The free event on Saturday will see flag-waving crowds line the streets for the procession, which will snake its way through the town centre and down to the Valley Gardens.
It will include performers from Leeds West Indian Carnival, who will be joined by Houriat Belly Dancing, Sweep of Swallows kite puppets, Chinese dragon dancers, the Bare Brass Band and more.
The party will then continue throughout the day and will feature street theatre, interactive workshops, international street food and two stages hosting music and dance performances.
The event, which was previously held in 2019, has been paid for by Harrogate Borough Council‘s tourism body, Destination Harrogate, and will be delivered by Harrogate International Festivals.
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Sharon Canavar, chief executive, Harrogate International Festivals, said:
“The Carnival is free for everyone to attend and celebrate the diversity, colours, costumes, sounds and flavours from the four quarters of the world, right here in Harrogate.
“With global music and dance stages, themed food zones, art and craft workshops and street theatre, this family-friendly day is a true party in every sense of the word.”
The Carnival Parade starts at 11am at St Peter’s Church, On Cambridge Road, it will head up Oxford Street, along Station Parade, down Cambridge Street, past the Cenotaph and along Montpellier Hill into Valley Gardens.
Within Valley Gardens there will be family-friendly craft workshops, which will include chalking art, spray art graffiti, environmental craft, bunting making, mask making with the Leeds West Indian Carnival, and a dance workshop.
There will be a Global Music Stage, featuring DJ Trev, the Leeds West Indian Carnival, Bare Brass Band, Ajay Karmic Blues, Buffo’s Wake and Fernando Brazil.
And a Global Dance Stage, will feature Annapurna Dance, Houriat Belly Dancing, St. Aelred’s Irish Dancers, and Anonymas Dance.
There will also be a food zone featuring food from around the world.