CALO Festival is an amalgamation of two major and popular annual events, promoting carnival arts – the Grand Carnival Costume Splash, organised by the Notting Hill Mas Band Association (NHMBA), and the Next Level PoisonUK Carnival Concert. The Grand Carnival Costume Splash element of CALO festival will feature elaborate performances by some of the UK’s […]
U.C.O.M. (United Colours Of Mas) launched on the 26th November 2011 to the Public and will be hitting the roads of Notting Hill for the First Time in 2012 – but make no mistake we are not new to the game Richard Gallimore and Paul O’Donoghue formerly of Bachanal Mas have been in the game […]
Jamaica Tourist Board bought the rhythms and flavours of Jamaica to the streets of London today after participating in Notting Hill Carnival, the largest festival of its kind in Europe. Spectators turned out in their thousands to cheer the tourist board-sponsored Jamaican Twist band as it paraded through west London, with reggae beats and live […]
Notting Hill Carnival 2009 gears up to be a spectacular event Hundreds of thousands of revellers from across the world will come together to celebrate the Notting Hill Carnival this Bank Holiday weekend. Scores of elaborately dressed masquerade artists in larger than life costumes will join steelpan bands to perform along the 3.5 mile route […]
The Grand Carnival Splash 2009 Organised by the Notting Hill Mas Bands Association (NHMBA) , the event allows Carnivalists to showcase costumes that are too large for the crowded streets of Notting Hill, creating a spectacular display that lights up Alexandra Palace. Competition for the titles, across four age groups, for Best King of Carnival, […]