Waterloo Carnival

Programme highlights: Festival kicks off on Friday with our participation at this year's @WaterlooCarn, a colourful and dazzling celebration of our community: a tribute to the rich cultural and creative heritage of our local area.

🚨 *free event* - Fancy a comedy show alongside an exciting programme of music from all over the world? Join us on Friday evening at @stjohnswaterloo for our summer party featuring the Inner Vision Orchestra (@InnerVisionOrch) and comedian Cheekykita. shorturl.at/beh59

IT'S CARNIVAL DAY! We're kicking off from 3pm with a parade of talents on Lower Marsh, with workshops and stalls until 6pm. Come down and celebrate our community with us! #waterloocarnival #wearewaterloo #parade

Is your talent making noise? We've got pop up drumming workshops on tomorrow, if you've got a rhythm in your heart come and let it out! #beatyourdrum #popuplondon #waterloocarnival

A #thursdaythrowback to carnival 16 years ago! Turns out this isn't the first time we've had a September Carnival. Don't let it trick you. We're kicking off from 3pm this Friday.

What piece of carnival is being created here? If you want to see the amazing Caitlin Strongarm's finished work you'll have to make sure you come down to Lower Marsh this Friday! #carnival #wearewaterloo #artist

How dusty are your dancing shoes? There are THREE different kinds of pop up dance workshops to discover at Carnival THIS FRIDAY! Better start polishing those shoes... #dancingshoes #wearewaterloo #waterloocarnival

We're super excited that new kids on the lower marsh block @pizzaspilgrims  are getting involved with this year's carnival. We can't wait to see what talents they'll share with us! #incrustwetrust #carnival #waterloo

Will you be joining our parade next Friday? We'll be hitting Lower Marsh from 3pm! (don't worry if you'll be late, we're keeping carnival going on the street until 6pm!) #waterloocarnival #hittingthestreets #wearewaterloo

Have you got your carnival costume planned? There's only 1 week left to get as many fruits as you can find and stick them to your favourite hat! #carnival #wearewaterloo #whatsonlondon

It's here! Our Carnival passports are printed and ready to go! Make sure you pick up yours on the 24th, it's your key to discovering the best of carnival!

At carnival anything can happen. A fish with legs? Check. Human sized chicken? Check. Pineapple hat? Check. We can't wait to see the costumes at this years celebration in September. #lambeth #london #thestrangestthings

Good news Carnival Fans! We will have a carnival this year! Our new date is the 24th of September and we can't wait to see you there! #rescheduled #carnival #waterloo

We're looking for volunteers to help bring our Carnival to life? Think you've got the skills? Register here: bit.ly/3cEaSzL. #carnival #se1 #wearewaterloo

Did you know that just at the end Lower Marsh, where Carnival happens every year, there used to stand the Canterbury Music Hall? We're greats like Charlie Chaplin got their start? There really is so much arts history in our little pocket of London! #hiddenlondon #charliechaplin

We're getting in gear to bring the 2021 carnival to life. Do you want to get involved? Register your interest at bit.ly/3p5vTIJ . #carnival #wearewaterloo #summer

So today is the day the carnival was meant to take place - sad times☹️ But fear not, next year we will be back with a bigger and better carnival than ever before to make up for lost time. See you in 2021!

And the fun continues with music, food, drinks and of course, a 90s dance class!@WeAreWaterlooUK

Carnival beats courtesy of @The_LSS 🙌🏻

Wow! These costumes are just incredible! Thank you @Mandinga_Arts1!