Celebrating 25 years of Kingston Carnival! 7th September 2025

In 2025, Kingston Carnival will celebrate its 25^th anniversary with a spectacular carnival parade and a day filled with colourful performances, delicious African Caribbean foods and the best ingredient to all – great music. This year’s theme take its lead from Kingston 2025, as we acknowledge the importance of bringing together our many communities in the spirit of tolerance, friendship and togetherness. The carnival parade, starts outside the Guildhall, with music stages in the Ancient Market Place and High Street.

The timeline is as follows:

• 12pm – 1.15pm procession from Guildhall, Eden Street, Clarence Street, Thames, Street, Market Place, then Guildhall. Procession starts at Guildhall at 12 noon, goes round and through the town via the High Street, and ends at the Market Place.
• 1.30pm – 5.30pm Children’s area – fun and games
• 1.30pm – 6pm – Green Zone in All Saint’s Church
• 1.45pm – 8pm Market place stage – Banquet Records
• 1.45-6pm Community Stage – music and dance

The Carnival is having a wide range of food stalls showcasing culinary delights from around the world but the emphasis is supporting local businesses and independent traders. The Green Zone is a new area for Kingston Carnival and will be based in the grounds of All Saint’s Church with emphasis on sustainability, recycling and promoting sustainable transport. And with the best of intentions the Carnival itself is moving towards a green future using electric vehicles where possible and banning single use plastics.

We hope you join us on our fun-filled, family day and we invite you all to share a day of celebration for all our communities.