Everything to Know About the Notting Hill Carnival For one extraordinary August Bank Holiday weekend, west London changes character. Steel orchestras fill the air with melody, sound systems turn streets into dance floors and jerk seasoning drifts between colourful masquerade bands. This is Notting Hill Carnival: a community-led celebration of Caribbean culture with a six-decade history. Carnival is not contained inside a park or behind a festival gate. It moves through residential streets across Notting Hill, Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park, with parade bands, sounds and food stalls unfolding at once. This [...]