Award Winners 2025
On Saturday 12th July we had 30 groups take part in the parade. There was some brilliant artwork and performance all round. Our jury of judges awarded as follows:
- Best in Show: Lollipop Youth Theatre
- Best Youth Group: Nunnery Wood High School
- Best Walking Group: Bulgarian Dancers
- Highly Commended: Company Theatre Academy
- Inclusion Award: Oddstepperz
- Sustainability Award: Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary School
- Heritage Award: Oasis Academy Warndon
Congratulations all!
2025 Theme, Stall Pitches and Parade applications now launched
We are pleased to say that we can now announce our theme for this year, and application forms are now open for Stall Pitches and taking part in the parade.
Visit Get Involved for more information.
Details about applying to be a monarch and our nominated charities will be announced later in the year.
Worcester Carnival returns on Saturday 12th July 2025.
If you are interested in sponsoring us so that we can continue to deliver this fantastic event to the city, please contact corporate@worcester-carnival.co.uk
Award Winners 2024
Congratulations to all 30+ groups who braved the rain this year! The feedback we have had so far is that the parade was very warmly received and this is a tribute to all your efforts. Our independent panel of judges awarded as follows:
- Best of All – Nunnery Wood High School
- Best Youth Group – Oasis Academy
- Best Walking Group – Shopmobility
- Highly Commended – Worcester Mela
- Inclusion Award – Lollipop Youth Theatre
- Sustainability Award – Yaz and Friends
- Heritage Award – St Josephs Catholic Primary School Warndon
England Football Match on Saturday Evening
Well, firstly a huge congratulations to England for making it this far! Hopefully Saturday will be a day of double celebration for fans of both football and Carnival.
Worcester Carnival parade starts at Pitchcroft at 3pm and in expected to return to Pitchcroft by 5pm.
Based on previous years’ experiences, the parade tends to finish a little early and we say 5pm to give us plenty of safety leeway.
Months of planning has gone into the parade and we know thousands of people are excited to be taking part and watching. We do still expect significant numbers of crowds who don’t follow football to be watching the later half of the parade and free live entertainment afterwards.
In fact, I would recommend that if you’re not intending to watch the football then the carnival parade’s “return leg” through Deansway and Croft Road would be an ideal spot to enjoy the spectacle on its riverside setting. Some areas like The Cross get very crowded so you will hopefully get a better view into the bargain.
For more information about visiting Worcester Carnival, road closures and other arrangements please check the “Visit” link above.
Information for Parade Participants
If you have applied to be in this year’s parade, please check your inbox and spam folder – you should have an email dated 29th June with final details about arrival on carnival day, judging for awards, parade times and health and safety.
Worcester Carnival Souvenir Brochure 2024
The Official Souvenir Brochure 2024 is now available to download – Worcester Carnival Official Souvenir Brochure 2024
Paper copies should arrive in the next week or so and be available around town for a week beforehand and on Carnival Day.
This year our theme is celebrating Heritage. It might be your own culture and traditions, or our shared link to the beautiful surroundings and history of our city. Join in the festivities as we bring Worcester to life – past, present and future!Worcester Carnival Needs You!
Now in our sixth year and expanding rapidly, Worcester Carnival are looking for more members to join our volunteer team.
We need individuals/groups/clubs from all backgrounds who are enthusiastic team players and are happy to get stuck into a range of jobs, some physical some not, some on carnival day and some before/after the event throughout the year.
We have many areas where you can get involved:
- Sales & Marketing
- Financial Administration
- Secretarial
- Logistics Planning & management
- Traffic and Crowd Marshalling
- Fundraising
- Stage Entertainment
- Social Media Management support
- Communications & Publicity
- Event management support.
- Organise an affiliated carnival event
We are also looking for support from local businesses and organisations who can provide equipment and logistics.
Working with us you will be able to add value to the event, whilst giving opportunities to develop new skills, gain confidence, meet new friends and continue to bring this great event to all communities across Worcester.
If you would like to get involved in one or more of the above subgroups please contact us at info@worcester-carnival.co.uk
There may be opportunity to become more involved as a committee member or trustee, please contact us to discuss further.
What to do now
Drop us a line at info@worcester-carnival.co.uk and share the skills you can bring or areas you are interested in getting involved with or come along to one of our open evenings on
- 29 January 2024 19:30 Perdiswell Young People’s Club, Droitwich Road, Worcester
- 19 February 2024 19:30 Perdiswell Young People’s Club, Droitwich Road, Worcester
Worcester Carnival 2022 – Timelapse Videos
If the day didn’t seem to fly past quick enough already, here is the whole day in 2 minutes!
Meet our Carnival Queen
Worcester Carnival is pleased to introduce their Carnival Queen for 2022. Melanie Eastwood will be crowned on the 2 July at 12.30pm by the Mayor of Worcester in our Carnival Village on Pitchcroft.
She will be supported by thirteen princesses this year. The committee wanted to include all the applicants, aged 6-8 years old, after they had waited so long since the last event.
Melanie, 36, is married and has two children Jack aged 7 and Charlotte aged 11. She works as a night health care assistant with experience in hospital, hospice, domiciliary, dementia and nursing care.
Alongside her job Melanie fills her time volunteering and supporting the community. She volunteers for Action for Children and Worcester Community trust where Melanie is involved in a range of projects from arranging community fun days, making puddings for Overs 60s snack and chat to baby and toddler group. She also fundraises for her children’s schools supporting the PTFA and is currently waiting for checks so she can regularly visit Maggs day centre to help the homeless and support with hand and nail care to prevent risk of sores and infection.
In addition, she is a Tawney Owl with Warndon 4th Brownie group and during the holidays supports support the amazing staff at The Ronkswood hub to put on breakfast clubs for children and their families that may rely on school dinners.
From the age of 5 Melanie has been involved in Worcester Carnival with the Ronkswood girls band playing the gazoo then drummer to majorette leading the procession through town with good old Mr and Mrs Drew. When Worcester Carnival returned her community came together and she organised a float that won MP choice award.
Melanie is also in the middle of writing her first children’s book about her son as a superhero and his autistic traits are his superpowers this will help people to recognise differences in children and adults and to embrace them.
Melanie said ‘I always wanted to be carnival queen abut felt that I may not match up to what people may see as typically beautiful, to me that’s what the Queen was like out of a storybook. I do think it’s important to remember that we all come in different shapes and sizes, to accept and embrace ourselves is a beautiful thing. If I could teach my daughter anything in life it would be to be happy in your own skin and you always have something to offer no matter what age, size, race, gender, or sexual orientation. We are all worthy and to learn about your own self-worth is very important for your mental health.
As Carnival queen now, I see a platform that I could use to reach out to my wider community and to support and empower themselves and others to bring back the support we once had and the community spirit that we showed during the pandemic’
Chris King from Worcester Carnival Committee said ‘It was obvious from the moment we met Melanie that she had as big a personality as she has heart. She is the friendliest person you can meet and is always looking for ways to help out anyone she can. We are absolutely delighted she is our Carnival Queen for 2022 and we are sure she will bring so much joy to the role’
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