Once again, the streets of Notting Hill were pumping during August Bank Holiday. The main aim of the 37th Notting Hill Carnival was to bring people from all cultures together and it was a two day event. The Sunday was totally devoted to the children while Monday was for the adults.
Historically, the Carnival started as a local event by West Indians in 1964. They remembered the great carnivals back home and organised a few small processions years later, millions of people travel to west London from all over the world on the last weekend in August for what has grown into the largest multicultural street party in Europe.


The Sunday and Monday Carnivals started at 11.00am and 12.00pm respectively, ending at 7.00pm with beautiful costumers and live music. The Carnival was officially sponsored by Western Union, which this year celebrates 150 years of transferring money all over the world.

Many thanks to Mayor Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority which donated £200,000 to the Notting Hill Carnival Trust (NHCT) last month, Chelsea Council for providing 600 stewards and the Metropolitan Police for putting an extra thousand officers on duty for this years event.