Sandown Carnival, Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is carnival crazy! With over 20 different public events each summer and several more throughout the year, thousands of locals and occasionally groups from further afield gather to entertain tens of thousands of residents and visitors alike.
Sandown Carnival is one of the oldest Carnivals, with the first recorded activities taking place in 1889. With 5 significant public events of our own, each year we aim to make our events bigger, brighter and better than those that have gone before!
To this end our main summer carnivals have now developed into "all-day" affairs with pre-carnival entertainments and events taking place around the town well into the evenings when our fantastic processions bring the events to a memorable conclusion.
All Sandown Carnival events are FREE to attend, staffed by a dedicated team of volunteers who endlessly fund raise to ensure that future events can continue to take place.
2013 Carnival Programme
The online version of this year's programme is available to download now! Just click on the picture (left). This is a 6MB PDF file, so may take a little while to download.
Look out for the printed booklets in stores from early July!
Carnival Development Fund 2013
This year £1,200 worth of grants were awarded to VIVA! Carnival Club, The Wight Strollers, The Wootton Dazzlers, Broadlea Primary School and The Heights Leisure Team. This will help them develop their carnival projects, leading to some fantastic displays and shows this summer!
Queens Selection 2013
We are delighted to announce our chosen Carnival Queens for 2013 - left-right - Rebecca O'Regan, Kimberley Garratt, Baylee Haywood, Roxy Green and Maisie Revert.
Well done girls - we hope you have a fantastic season!
Sandown Carnival 2013 Dates
Want to plan your holidays around Sandown Carnival events? Here are the confirmed dates for our main 2013 events!
- Children's Day - Friday 26th July 2013
- Main Carnival - Saturday 27th July 2013
- Illuminated Carnival - Wednesday 28th August 2013
- Winter Carnival with Fireworks - SATURDAY 2nd November 2013
For more details about all of Sandown Carnival's events, CLICK HERE