Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space

Appendix 8
The Carnival Code
As the organiser of Carnival, the Notting Hill Carnival Trust, has three key messages for all visitors to
Europe’s largest festival of arts and music, these are Enjoy, Be Safe and Respect!
We want all visitors attending Carnival to remember the following to help them get the best out of the
event:
“Enjoy”
• Come to Carnival to enjoy yourself, jump up to the sounds, grind with the mas and chill at the
stages.
• Performances at Carnival start from 12.00 noon and finish at 7.00pm, so why not join us early?
Leaving earlier will also make it a more enjoyable day as transport systems are not as stretched.
• Dress cool and comfortably.
• If you are planning to follow a Mas band do not jump in front of the costumes, wait until the
costumes have gone by and jump behind them in the non-costumed section of each band.
• Always plan how you are going to get to and from Carnival. Transport arrangements are published
in a Transport for London guide at tube stations, in the Evening Standard’s Hot Tickets Magazine,
by visiting the Carnival Website or London Live’s website www.bbc.co.uk/londonlive or by tuning
into London Live on 94.9FM.
• If this is your first Carnival try coming on Sunday, you’ll see more.
“Be Safe”
• The Trust and all our entertainers are working closely with the police to ensure a trouble free
environment. You too can help to create a safer environment by telling police if you see an
incident.
• Share the experience of Carnival with friends - arrange to meet your friends before travelling to
the Carnival environment because you’re unlikely to see them there.
• Stay with your friends - there is always the possibility of danger on the streets of big cities and it’s
no different in a crowd of two million.
• Try to go with the flow of the crowd, not against it.
• Keep hold of your Children. If you have a push chair please stay away from the very busy areas
and only bring them on Carnival Sunday, Children’s day.
• Remember that Carnival floats are large lorries, do not run across their paths and do not get too
close to them.
• Do not jump on and off sound systems or live stages.
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