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Join the Isle of Wight’s most colourful celebration! Ryde Carnival fills the streets with music, dance, and parade to end summer on a high note 🎉

All are welcome to enjoy the entertaining parades that light up the town with fun, colour and carnival spirit. Ryde Carnival is the oldest carnival in the UK, dating back to the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. Today, the Carnival is run by a tiny, passionate group of volunteers with a strong community ethos. The carnival is inclusive and everyone is welcome to take part as spectators or performers. Current performers include marching bands, royalty floats, community and family groups. In 2022, the main procession will take place at 6.30 pm on 1 September. The illuminated procession takes place at 8.30 pm on 3 September. Details of the children's procession tbc. Join us in Ryde this September to mark the end of summer in spectacular style.

15/10/2026

🍰☕ COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNING – SUPPORTING DAISY RING BUS! ❤️🚌

Ryde Carnival is pleased to share this lovely community event organised by Network Ryde in support of the fantastic Daisy Ring Bus!

📅 Saturday 24th October ⏰ 10am–1pm 📍 Network Ryde Youth Service

Come along for a cuppa and a slice of cake while helping raise funds for this vital Island service, which provides free transport for residents travelling to cancer treatment in Southampton and Portsmouth. ❤️

🎂 Can you donate a cake or traybake? Get in touch with Kaiya at [email protected].

Let’s support Network Ryde and help Daisy Ring Bus continue its amazing work for our Island community!

Please share and help spread the word! 🥰

13/10/2026

✨🎩 A HUGE THANK YOU TO HUXLEY! 🎩✨

A massive thank you to Huxley for creating such a magical magician’s experience for our Children’s Carnival Day! 🪄🎩✨

You brought plenty of magic, wonder and smiles to the day, leaving our young carnival-goers amazed and entertained! 🌟😊

Thank you for helping make the day so special and creating memories that our children will treasure. ❤️🎉

We really appreciate your time, energy and fantastic entertainment. You truly worked your magic! 🪄✨

11/10/2026

🎉 A HUGE thank you to Peter pans funfair and amusements for kindly donating some fantastic prizes for our Ryde Carnival Window Spotting Competition! 🎪✨

Your generosity is helping make the competition extra special and giving our window spotters something exciting to look forward to! 🏆🎁

We really appreciate your support of Ryde Carnival and our local community. 💙

Thank you, Peter Pan’s! 🌟

06/10/2026

💃🎶 A HUGE THANK YOU TO VIVA RHYTHM CREW! 🎶💃

A massive thank you to the wonderful Viva Rhythm Crew for creating such an amazing workshop for Children’s Carnival Day! 🌈🎭✨

Your energy, enthusiasm and incredible talent had everyone dancing, smiling and having a fantastic time! 🥳💃🕺

Thank you for helping make the day so special and bringing the carnival spirit to life. ❤️🎉

We truly appreciate all your hard work and support — you were absolutely fabulous! 👏🌟

04/10/2026

📣 A little shout-out to the businesses behind the programme!

Our programme wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the businesses who chose to advertise with us.

Their paid adverts helped make it possible for us to create and produce the programme — and we’re incredibly grateful for their support. 🙌

So, please join us in showing some love to the businesses that helped make it happen. ❤️

Ryde Opticians & Hearing Care
of Wight Wool
Mike Harris Sound & Light

Thank you for supporting local production and helping bring our programme to life! 🎬✨

30/09/2026

🎉🌈 A HUGE THANK YOU! 🌈🎉

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in the Ryde Children’s Day Carnival Parade! 🎭🎶

You all brought so much colour, creativity and fun to the streets, and helped make the parade such a fantastic celebration for everyone. ❤️

🏆 Congratulations to our winners!

🥇 1st Place: Essie – Autumn Lane 🍂✨
🥈 2nd Place: Unicorn Club 🦄🌈
🥉 3rd Place: The Princess and the Frog 👑🐸

A huge well done to all our winners — and to every single person who entered and took part. You were all amazing! 👏🎉

Thank you for helping make Ryde Children’s Day Carnival such a special day. We can’t wait to see you all again! 🎪💖

28/09/2026

🎉🔎 AND THE WINNERS ARE…! 🔎🎉

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of our fantastic Ryde Carnival Window Spotting Competition winners! 🥳🏆

It was absolutely great to see how many people got involved, with families and Carnival fans all around Ryde getting out and about to spot! 🎪👀✨

🌟 Our lucky winners are:

🏆 Colby – Age 6
🥳 Karim – Age 7
🎉 Poppy – Age 11
🌈 Aluna – Age 4
🎁 Lukas – Age 12

A massive well done to all of you! 👏👏👏 We hope you enjoy your prizes! 🎁

And we couldn’t finish without saying a BIG THANK YOU to the fantastic local businesses who generously donated prizes and helped make the competition such a success:

🎪 Peter pans funfair and amusements
🛍️ Fantastic Store - Comics and Pop Culture Collectables
🎳 Ryde Superbowl
Your support helped add even more fun and excitement to this year’s Carnival, and we really appreciate you getting behind Ryde Carnival and our local community. ❤️

Thank you to everyone who took part — you helped make our Window Spotting Competition a real Carnival success! 🎉🎪

27/09/2026

🎉 A HUGE THANK YOU TO 🎉

We’d like to say a massive thank you to Ryde Town Council for sponsoring the Ryde Carnival! ❤️

Your support makes such a difference and helps us bring the community together for a fantastic day filled with colour, music, entertainment and carnival spirit. 🎭🎶🌈

We are incredibly grateful for your support and for helping us make the Ryde Carnival such a special event for everyone.

Thank you, Ryde Town Council, for supporting Ryde Carnival! 🙌❤️

23/09/2026

🎭✨ SPIRIT OF CARNIVAL RESULTS! ✨🎭

What an incredible celebration of talent, creativity and community! 🥳🎶

🏆 1st Place: Dance Vibez — Circle of Life (Lion King) 🦁
🥈 2nd Place: Carnibeats Community Carnival — Vikings ⚔️
🥉 3rd Place: Apollo Youth Theatre 🎭

A huge THANK YOU to our amazing sponsors for supporting Spirit of Carnival and helping make this event possible:

🙏 The Steamer Inn
🙏 The Dairymans Daughter
🙏 The Bargeman's Rest

Your support means so much to us and to everyone who took part. ❤️

Congratulations to all the performers, teams and everyone involved — you brought the carnival spirit to life! 🎉🌴🎭

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Ryde Town
Ryde
PO332DL

Website

https://rydecarnival.com/

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