Monday
Monday 25 August 2025
Adult's Parade
10.30 - Parade Route
This is the carnival climax. It’s the last lap for another year and you can really feel the intensity of the party vibes. It’s what the MAS Bands have been preparing for all year: it’s showtime! Time to free up and just revel in the joy that is carnival!
If you haven’t bought a band costume feel free to wear your own (you won’t be alone), grab a whistle or a horn find a good position on the parade route (we recommend you arrive early) and jump up and dance as the floats pass you by.
NEW FOR 2025 - The Judging Zone Grandstand is now open to the public and this is place to be to see the bands at the absolute very best - tickets are available from TICKETSOURCE.CO.UK
Sound Systems
12:00-19:00
If you love to dance in the street but dont want to be‘on di road’ then Sound Systems are where its at. Sound Systems are a well established and integral part of Notting Hill Carnival specifically.
Notting Hill Carnivals Sound System tradition is rooted in Jamaican culture and reggae music, at todays carnival you can hear everything from rare groove to house to samba.
Live Stages
(TBC)12:00-19:00
Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance
Powis Square Stage - Produced by Alvaro Barrington
12:00-19:00 - Powis Square, W11 2AY
Moment Of Reflection
At 3pm on both Sunday and Monday, a 72 second slience will be held to remember the 72 lives tragically lost in the Grenfell Tower fire. This moment of reflection will also honour those who's lives were recently cut short at Notting Hill Carnival, Kelso Cochrane whose racially motivated murder in 1959 became one of the catalysts for Notting Hill Carnival and we also give thanks to the pioneers who laid the events foundation.
