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2018
Steeped in traditions, embracing all and showcasing authenticity, Leeds West Indian Carnival continues to share the spectacle, the art and…
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2017
Leeds West Indian Carnival celebrates 50 years with a year of spectacular events across Leeds. A record breaking 250,000 people…
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2017 committee
Current Committee Members: Back row L-R Brainard Braimah; Arthur France MBE, Hon LLd (Chair); Stuart Bailey (Acting Treasurer); Debbie Jeffers…
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2016
Record crowds of over 160,000 attend the Carnival parade. AnonyMas take the Biggest and Best Troupe titles. Unity Carnival Arts…
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2014
Pop Up Carnival appears at the Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour de France in Leeds city centre and Scarborough…
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2008
Brenda ‘Soca B’ Farara becomes the first woman to win the annual Calypso Monarch title. Tyrone Henry as Pan Jumby,…
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1992
First J’Ouvert parade – the traditional Caribbean early morning start to Carnival Day. Hughbon Condor’s landmark transformable Caterpillar Butterfly costume worn…
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1980’s
1982 Carnival Parade goes down Regent and North Street cutting out Leeds city centre for the first time. 1983 Carnival…
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Early 1970s
Trinidadian Ras Shorty develops The Soul of Calypso known today as soca music. Trevor McDonald comperes Carnival Queen Show at…
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1969: Drum, Kettle and Fife
There is no Masquerade without the big drum, kettle and fife. The late fife players Kenneth Brown and Prince Elliot…
