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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Notting Hill carnival came ‘very close’ to not happening, says chair in funding appeal

Young girls dancing in the traditional family day parade: they are wearing pale green tops and shorts with extravagant pink and yellow feathered headdresses. One girl is drinking from a bottle that matches her costume
Carnival 2024: this year’s event was saved only a few weeks ago after funding was raised for safety and infrastructure measures. Photograph: Ollie Tikare/The Guardian

About 2 million people are expected to take to the streets this weekend at the annual Notting Hill carnival for its mix of music, food and Caribbean culture, but for the man who runs it, there is a sense of relief to see it taking place at all.

The chair of Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, Ian Comfort, told the Guardian that the event needed to secure a sustainable future after a year of funding rows, public disagreements with the Met police, and negative press after violence last year.

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