Great news indeed!
My shadow and myself in Bristol's Saint Pauls neighborhood, in Feb. 2015
This is when St Paul's Carnival will be returning to Bristol
Bristol Post - November 07, 2016
St Paul's Carnival will return next year and you have a chance to be a big part of the celebrations.
The event, which commemorates Bristol's culture and Afrikan Caribbean community, has disappointingly been absent from the calendar for the last two years.
It will be held again on July 1, 2017 to coincide with the tradition of the carnival taking place on the first Saturday in July.
You can be a part of it
To ensure the event is a success a new voluntary board of directors is being created to oversee the festivities.
The board will be formed of at least five members including a chair, a treasurer and a team of company directors.
Applications are now open to anyone who'd like to get involved with a deadline for entries being 9am on November 25.
Looking to the future
The leadership team will be tasked with organising a great 2017 celebration as well as looking to preserve the long-term future of the carnival which marks its 50th anniversary in 2018.
The new festival committee will work in a similar manner to a community interest company which looks to improve local life.
One of their key responsibilities will be to appoint a management team for the carnival.
Great to be back
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees is delighted St Paul's Carnival will return to the streets of the city.
He says: "St Paul's Carnival is and always will be a huge part of this city's cultural identity. It's important that we bring this showcase of Afrikan Caribbean culture back to the city streets so we will can again embrace the important role the community plays in our city life.
"I fully support the move to put in place a viable and sustainable plan and organisation to secure the future of Carnival as we approach its half century in 2018."
Appointments to the new board will be made in December.
Anyone interested in being a part of next year's carnival can visit www.voscur.org/carnival.
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Link to article: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/date-announced-for-the-return-of-st-pauls-carnival/story-29873893-detail/story.html#0EQBMvphVI3Fcvjb.99
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