2008 Information | Procession
Audience Information
The 2008 Carnival will follow the same route as in previous years, assembling in Parkway on the Sydenham estate, ready to pull off at 7 p.m.
The "rest area" will be the same as 2007, from the junction of Broadway/Old Taunton Road to the junction of St Mary Street/Friarn Street.
Please note the map on the location page has now been updated with the new rest area.
You will find other relevant information to the procession on this page as it becomes available.
If you require further details on the procession itself or entering the procession please contact our Procession Officer (pictured right) by phone on 07971 515291 or email,
Entrants Information
Carnival 2008: Entry Forms and Conditions of Entry for the 2008 procession are now available, copies will be sent out automatically to entries from 2007 and people who have contacted us since. If you do not receive your entry form or are a new entry copies can be downloaded below. If you have any queries please contact Malcolm Cattle, details above.
There are changes to the line up this year, following on from comments made after last year the 2008 procession will form up as follows:
Division 1 - Guy Fawkes, President, Media, Bluelight, winners of the 2007 County Cups for Tableaux & Feature.
Division 2 - One third of the walking entries.
Division 3 - Sixteen mounted entries.
Division 4 - One third of the walking entries.
Division 5 - Nineteen mounted entries.
Division 6 - One third of the walking entries.
Division 7 & 8 - The remaining mounted entries
Carnival Guide Book - VSO: Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnival Association have put together a comprehensive guide on the procedure to obtain a VSO, to view this document click on the link below.
Dispute Procedure: As you may be aware all seven carnivals of the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnival Association have adopted the same procedure for dealing with disputes that may occur during the procession, including before and after, if you wish to download a copy of the procedure please click on the link below.
Bridgwater Carnival Procession
All entries in the Bridgwater Carnival will receive a form to fill in giving details of their entry in order that the commentators can provide a useful commentary on the DVD, if you want to download the form and get it out of the way, click on the link below.
Conditions of Entry for the 2008 procession can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.
Entries - a list of entries received to date can be found by clicking on the link below.
