Bridgwater Carnival
Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival – the UK’s oldest carnival
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Matty, a 17 year old boy from South Devon, is a wonderfully complex character who has had many medical challenges in his life and faced these with strength and determination. In many ways Carnival has saved Matty in moments when he needed distraction, before operations and at scary times.
2024 BRIDGWATER GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL – ‘IN NUMBERS’ 1) 2024 is the 419th anniversary of The Gunpower Plot, and the origins of Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival can be traced back to when Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators failed in their attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED With just under one week until the carnival returns to town on Saturday 2 November, the final countdown has begun to Bridgwater Carnival 2024. For the carnival clubs and masqueraders who are working on their spectacular entries around the clock, to the carnival organisers who
IT’S TIME FOR THE CARNIVAL MASK TRAIL TO OPEN As the countdown to this year’s Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival continues, 25 large carnival masks, designed and decorated by local school children have been placed on display in and around Bridgwater town centre. The masks all form part of a special trail
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