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‘SOLD OUT’ 2024 BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL CONCERTS BEGIN

‘SOLD OUT’ 2024 BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL CONCERTS BEGIN Last night (Monday 30 September) the...

Dave Croker Bridgwater Carnival President with Tara Bell Westcotts Partner and other carnival committee members and Westcotts staff

SQUIBBING SPONSOR CONFIRMED FOR 2024 BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL

Westcotts confirmed as our Squibbing Sponsor Photo courtesy of Brian Sweeting As the...

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AMBERSIL DONATES OVER 50,000 INDUSTRIAL CLEANING WIPES

Dave Creedy, Chairman of Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee, Kieron Neale, Ambersil’s Marketing...

BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL CLUBS DONATE £1,200 TO LOCAL NURSING HOME

Bridgwater Gangs & Features Donate £1200 to Local Nursing Home Bridgwater Gangs and...

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Somerset County Guy Carnivals Entries Open

APPLICATION WINDOW FOR ENTERING THE 2024 SOMERSET COUNTY GUY FAWKES CARNIVALS OPENS TODAY...

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BRIDGWATER GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL TO HOST ‘DROP IN’ DAY

Photos Courtesy of Bridgwater Photographic Society Photos Courtesy of Bridgwater Photographic Society Carnival...

Left to right Cat Mills Hinkley Point C Andrew Cockcroft Hinkley Point C David Cleaveley Bridgwater Carnival Dave Croker President of Bridgwater Carnival Nigel Winsper Biffa

Bridgwater Carnival Partner Up with Hinkley Point C

BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL AND HINKLEY POINT C PARTNER UP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Bridgwater Guy...

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BRIDGWATER GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL’S CHANCE TO WIN £1,000

Organisers of the UK’s oldest carnival is calling for nominations to win a...

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Christmas Collection 2024

SANTA’S BOOST FOR LOCAL CHARITIES Bridgwater charities have benefitted from a seasonal rush of goodwill. The Christmas Sleigh collection organised by the Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee raised a whopping £4,412. For a fortnight in the lead up to Christmas, the sleigh toured the town, including stopoffs at local supermarkets

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Matty

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.   

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2024 BRIDGWATER GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL – ‘IN NUMBERS’

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

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BRIDGWATER GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL – SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER,

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

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