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Notting Hill Carnival to go digital for 2020 festival

The London summer staple will be streamed online during the August bank holiday weekend.

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Notting Hill Carnival will be moving online this year after the event was forced to cancel its street party due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time in its 54-year history, the west London summer staple will be streamed over four channels online over the bank holiday weekend next month, between August 29 and 31.

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One of the participants being filmed for Notting Hill Carnival: Access All Areas (Notting Hill Carnival Ltd/PA)

Matthew Phillip, executive director of Notting Hill Carnival, said: “Carnival is such an important part of people’s lives and key celebration of the multiculturalism of the UK, and we have a responsibility to our community and pioneers to honour that.

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Notting Hill Carnival is going online after being cancelled for the first time in its 54-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic (Notting Hill Carnival Ltd/PA)

The three-day spectacle of music, dancing, food and drink usually attracts thousands of revellers to the capital for the long-standing celebration of Caribbean heritage in London.

– Details on how to register for the digital carnival can be found at www.nhcarnival.org.

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