Cowley Road Carnival - Soca News The origin of Carnival in Oxford lie in the Caribbean Carnival in 1986. Typically attended by around 50,000 people, including a third of the city’s population, the Cowly Road Carnival pulsates with rhythm, colour, performance, dance, art, creativity and most of all, full on joie de vivre as the East Oxford community comes together in […]

#Oxford: #CowleyRoadCarnival cancelled (again) https://socanews.com/carnivals/cowley-road-carnival/

It would have been an unfortunate date anyways, clashing with #BunkFest among other things.

A crowd of people in a churchyard, under trees. Some are playing instruments, including drums and a trumpet. Others are dancing/watching.

Carnival day here today. Managed to catch the procession, but it was also lovely to stumble across members of Sol Samba, Horns of Plenty and others, playing in the churchyard of St Mary and St John after the procession had finished #CowleyRoad #CowleyRoadCarnival