England's Craziest Street Party: Notting Hill Carnival 🇬🇧

this is 2024 Carnival and no matter who original who call who coaches no one's watching no one you'll see some of the most beautiful people in the most beautiful colors Carnival is in my bloodstream it's in my system we have to keep shining bright like a light you know respects to the guys who started the carnival ripping Jamaica big up one love is see it one love what the this love you need to make sure you're catching a wine this is the place welcome to nton Hill Carnival the biggest street par in Europe and one of the largest in the world and after all the protests that have been happening recently this is the perfect time to show that it's not all doom and gloom here this is my first time coming to Carnival so let's see what it's all about let's go what's your feon for coming today why the [ __ ] not yeah what's like the go-to thing if you go to Carnival what must you do have a bottle your own bottle and a chaser okay a lot of drinking tonight drinking a l a lot of drinking drinking and dancing multiple bottle in a bit take care wow hey guys a lot of drinking today lot of dancing but even just walking down the down the road you can just feel the vibe already man look how far it goes what's your reason for coming today uh to have fun to have fun to get up to celebrate Jamaica and we love you get it with with the drink what's the go to drink I so you got a red stripe in your hand I like a red stripe but anything with a high percentage I can carry in a portable container love rum which are making a you get it her AB don't represent my own we're drinking tonight is that the main thing yeah yes but also the vibe you know it's not just about getting drunk it's about enjoying the vibe many cariban CES together we're doing our thing represented exactly you have to bring the flags and bring your flag cool okay okay I'm I'm telling you I'm a flag baby enjoy enjoy thank you so much enjoy enjoy let's go one I see you on YouTube cheers I see you on YouTube Carnival is part of the culture in London on what on that everyone's drinking con is a culture in London I feel as everyone should be here like we like we we all love each other I feel like everyone's representing today doesn't really matter where you're from everyone's turning up like coming everyone's turning up can you see the street everyone's making noise we're loveing Carnival all right we'll catch all have a good one have a good one wow check it out guys place is Pats full of people people getting stuffed in search for some reason but so far it's been good vibes check it out this guys all nations coming together this is probably the bus I've seen London forget all the pro this is actually like this is more crazy I reckon it's packed good Vib peaceful positive that's what you want let's go what's Carnival all about for you um Carnival is about bringing our Jamaican culture together like the Caribbean culture and just celebrating it it's basically like our independence day and everyone gets to Take A Part w w I've seen a lot of drinkers a lot of dancing going on today as well yes of course you got to shake that ass you got to shake that ass do you come here every year as well no I haven't been here since probably before lockdown okay so yeah I haven't been in ages I was a bit nervous but I was like you know what I've just got out of relationship and let's go have some fun do you find your husband here or how's Carnival work I don't think this is the place to find your husband no it would be nice one in a million but you need to make sure you're catching a wine this is the place look at this we're been walking in check no one has anything let go for it okay let's go this is like the biggest party you'll see all summer I don't think it's much bigger than this especially in England crazy and because of the recent protest as well apparently all the Met police are here hey what's up what's up yeah he turnout man yeah but all the police are here that's why you polican I can't hear us up talk look at that check it out all the floats have a DJ and dances wow look at that guys check it out busy I don't know what the route is I think you just like walk anywhere you want this is absolutely massive this is right in the center of knocking Hill but they close off so many roads just for the carnival I don't know the exact rout but got people selling stuff over here and it's on a residential street so yeah the residence if you if you live locally you can just see it from your Ved of window which is pretty cool yeah check it out everyone everyone's here there a m of toilet they have report you don't want to use [Music] that tell me about the outfit today so today this is Carnival Mania we've come out in two sections this is Luna I'm proud to say I'm remember from probably the early days and we're going to mash up the road today and have the best time in the world yeah yeah I mean a lot of effort seems like goes into all these costumes how much preparation actually goes into today so as soon as Carnival finishes we start so it'll finish so today obviously is the last day then we'll start thinking about it from Tomorrow prototypes will be done in October and be ready by December yeah and I've been asking a lot of people today what's Carnival all about for you it's culture my family is from Grenada we've been doing this since I was 8 years old I'm 48 this year it will never change people don't understand the history of Carnival it's not just about the costumes and the people it's about us coming together as people and and the reasons why we came together there a lot of history in it so yeah that's what that's what Carnival's about to Luna and aora repping Carnival Mania as always the Mania Guardians wow you we sponsoring Mania so thank this is a drink you need to have yeah the original creeper you already know come on come on is that the go to we at carnival I have to drink some punch punch yes the go to is always rum punch if you're not drinking rum punch at carnival what are you doing doing Carnival prop I mean how long have you guys been coming to Carnival has it been like a yearly thing for you guys since birth we're not new to this we're true to this true to this it's in our blood d right yeah I've been asking a lot of people today what does Carnival mean to you and what about you guys one word freedom yeah there there's no other way to describe it that there's you don't feel as free anywhere else as when you are on the road surrounded by your friends and family listening to so music har on bad is the C and this is my first time coming say what what can I expect going to Carnival you'll see some of the most beautiful people in the most beautiful colors enjoying and and vibing you'll see some of the happiest faces that you will ever see you'll see some of the greatest costumes and you will hear some of the best music best SOA music SOA music all day every day wellow guys hit it here first and it's just warming up there's um yeah all the dancers are preparing here all the floats but man I can really feel the energy here I think it's be a crazy day out and the base of these speakers is super loud it's really loud wow my second time to the carnival her first time first time her first time is your first time is yeah my first time as well how have you found it so far I love it I love it all right yeah it's nice we're just trying to get into the action yeah I mean speaking to everyone it's very much a Caribbean thing but it's very inclusive I think the UK Carnival I it brings everybody together with everything that's been going on recently about our country I think it's [ __ ] our country our world definitely definitely hey guys what what do we expect to see today any Mischief T TI yes representing Trinidad today Trinidad and Tobago yeah all all the nation's out today all the nations are out today it's probably one of the most beautiful atmospheres in London I wish there were more of these definitely one of the things that concerns me most is the fact that you know people with messes and knives you can take them in now without any penalties so that's a great thing so it's a wonderful atmosphere and I hope you have a wonderful Carnival thank you I mean most of the time it's about how dangerous this this Carnival is but it's not about that it's all about the this so far comparatively it has been a very peaceful Carnival and the hope is that it will continue to be just that yeah enjoy yourself man we already [Music] yeah meeting and speaking to everyone it's clear noton Hill Carnival is where everyone gets together no matter where you're from for most it's not just about the parade is something they've grown up with and a way to celebrate their Roots yes so girls what's your theme for today what's the theme for today today is huon which is like the silk Kingdom so it looked at a lot of the um Chinese inspired so all the costumes are inspired by like silks basically and how how many years have you guys been coming to Carnival for I've been coming to Carnival since the '90s wow okay and has it changed a lot since then it has changed a lot um it's gotten bigger brighter a lot more people lot more people traveling to see us and um like we really appreciate people coming and sharing and celebrating Caribbean culture I just think it unites everyone even though it's from the Caribbean I feel like everyone's very inclusive everyone comes every year has a great time so yeah like everyone said similar things like from an outside it looks like it it's to party but there's a deeper meaning no no no for sure I feel like if you if you're from the Caribbean it's way deeper than just a party to us there a celebration because yesterday on Sunday I don't know if you know that is for when they basically got free part of them were free from slaves so that's why everyone was dirty last yesterday and then today's like the rebirth bar so that's why we all look bright and pretty and so on so I mean sometimes this Carnival gets deemed as like dangerous but no one really understands the true meaning behind it I think that's that's really important that's the thing I think if you're with the right people and you're around the right people you're filled of Carnival Spirit it is dangerous of the course but that could be anywhere you go but I mean like some people don't come out for what we come out for do you get I mean so I feel like they spoil it definitely and so far it's been all good vibes for me man of course of course you're around the good people that's why this is 2024 Carnival and original father don't know the things up yo watch your talk [Music] [Music] girl make more noise on get ready to how many years have you been coming to Carnival uh about since I was 4 years my first time I don't know what what's Carnival all about for you guys Carnival is all about culture all about dancing enjoy yourself what dance SS you need to know if he comes to Carnival make sure that Wast is that water yeah a lot I see you guys got the flags and stuff but what's a red flag at carnival a red flag at carnival that's no red Flex in carnival anything good anything good no rules no a wine is not relationship remember that she said it not be so this cariv going on for ages now and it goes all around not in hill all around basically this part of the part of the area is absolutely massive and the amount of floats actually are must be at least 100 like 50 people in each one it's yeah out having a good time really hey guys do you take cash on card oh yeah cool can I get run punch punch yeah yeah yeah yeah 10 [ __ ] H 10 Oh my days you guys are making a lot of money 10 how's Carnival been for you this year Carnival has been very good um this is our first time selling and being on the other side but we enjoying it now time that's what I love to see people are like using it to likeit make bit money what's in the drink me what's in the r hito [Music] and yeah this usually gets like a bad prce event but honestly this has been like good vibe you can't stop smiling Mar here everyone's super friendly saying hello to you yeah incredible incredible i' highly recommend it I mean and a lot of effort goes into all these costumes that you see um the people that I was spoken to today have said that these costumes actually take like nearly a year to to make wow look at it at this guys all the colors we yeah Heavenly police as well we got some police officers here Carnival is in my bloodstream it's in my system uh I'm a DJ I'm a band leader I'm the presenter of the live stream so I'm involved in a number of ways and what about today how's it been for you is it any different to any other year it's been fabulous so far it's early you know the bands are coming down nice and early and I think it's going to be a great day you're going to see some amazing costumes today amazing and it's my first time coming to Carnival so I've been asking people what's like the must thing you have to do when you come to Carnival well oh you got to whine on somebody that means dance on them you got to drink something and you had to eat some good food cool all right sh for the word man look this look this is explains it to you they're the rules SOA Calypso rum Panorama all inclusive ju mask and lman once you do all of them you're good yeah I I'll take off the list go cheers man thank you who you representing today I'm representing Guyana I'm representing Grenada I'm representing Barbados s Vincent and the grenades Cameroon camon well both as well quite a lot I feel like all the nations come out for Carnival all all all nations yes right here where it's been communist supporting this for years and it's really great to see so many people around yeah and they also the energy yeah it's been good vibes everyone's been super friendly everyone says hello like it's that kind of vibe that's right it's what we need at the minute I think as well especially after the last couple of weeks yeah and you're doing a good job cares bro thank keep going do you guys come here every year no it's my first time coming yeah me too how have you found it very great like really I like the vibe like everything yeah where have you guys traveled from for the event you londoners all I'm coming from Paris right all the way from France wance how did you hear about Carnival then is this like the main one that everyone knows um I have a friend she's coming like every year this year she's not coming but I say okay I have to come because every year I can see your pictures I think I might come next year yeah come again next year yeah I think so and we we've kind of a lot of dancing a lot of costumes but for you guys is it the drinking today I don't drink I have Coke I drinking R NE Coke R NE Coke Coca-Cola yeah thank right go have [Music] [Music] fun W guys already in the thick of it now look at all the costumes that are here all colors very fluorescent Styles I don't know what to say look at it guys wow yo Lads how's Carnival been today lit lit lit lit as always what's the motive what are we saying was going to have fun see what the see what the carnival is saying yeah yeah do you guys do you guys come every year every year every year every year how's it this year better than better than the others come on H well how's this year been better than the other years or better than yesterday yeah what I'm seeing Oh my God come on man get me har Duncan on socials nice nice enjoy it mate yeah guys as you can see all a live for here been there yeah so far so good loads of people here to truly understand Carnival we have to go back to the 1960s when the Caribbean community in London started the event in response to racial tensions I made it to triny hill where every year the carnival passes through to honor those who started the tradition these are the people some of them here are from the ones who started the carnival they're getting older now this is called the triny hill and a lot of people here are the original Carnival masqueraders and they getting older now you can see they're on the chairs they're sitting down this is how it started the real the real OG's are here today the OG's are here I have one of them as well but we old I heard Trinidad was that the original Carnival is it it was in the' 60s we started a carnival here um in nting hill and since then it's been going on and on and getting bigger yeah so you can see by if you look out there now so many people want to join in and it's the most inclusive Street Festival you can find anywhere in the world big respect to you man it's telling me you guys are like the OG's for Carnival we OG's for Carnival man we've been doing this for years you I mean yeah read the original Rhythm how's it changed over the years has it gone better is it worse yeah it went up it went down but right now we bring it back up yeah this is my first time coming but i' I found it so good like Good Vibes good people listen this hill triny hill TR Hill everybody welcome yeah every in our country we got asiia we got everybody and they speak the same language you s are one love one love I thought today is very fitting about what's going on I thought it's very relatable to what I've been doing yeah but but if you look at what's happening here there's no protest here yeah everyone here wants to be in this Carnival enjoying themselves they'll have a drink but that what it is now back in the days it had issues but now it's just one love and it's a one love movement yeah definitely it's really posit probably the craziest thing I've ever been to positive and when you Pan the the the the crowd of people that's out there is all the races are here yeah exactly like I don't know why it gets a bad SI people causing trouble is literally everyone's like go back to the' 60s and they will use what happened in the 60s to put a downer on it but if you think about it this is possibly a million or two people on on the street you can't get you can't get any Festival where there's 2 million on the street and it's so peaceful definitely so you enjoy yourself you can walk around you can look at the costumes look at the ladies all sorts are going on here yeah yeah yeah yeah this is where these are like the real ogs of Carnival they come every year and you can just see the different ages I give us a lot [Music] song okay so this are is where all the food is it looks like a sort of Jamaican food down this way yeah have a look check it out that's why you can see all the smoke coming from this side let's see what they're cooking what what are you cooking over here well here we have some oh I see it nice nice over here a look have a look what are we cooking my year JK chicken beautiful The Jerk Chicken yes very delicious W you know as you go along the Carnival you this is one of the most traditional dish you will find yeah and would you say on this street it's all Jamaican food down here well 90% 90% 90% oh thank you man thanks very much man yeah as you can see it's all all toan food down here these men cooking up some chicken what's up guys W loads of food here check it out wow yeah every street has different kind of music different kind of food has all sorts going on Wow have a look some spicy chicken as well good looking on your channel I wish you the best with your channel cheers manate apprciate hey guys meeting some of you guys out here really cool man everyone everyone's been super friendly today really appreciate you but yeah we're going to try find some food look what some hats all the flowers all the flowes WoW hey man do you sell a beef patty yes yeah I'll have one of those yeah just one yeah all right 4 for a beef patty who are these guys let have a look this what a a taste of passion oh cheers man thank you thank you cheers all right let's try this uh beef patty there go this is really nice it's like a it's better than an English Patty [Music] I'm giving this like a eight 8 out of [Music] 10 wow this is really good [ __ ] hell okay let's see what other food we can find I want to get some plantain or plain whatever you say it all right guys going to try some plain how long have you guys been doing nton hill Carnival for this is our first year first year right actually our first year yes pressure is it is it a lot of these things family run like how do they work a lot of these food stands are they all like family run yeah yeah yeah definitely they're family run um this is this is actually um my daughter and my friend's daughter so yeah we're just out here just enjoying the time together and just yeah yeah what would you say Carnival is all about culture culture music whining food whining yeah is that after the food [Music] yeah so that's what ni Carnival guys get yeah let me try yeah everyone's kind of selling similar stuff so I guess there's a lot of competition for these for these food stands to sell a lot but it's kind of all the same stuff so must be it must be good it's very popular yeah how would you describe plantain like a fried banana isn't it yes I yeah fried banana what do you frighten is it a special oil or something no no special oil just um a little bit of B okay you can deep fry it let's have we go fried fried banana £4 this cost let's have a look look like potatoes pretty good tastes like potato hey yo are you guys from Brazil brail Brazil Brazil how does this compare to Brazil carnival the same in the same environment but in Brazil the guys is more go to talk with strangers okay more chatty second more talking in Brazil yeah more NY the people Morey yeah love it man I 100 100% recommend H not H carnival for everyone if you live Europe came here you're going to have a great time for for someone like me who's never got come before what do you recommend my first time what do you recommend I do why I feel in a here sound system still some up by Middle Road got abash Shanti and I don't know if the floats are still about but you know just enjoy the F and feel the energy yeah you've been going for a couple years I imagine how do you remember it back in the day or until it is now yeah man feel back in the day I think Carnival's always been a good thing they're trying to restrict it more and more but we have to keep shining bright like a light you know so in where am I from yes it's your country I love to know Korea Korea amazing I love Korea um tabaki is my favorite oh yeah I love it where you guys from I'm from you're amazing where you guys from I'm from Southeast Jamaica Trinidad and St Lucia oh [Music] wow check this out guys look at the sound system got the DJ [Music] here feels like on holiday crazy check it out check it [Music] out wow look at these guys these guys on the speakers wow look at that hey man you fil mey YouTube sub come on hey yo Wy winter table Time Podcast go we're going to get lost $30 $30 new sponsor notal Carnival hey 2024 turn up big up man with my brother get me I hold let me try it let me try it all right let what is this oh that's nice tropical man I'm liking it what's it called $30 $30 that is nice that is nice homemade yeah so the people that come to Noto Carnival from all backgrounds so obviously Noto Carnival is based on the Caribbean culture yeah the Trinidad culture the Jamaican culture but everybody comes out even people all over the from Africa Ghana Nigeria you see what I'm saying people from England we're all out here you know what I mean so it's it's a diverse thing as you can see when you look around you got people from all ethnicities all colors all coaches no one's watching no one you could get waved right now start dancing and if you know the dances they're going to film you and say yo my man's tuned in you get me so but how you finding it though how you like most most of the time I my first time coming and the only reason I haven't gone the is that always gets like a negative rep like oh it's dangerous and this and that but it's been calm it's been calm man come on man Carnival come on bro Carnival is for everybody it's not just for um say Jamaicans it's for everybody you get me every so look you're here now you're enjoying it I'm liking the Vibes yeah look and people's come up to you taking pictures of you all right good vibes all look big up JB we also got my Bri in here B what you do man I do acting for like short films and music videos I walk through some of the biggest artists in Jamaica and the UK man um yeah it's my first time coming as yeah likewise but it's all right the Vibes all right the people are all right everyone's all right it's good vibes you get me yeah I mean like that's what I was saying to your mate as well like it does get a bad rep but like now it's been sick today I think like it's all right every everyone needs to come out and everyone needs to come outside and enjoy it show look look look you got people here bro show show the culture everybody's here look the gjo a good vibes come on show them this is worldwide [Music] [Applause] I get to reload on new G for the winter is this where you find your wife in carnival no no no you don't find your wife here still I don't know about that in it cuz goby wearing booty shorts and that I don't know about that you don't find your wife you find your your concubine concubine that's what I'll go with how's Carnival been for you though today it's been decent still I've been I was struggling to find my cousins but we're together now literally just getting a bit of grub then you know what I'm saying we're active we're L what we drinking at carnival what's the go to you got you got you got the Captain Morgan here we got the spiced and the dark Ramen there you got the Henny can't go wrong with the heny and then my other cousin's got the race so we need to rise up the r as well still [Music] we come every year we have to celebrate you know we love to celebrate our culture and share our culture as well yeah what does Carnival mean to you oh enjoyment Harmony everyone getting together it's peaceful it's good it's all about the music oh beautiful oh that's a given I love the um still B and of course the different stages with the different DJs that yeah this is my favorite [Music] [Music] yeah as you can see everyone comes out for Carnival about what an atmosphere this is a [Applause] crazy even just crossing the road here pretty pretty hectic yeah all the streets full of people [Music] so as you can see every road is different everywhere you go like look at this one people flying the flags over here people selling food on the corner man this is really good vibes I'm more for like a day out rather than a night out and this has been uh this has been sick W have a look how crazy it is for you that Carnival is literally on your doorstep is it like the favorite time of the year for you um I wouldn't say the favorite time but it's a wonderful time really nice time the year um you know it's just nice to hear the music see people enjoying themselves mixing and having having fun you what that's what it's abouta the Caribbean Spirit coming back 100% how how's it been for you today yeah it's it's been wonderful you know um it's a time of bringing family together again for me yeah which is superb so yeah totally enjoy it surrounded by them yeah a lot of people have said that to me like they don't see their friends or family for a long time at carnivals the time to do it yeah because that's what it's about because in it's the same back in the islands you know uh it's about the whole island family bringing everybody together and not just from the country from all over the world and hit you hit the v dub in the background but all these sound systems are proper Bassy you just hear it probably kills the mic but you'll see it as I as I get closer everybody here rewind it's like a party literally in the middle of the street right my name is the that [Music] [Music] yeah I had to get out that Crow it's super noisy but man you just thought the atmosphere one you're here got a drink got this uh R nephew's rum with Coke but yeah every street is different some have loads of Music some will sell food and you've even got like these stands selling all the all the flags as [Music] well so you can see it's a real cultural event all different nations coming out man have a look guys W if about to hit me through this crowd again man that [Applause] not hey look at [Music] [Music] W how's Carnival been for you this year hey it's been really awesome amazing where have you traveled from to come here I travel from the Netherlands roddam wow do you find that people come from all over the world to come over the world all over the world we come enjoy Carnival you know enjoy Soo music everything yeah would you come again next year definitely pull up everybody pull up in the carnival next year 2025 yes I am for me it's been good good representation of culture good way to express myself and my friends of course I enjoy it every year yeah will be coming back again next year of course of course I come back every year probably bring my kids next year too yeah what's been like the main highlight would you say just seeing all the different flags seeing all the um floats the way that people enjoy themselves just seeing every representation of everybody really and I think like especially with the curring climate it's good to see the togetherness of what Carnival is about isn't it it is I like seeing the diversity the differences um just seeing every different type of person here do you know what I mean I like seeing everyone enjoy themselves this Carnival is for everybody I'm not going to lie it's been lit it's been lit the weather hasn't been great but as long as we're hot everything's hot yeah do you guys come every year every year what are you saying do you not it's my first time so your first time oh my god get yourself some jerk chicken some plant PL not plantain tell them about the essential get yourself some wines the essentials bu yeah what's the carnival starter pack then what's the carnival starter pack you need some shorts some some black trainers a nice Marina and you need that dagger I'm sorry get the waste with that you get that in time don't worry how does this one compare with you say to other years it's been 30 still cuz of Co and that lately it's been a bit it yeah was this the first one since Co or what's been the motive today what's the today it's car full stop there's no other it's culture it's culture it's everything yeah a lot of people said that about the culture man like a lot of people come out like no matter where you're from no man you got to step out man I appreciate the outdoors sometimes socialize you know what I mean love the people people love you you know what I mean it's not always Doom and Gloom it's one of the few days we get to actually you know what I mean yeah and how do you guys feel about that perception the media will will tarnish it a bit and say how dangerous the carnival is how what do you have to say to that we're we're they'll bring controversy to anything related to us man then it but if you see it look around it's just nothing but love and peace exactly like you exactly like you guys came up to me to have a that's how it's been all day everyone just wants to chat goodbyes and peace man what's your name what's your name Wesley Wesley winter Wesley winter that's the coldest name I've heard what's your name what's your name Jaden some [ __ ] sa sa yeah guys how's Carnival been for you this year Carnival North n but I've been spending time with my girl spending you know what I'm saying so yeah Carnival 2024 yeah 2024 is it yeah 24 24 yeah no no spectacular spectacular trust me so I'm from BM in a minute but um like I was saying to my girl I was basically saying H it's a multicultural thing going on here and everyone's here to enjoy themselves and have fun and that's the main thing we don't need to politic with each other exactly 100% we're just here to enjoy ourselves enjoy The Vibes have fun and just integrate with each other you get me and that's what it is exactly you have a bit like msty people are drinking people are smoking but you're going to get that everywhere you go in it normal normal normal normal normal obviously people in relays them them grade or whatever but um everyone's here for a good time you get me and that's what it is yeah 100% are you back here next year why is uh my lifesty I need to check it out and see what I going on in and from there we see what I going on in cool cool all right nice to meet you maning amazing yeah what would you say the Highlight for you was tonight I'm hanging out with my boys listening to the floats dancing on the streets yeah I mean it usually gets quite a bad reputation but it's been all good vibes today for me but to be to be fair they what over a million people here yeah exactly you know if you have 20 or let's say 200 people trying to cost or whatever it's it's you can't compare it yeah you can't compare it to everything but I'll say I've had an amazing time with my friends and I'll come here next year yeah see you next year yeah definitely nice one brother who you refering today by the way this is Nigeria yeah [ __ ] boy [ __ ] boy exactly we came to take over h on so as you can see some people are absolutely destroyed this the time this time of the night get some food recover well I've heard this goes on till like 700 p.m. like really late but tonight it's been Wicked I feel like the perception of Carnival is just ruined by mainstream media they say how dangerous it is but I've seen nothing but positive vibes from everyone everyone's super friendly and I'm definitely coming again coming again next year so Carnival 2025 I'll see you what there but this was n in Hill Carnival I'll see you for the next one peace