Kick off the Isle of Wight Carnival Season with Newport Carnival!
Main: 7pm 20th July 2024 | Illuminated: 9pm 22nd August 2024

Christmas Carnival 2022

Newport Carnival will be for the first time in 3 years holding their popular Christmas Carnival parade around Newport on Saturday 3rd December 2022.  There will be a number of other activities going on throughout the day including a new market traders event. More details will be released in due course.

Newport Carnival Celebrates 100 Years of Carnivals

Newport Carnival celebrated its 100th year of carnivals in style with world famous Titan the Robot making an appearance and Island curatiors Shademakers who appeared at the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant in June.  St Thomas’ Square saw an array of locals and holidaymakers who came to see Titan the Robot, who is no stranger to the […]

TITAN the ROBOT is coming to Newport!

Titan the Robot is making his way to Newport to celebrate 100 years of Newport Carnival! The Titan the Robot’s wisecracking antics have become the stuff of legends and his show is unrivalled in the world today! Funny, fast-paced and full of surprises, Titan is the ultimate family entertainment show where you come to expect […]

Newport Carnival’s Royalty Selection Evening 2022

How do you fancy being a part of Newport Carnival’s 100th-anniversary celebrations? Newport Carnival’s Royalty Selection Evening takes place on Friday 8th April 2022 at the Arty Crafty Party Shop at 15 High Street, Newport PO30 1SS. Registration is from 6pm with judging commencing at 7pm. Anyone in school year 5 to 13 are welcome […]

Newport Carnival to host Good Friday Quiz Night at Newclose Cricket Ground

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Newport Carnival & Community Events Association will host a Good Friday Quiz Night at Newclose Cricket Ground in Blackwater on Friday 15th April 2022. There is only a limited number of spaces so make sure you book up your team fast. For more information and to book, visit – newportcarnival.com/quiz

Southern Vectis supports Newport Carnival with the bus operator’s Community Fund

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Newport Carnival will offer something a little bit special this summer – thanks to a donation from Southern Vectis’ Community Fund. The town’s carnival is celebrating 100 years in 2022, and its committee applied to the bus operator’s Community Fund to help mark the impressive milestone in style. Paddy McHugh, the vice-chairman, speaking on behalf […]

Riverfest 2022 to sail ahead under new stream!

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Isle of Wight Riverfest was launched in 2008 by the Isle of Wight Council. The event was taken over by The Footprint Trust in 2010 and has become the biggest free community event in Newport, attracting some 4,000 people annually. Due to the Covid pandemic, the event had to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021. […]

Merry Christmas from Newport Carnival!

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We would like to take this opportunity to say a very Merry Christmas from the whole team at Newport Carnival. It has been another one of those years where we hoped to hold our annual carnivals but were forced to take the safe option and cancel them. Plans have been underway during the past 6 […]