Barnstaple Carnival will be returning on Saturday 20th September 2025.  After a fantastic event in 2024, supported by Flourishing Barnstaple, the management team has expanded and are already underway preparing for this year’s event.

We are hard at work putting everything in place for the big day (and the weeks leading up to it) but there is one thing we need more than anything … YOU!!

We want this year’s carnival to be packed with members of the community dressed to the nines and joining in with the carnival spirit. So now’s the time to start thinking about your entry! Whether you want to enter as a family group, society, club, business or on your own, we want you to be involved.

We’ve revamped a few things this year including the route and the entry classes and will have more details soon regarding Carnival Royalty and other carnival related events taking place in the lead up to the big day.