Birmingham International Carnival takes place biennially in August in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...
, England. It is a celebration of Caribbean culture, arts, food and entertainment.
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
style
carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival typi ...
s were held in
Handsworth Park, Birmingham, from 1984 to 1994. The following year, the carnival moved from the park onto the streets of
Handsworth, and became known as the ''Birmingham Carnival''. Since 1999, it has been held as the ''Birmingham International Carnival'' in
Perry Barr
Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is also the name of a Government of Birmingham, England#Council constituencies, council constituency, managed by its own ...
(
Perry Park), following a procession from Handsworth's Soho Road.
Afro-Caribbean culture in England
Festivals in Birmingham, West Midlands
Carnivals in the United Kingdom
Community organisations in Birmingham, West Midlands
Caribbean-British culture
Recurring events established in 1984
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