Return of Exeter Carnival welcomed after 1000’s watch metropolis centre parade

The profitable return of Exeter Carnival within the metropolis centre has been welcomed by Metropolis Council Chief Phil Bialyk.

1000’s of individuals watched the parade by way of the town centre on Saturday night.

Exeter Carnival started its journey in 1977 and was held yearly till its 20 12 months run concluded in 1998.

Coinciding with the Christmas lights, inExeter introduced the carnival’s creativity and neighborhood spirit again to Exeter to rejoice all that the town has to supply.

Cllr Bialyk mentioned: “This can be a fantastic occasion and it was nice to see so many individuals coming into the town to rejoice. Plenty of work has gone into this and I’m so happy to see the outcomes.

“These are tough instances for everybody with the price of residing disaster persevering with and I believe individuals welcomed the prospect to attend a free occasion. The carnival brings individuals collectively by giving them the prospect to come back into the town centre and luxuriate in themselves.”

The heavy rain all through the afternoon did nothing to dampen the spirits of the massive numbers of people that lined the route by way of the town centre.

The Carnival began at 6pm on the backside of South Avenue. It paraded alongside South Avenue, into the Excessive Avenue and processed alongside Sidwell Avenue, across the Odeon roundabout and completed on the junction with Excessive Avenue and Paris Avenue.

The official charity of Exeter Carnival is Younger Lives vs Most cancers, who have been the official bucket collector on the evening. Folks can even textual content CARNIVAL to 70450 to donate £5. Texts will price the donation quantity plus one commonplace community price message.

A full record of Carnival entry winners is accessible on the Exeter Carnival website