Carnival

Date: Saturday 23 May 2026

Start: 11:00 at Community Centre

Route: to be confirmed

Theme: Pirates of the River Itchen

Get creative and make a pirate costume to join your fellow Pirates of the River Itchen as they parade around St Denys on foot, pram or barrow. Be inspired by pirates and corsairs, real and imaginary – like Grace O’Malley, Long John Silver, Captain Jack Sparrow or Bluebeard. Arr, ye’ll need to look shipshape me hearties!

St Denys Carnival is more than a fancy dress parade. At the Community Centre, there will be street food, a craft and makers market, live music, the famous Cake Off competition and more.

The whole neighbourhood will be celebrating, with live music and entertainment at our local pubs and other community venues, and our residents getting very creative with house and garden decorations too

The parade starts and finishes at the Community Centre on Priory Road, with a route (to be confirmed) that takes in as much of St Denys as possible.