Preston Caribbean Carnival returns today. Skinny Banton headlining.
Moor Park, Preston, opens 1:15 PM. Free admission. Carnival parade departs 1 PM. UK diaspora anchor event.
If you are in the northwest of England today, Preston Caribbean Carnival returns to Moor Park. Carnival parade departs 1 PM. Moor Park opens 1:15 PM and runs until 7:30 PM. Free admission. The day is headlined by Grenadian soca artist Skinny Banton, with Singcere and Mento P, the Carisoul Vibes live band, and DJs Invinceable (Toronto) and Sweet T (Moods Radio Manchester).
This is the kind of UK-diaspora cultural anchor that does not get the international coverage Notting Hill draws but matters enormously to the Caribbean community across Lancashire and the surrounding counties. The Preston Caribbean diaspora has held a carnival on this Sunday for years, sustaining a regional cultural infrastructure that the larger UK conversation often overlooks. Arts Council England funding, Preston City Council support, the long-form community organizing that makes a free family event possible — all of it visible today.
For Caribbean families in the UK: this is one of the major spring anchor events of the British carnival calendar. Bring food. Bring kids. Stay for the late sets.
Source: Preston City Council, May 19, 2026