Great to meet up with Rob of @lightningfibre.bsky.social ⚡️ at Sicilia Qui today to start making plans for Eastbourne Carnival 2026! Exciting! 🥳 #eastbourne #eastbournecarnival #eastbournelocal #eastbourneevents

📣 Theme announcement for Eastbourne Carnival 2026!! 🎬 🎞️ 'Lights, Camera, Action!' ✨ Bring to life your favourite films, Television Programs and Theatre Productions. 🎭 Create Costume, Props, Floats and Music & Dance around your chosen subject

📣 Tomorrow is @ninfieldcarnival Main Carnival Day 🎪 ✨ This Village Carnival celebrates 90 years this year and is returning after a 6 year absence. We wish the organisers and participants a wonderful day! 🥳 🍀

📣 Announcing our Winners of Eastbourne Carnival 2025 🏆 First up - Best Non-Sussex Entrant 🥇 First Place is @Bhangra Smash Up 🇮🇳 🎉 🎉 🎉 🥈 In second place - @Caporales Centralistas San Miguel : London 🇧🇴 🎉

📣 Announcing our Winners of Eastbourne Carnival 2025 🏆 First up - Best Float 🚚 🤩 🥇 First Place is Irish in Eastbourne 🇮🇪 🎉 🎉 🎉 🥈 In second place - Cherry Dance💃🏻 🥉 In third place is - Children with Cancer Fund with CJ Thorne 🎅

📣 Announcing our Winners of Eastbourne Carnival 2025 🏆 Next is - Best Costume 💃🏻 🥇 First Place is Cherry Dance 🎉 🎉 🎉 🥈 In second place - Irish in Eastbourne 🇮🇪 🎉 🥉 In third place is - The Beacon Eastbourne with Media Attention ✨

📣 Announcing our Winners of Eastbourne Carnival 2025 🏆 First up - Best Performance 🎭 🥇 First Place is Media Attention & The Beacon - The Red Barrows 🎉 🎉 🎉 🥈 In second place - Irish in Eastbourne 🇮🇪 🎉 🥉 In third place is - Cherry Dance💃🏻

🌟 Many thanks to all the team and traders from Eastbourne Borough Market who worked their magic at our Carnival Market! 🌟 🎉 Huge thanks also goes out to Your Eastbourne BID for their work on the market and the after party! 💃 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents

📸 A huge thank you to Modify Media & Tadas TK Photography who were there throughout the day to capture amazing photo and video content! 📸 🤩 Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for content from the special day! 🤩 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal

👏 A massive thank you to our Volunteer Marshals! 👏 🌟 Including volunteers from Eastbourne Round Table , The Holding Space and Canine Concern . 🌟 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex #sussexevents #carnival2025

🙌 A special thank you to the @Mayor of Eastbourne for supporting the Carnival this year 🎉 The Mayor helped us give a very warm welcome to our guests from @Dortmunder Karneval 🥳 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #dortmunderkarneval #dortmund

🌟 Thank you to all that have been involved with our Bucket Collection! 🪣 Organised by Andy on our Committee, with great help from members of our community including the Eastbourne Lib Dems. 1/2

And a massive thanks to our Bucket Collectors on the Day: Josh Babardine MP , Dolly Delicious , volunteers from Mankind , Design Lab Eastbourne , Ancells & Eastbourne Round Table for their help. 🫶 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne 2/2

🌟 A massive thank you to the team at Treasure Island (Fort Fun) & The Lansdowne Hotel for helping out our latin entrants! 🌟 📸 Photo Credits to: Caporales Centralistas San Miguel : London #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal

🙌 Big big thanks to @Stagecoach South East for providing us with a bus for our guests from @Dortmunder Karneval 🥳 And also for providing the Dotto Train for @Printers Playhouse Ukulele Army 🎶 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal

📣 Shout out of thanks to South Coast Trailers in Hankham for supplying the trailer for our road closure signs 🚧 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal

🙌 A special mention to the team at @Mativus (formerly RJM Digital) for creating the most awesome Carnival website for us - and for their continued support! 🎉 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbourneevents #eastbournelocal

🙌 A HUGE thank you to all our Sponsors! 🎉 🎉 ⚡️ Lightning Fibre 🌟 The View Hotel Eastbourne ✨ Best of Eastbourne 🎶 Seahaven FM 🎞️ Media Attention 🗞️ Bournefree Magazine 🧑‍🎨 Custard Design & Print 🎪 Eastbourne Borough Market 👩🏻‍💻 Mativus

🙌 Thanks to our local artists and performers who delivered our @Lightning Fibre Creative Workshops 🎭 Cotton Candy 🎉 @Devonshire Collective CIC 🧵 The Happy Dashery at 186 🎭 Sunshine International Arts 💃🏻 Cherry Dance 🕺🏻 Dance with Emma M You did a fabulous job 🫶 🌟

✨ This year, we were able to expand our Carnival Creative Workshops for our Entrants 🥳 🙏 Our sincere thanks to our Carnival Creative Workshop Sponsor - @Lightning Fibre 🙌 And also to Arts Council England, and Chalk Cliff Trust for their funding and support.

It starts with the theme... ✨ This year - our artwork for 'Celebrations of the World' was created by the very talented Write Hand Designs! Thank you 🙌 for creating this fabulous artwork for our Carnival 🌟 Check them out here www.writehanddesigns.com/ #eastbourne #eastbournecarnival #ebcarnival

🎉 Thank you to team from Barchester for supplying the vehicles for our Latin Entrants and to their drivers from Lydfords Uckfield, Hazel Lodge, Battle, Sycamore Grove Stones Cross and Mortain Place Eastbourne! #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

🎉 Thank you to PMA Scaffolding for supplying trucks for the Irish in Eastbourne and Seahaven FM #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

🎉 A massive thank you to Fort Fun & Lansdowne Hotel for looking after our Latin entrants! #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

📣 A message from our Platinum sponsor Media Attention: Here are the Red Barrows reporting for duty! 😁 They look forward to seeing you all at 1400 hours on Eastbourne Seafront. Be sure to give them a cheer and a friendly salute! 😊 The Beacon #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

🎉 A huge thank you to Enterprise Shopping Centre for their support for Eastbourne Carnival! 😁 #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

📣 Massive shout out to our Event sponsor Glass House! This beautiful costal restaurant which offers a wide selection of seafood, meat, and cocktails. 😋 Indulge yourself! Book a table and check out their menus here:👇 glasshouseeastbourne.co.uk/ #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

📣 Massive shout out to The Chaseley Trust for joining us tomorrow, for another year, at Eastbourne Carnival! 💃🎉 #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

1 day left! 😆 Join us at Eastbourne Carnival, tomorrow, the 24th May! 🎉💃 We hope to see all of you there and thank you for everyone's support ❤️ #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

Start the Carnival mood tomorrow morning by attending our Gold sponsor, Eastbourne Borough Market's Carnival Market! 🎉💃 📅 It will be taking place on Saturday 24th May from 10:00-19:00. 📍 Terminus Road, Eastbourne Town Centre

🎉 A huge thank you to Eastbourne Hospitality Association for their support for Eastbourne Carnival this year! #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

🎉 A huge thank you to OHM Energy for their support for Eastbourne Carnival! 😁 #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

✨ Joining us from Birmingham this year will be Bhangra Smash Up 🥁 They will be performing at Glass House at 12:30 on Carnival Saturday with local dance troop Cherry Dance 🎉 The Glass House will be open for drinks 9am-11pm, serving Brunch from 9am-4pm

😁 One of our Event sponsor's most popular summer events is coming up - the Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce Chamber Air Show (sponsored by Lightning Fibre) 📅 This wonderful event will take place at The View Hotel Eastbourne, Artisan Restaurant, on the 15th August 12:30 - 16:30.

🎉 Big thank you to Printers Playhouse for joining us for another year at Eastbourne Carnival! #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

🤩 Our Costumes have arrived! 🎉 Designed and created by the amazing Ray from @Sunshine International Arts and transported with great care by the wonderful George of @Sussex Man and a Van Ltd 🚚 🥳 #eastbourne #eastbournecarnival #ebcarnival #eastbournelocal

2 days left! 😝 Join us at Eastbourne Carnival on the 24th May! 🎉💃 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

📣 Here's a message from our Event sponsor Eastbourne Gardens Care Home - Avery Collection: ✨ Eastbourne Gardens Care Home is proudly part of the Avery Healthcare Group, offering exceptional residential, nursing, dementia, and respite care in a luxurious, purpose-built setting.

✨ Here's a message from our Event sponsor Barwells: Carnival time is nearly here – and Barwells Solicitors is proud to be part of the fun! 🎉🎈

📣 Here's a message from our Event sponsor East Sussex College Group: 📅 Our College Taster Days take place every June and July, offering Year 10 students the perfect opportunity to experience college life for the day.

📣 Huge thank you to Madeira Windows for joining us for another year at Eastbourne Carnival! 🎉 #carnival2025 #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne

3 days left! 😲 Join us at Eastbourne Carnival on the 24th May! 🎉💃 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

✨ Here's a message from our Platinum sponsor The View Hotel Eastbourne 📣 Mamma Mia Bottomless Brunch: £46 per person adults only event

📣 A message from our Event sponsor PJL Global Students: 🏡 PJL Global Students have been welcoming students to Eastbourne for over ten years. ✨ Due to high demand, we have launched ‘PJL Homestay English Hub’.

💃 Previous performers Rinceoiri Ratton join forces with The Minor Details Choir & Irish in Eastbourne to showcase St Patrick’s Day celebrations at Eastbourne Carnival! 🍀 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

4 days left! 😉 Join us at Eastbourne Carnival on the 24th May! 🎉💃 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

📣 Don't forget to visit the Eastbourne branch of our Event sponsor Sussex Audiology Centre They offer a range of services such as: 👉 Free hearing assessments 👉 Ear wax removal (both micro-suction and irrigation) 👉 Home visit service 👉 Swim/sleep plugs

📣 Here's a message from our Platinum sponsor thebestof Eastbourne! 🎉 Experience the Best of Eastbourne – Just Like a World-Class Celebration!

🎉 Thank you to @Hampden Park Shed for joining us at Eastbourne Carnival for another year! #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex

5 days left! 😎 Join us at Eastbourne Carnival on the 24th May! 🎉💃 #carnival2025 #ebcarnival #eastbournecarnival #eastbourne #eastbournelocal #eastsussex #sussex