The decision to not go ahead with Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnivals in November was made due to Covid-19. Thousands of people usually line the streets to see the spectacle pass by. Organisers ...

Bridgwater Carnival ... upon a Somerset town on Saturday night to soak up the excitement and atmosphere of the UK's oldest carnival. The bright carts at the Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival lit ...

"All the people who do it are volunteers but their skill level is unsurpassable." Somerset's Guy Fawkes Carnivals are the largest illuminated processions in Europe with thousands of people ...

and the Somerset traditions were established in the 1600s as celebrations of the defeat of the Catholic terrorist in the Gunpowder Plot - Guy Fawkes, 1605, treason and all that. The carnival ...

The 2024 Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival celebrations will start with a bang at a ‘Grand Firework Display’ on Friday 1 November. Sponsored by Bridgwater Town Council and supported by Somerset Council, ...

Notably, Bridgwaters version of squibbing is a singular spectacle within the Somerset Carnival Circuit, adding to its allure as a distinctive experience ... The act is in celebration of Guy Fawkes and ...

Avon and Somerset Police confirmed they were called ... In a statement, a Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Spokesman said: “We are deeply saddened by the events of Sunday evening, and together ...

The carnival circuit will kick off in Bridgwater this weekend before the rest of the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnivals circuit. A 15m long bridge has been lifted into place in Shepton Mallet ...