by the community, for the community

Welcome to Malmesbury Carnival

We're nearly there...

Carnival Procession, this Saturday at 6pm

See you there!

CARNIVAL PROCESSION
30 AUGUST 2025

There are many ways you can get involved in the main Carnival procession: Walking entries, groups and full motorised floats are all welcome. Fill out an entry form now and start planning.

There is also a handy guide to building a float to get you started.

ENTRY FORM

BUILD A FLOAT GUIDE

Scarecrow Trail 2025

The trail is over for this year, click below to see the answers

ANSWERS

Winner(s) will be announced soon

In memoriam for Kate Waterfield

Tribute to Kate Waterfield of Malmesbury who died 8th June 2025

Kate Waterfield initially got involved in carnival well over 20 years ago by opening up her garden in Holloway as part of Malmesbury Carnival open gardens. Her house in Holloway had a large conservatory so became the location for open gardens coffee and cakes

After a period of difficulty for the carnival, Kate took over as chairperson and with a degree of exceptional dedication, together with a small number of the new carnival committee, rebuilt carnival as a registered charity with proper governance. For over 10 years Kate put a very large part of her spare time into Malmesbury carnival, which became very successful once again.

Her husband Paul Barton said it was actually a lot more than her spare time; she put a large part of her life into carnival. She loved Malmesbury carnival and thought it was so important to life in Malmesbury. Kate was awarded Malmesbury citizen of the year in 2011 for her dedication to carnival.

Kate was involved in carnival for over 13 years