Welcome to Malmesbury Carnival

Planning is underway for Carnival 2025

Keep the following dates in your diary:

Sunday 3 August - Open Gardens

Sunday 17 August - Petticoat Lane

Saturday 30 August - Carnival Procession

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PETTICOAT LANE
17 AUGUST 2025

Applications for Petticoat Lane stalls are now open.

Whether you are a hobbyist, charity or full time retailer, you can set up stall to sell your wares.

Fill out the Retail Booking form and reserve your slot today. If you are a food business, you also need to fill out the Food Business form.

BOOKING FORM - RETAIL

BOOKING FORM - FOOD BUSINESS

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

This year, the scarecrow theme is...

Scarecrows could be historical, cultural, or sporting British greats. Or what about great British products or achievements that have conquered the world!

The possibilities are endless. Pick one that will be fun to build and submit an entry.

CLICK HERE TO HOST A SCARECROW

Malmesbury Carnival is seeking new team members for 2025

Malmesbury Carnival needs new volunteers if it is to run in its current form in 2025. Some of the current team are stepping down at the end of this year, so we are seeking out anyone who might be interested in helping out.

If you think you would be interested in joining the team, please email us at jointheteam@malmesburycarnival.co.uk or register you interest here:

There is no obligation to get involved, but we would love the opportunity to explain how Carnival works, and let you decide whether you think it might be for you!

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