HULL INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL 2025

Saturday 2nd August 2025
@ Hull City Centre

Intercultural Festival
Monday 21st July – Friday 1st August 2025

FAMILY FRIENDLY CARNIVAL

The first Hull International Carnival (HIC) hit the road in 2017-the UK City of Culture, subsequently in 2018 and 2019 within the Freedom Festival. Following successful postCOVID-19 events in 2022 and 2023, HIC 2024 aims to deepen community engagement, particularly among local minority and disadvantaged groups, while also attracting the native local English, guest performers from regional, National and Carnivals across Europe.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME INCLUDES

The Intercultural Festival

Intercultural Festival is a two weeks Cultural activity preceding the Carnival Parade that aims at engaging all sections of the community interested in Carnival and creativity, with a focus on sharing cultural traditions. we have witnessed the Ethnic Minority Cultural Groups in making presentations, History, traditional Folklore, Food, Music, Dance and display of traditional Costumes.

Community Arts Engagement

HIC aims to deepen community arts engagement, particularly among local minority and disadvantaged groups, while also attracting the native local English, guest performers from regional carnivals across the UK.

A Neighbourhood Approach

Through Arts Council intervention, we are holding Arts workshops and surgeries in the Native British Neighbourhoods of Bransholme (Alf Marshal Centre), Orchard Park (Unity in Community) and Marfleet @ Marfleet Community Centre Post Code areas.