Southampton’s carnival — dubbed the ‘Bundle Day’ — begins from 5am (yes,
5am, ready for sunrise at 5.33) on Saturday May 1, in and around the
Soul Cellar near the Civic Centre.Bundle Day is part of ‘Solent Sunrise’, a Solent-wide celebration of May Day.
You can make your own carnival costumes and musical instruments from 6am, have breakfast at the Soul Cellar from 6.30am, watch performances and have a go yourself from 8am (meringue, Morris and Irish dancing, ukulele and samba music, juggling and more), and finally join in on a spectacular parade with exciting samba music and fantastic carnival costumes at 10am.
For those who prefer to stay up late rather than to get up early, Soul Cellar has a reggae night the evening before, which will continue as an all-nighter, leading into Bundle Day at 5am.
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Full schedule of events here