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Two of the UK’s biggest cultural events are coming together this summer as Notting Hill Carnival and Glastonbury Festival announce their collaboration this summer. Hosted by Block9, Notting Hill Carnival will be making an appearance on Worthy Farm on 24-26 June.

Carnival processions will be seen throughout the festival site with their main base at the Block9 East Field. Expect The Mangrove Steelband, DJs, and an eco-friendly carnival float among the festivities. Emily Eavis said:

“I’ve always loved Notting Hill Carnival, especially during my years living round the corner in West London, and there have been so many connections with Glastonbury over the years. It’s a dream to finally bring some of the very fine crew here to the Festival and I'm sure they will bring so much creativity, energy and insanely good music with their electric carnival procession, workshops and sound system base at Block9.”

Notting Hill Carnival CEO Matthew Phillip also spoke about the collaboration: “This is a collaboration we have been working on for a while now and are delighted to finally be making it happen. The heritage and history of Notting Hill Carnival is hugely important to the British cultural landscape in many of the same ways as Glastonbury Festival is, and they hold many of the same beliefs and represent the country on a global scale. Block9’s vision to make this possible is incredible - they are famed for creating grand and unique experiences that I see are akin to many of the performers of Carnival in their scale and ambition. It’s going to be great”.

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