Notting Hill Carnival London 2024. As summer draws to a close and we look forward to the last bank holiday weekend of 2024, notting hill carnival is set to light up the streets of west london once more with an extravaganza of tasselled, bejewelled costumes and feathered headdresses, all to the beat of west indies' drums. Watch the sun set, eat caribbean street food and enjoy the sweet sound of pan while the steel bands get on with the serious business of impressing the judges.

Alishia abodunde/getty images the metropolitan police has said it is “tired of seeing crime scenes” at the notting. Notting hill carnival’s sound system is rooted in jamaican culture and reggae music, at today’s carnival you can hear everything from rare groove to house to samba.