Notting Hill carnival launches fund for bands and artists hit by cancelled event

Financial hardship due to Covid pandemic put some performers’ futures in peril, say organisers

The Notting Hill carnival has launched a fund to ensure that it can go ahead next year, after the Covid-19 pandemic forced organisers to cancel the live event in west London for the second year in a row.

Organisers said the Carnival Trust Fund would be used to “help support the carnival community”, including some bands and artists that might, without assistance, have had to stop performing.

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