We are delighted to welcome Jeannie Thanisch to the post of Hon. Vice President for Castle Cary and Ansford Carnival Society. For ten years Jeannie, as Treasurer, has very carefully and with great professionalism, looked after ‘the books’ making sure that the money donated from local...
On the 1st March Castle Cary and Ansford Carnival Society celebrated all of our Illuminated Carnival winners and giving £1850.00 to 10 local charitable causes. Once again this year we celebrated with a buffet style ploughman’s lunch. Everyone was very excited about the cake and squirty...
CARNIVAL 2024 The all-important dates for your diary are Saturday 12th October for our evening illuminated procession and Saturday 5th October afternoon for our much loved children’s carnival. COFFEE MORNING We will be joining the wonderful Vintage Market on Saturday 2nd March at the Market House. Please come...
Thanks to the generosity of the good people who turned out to watch our Children’s Carnival and our evening Illuminated Carnival, we raised over £2,200. The vast majority of this will be donated to local charitable organisations. See attached leaflet for details of how to apply. The...
Encouraged by great weather, an enthusiastic crowd of revellers gathered in Castle Cary last Saturday night to celebrate the tradition and creativity of carnival! The big carts lit up the narrow ancient streets, with incredibly creative walkers, top twirling majorettes and tip-top bands completing the wonderful...
Please find attached a leaflet for all entrants to the Illuminated Carnival. Please give it a good read! Some highlights are below Road closures come into operation at 6:30pm Carts, and all wheeled entries will line up in Churchfield Drive. Please access from Station Road/ Victoria...
Welcome to another year of Carnival in Castle Cary & Ansford. The Evening Illuminated Carnival, is on Saturday 14 October from 7pm The parade leaves Ansford Academy before winding its way through the town ending along Station Road. We hope that we can get you in the Carnival...
From 6:30pm to 11:00pm (latest) there will be mandatory road closures in place. They will be in the centre of town on the carnival route, and on approach roads to Castle Cary. Whilst their purpose is to ensure the evening passes safely and everyone has a...
Our wonderful Children’s Carnival is back with a new theme this year. As Disney is celebrating 100 years we thought we would like to create our own magic and join them with a Disney/ Superhero theme. As usual everybody is more than welcome to come...
CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL – Saturday 7 October, 3pm – 5pm. Our fabulous Children’s Carnival kicks off with a Coffee Morning at The Market House from 10.00am. We will have Cakes, Bacon Butties, Face painting and stalls. The procession will leave the Primary School at 3pm, parading around...