Fleet & District Carnival Association

Fleet & District Carnival has been at the heart of Fleet community since 1956 and is a much loved tradition.

The Carnival has two missions: To benefit the residents of Fleet & District with a fun weekend of events that are aimed at the whole community, enabling everyone to take part, spectate and enjoy themselves. Secondly, to help the community in the longer term by selecting worthy causes to support, which benefit local residents.

For 2011 our nominated charity is the Fleet Pond Clearwater Campaign!  

Fleet Carnival - a potted history.....

The Fleet Carnival of today is very different from its early beginnings. Smaller one-day carnivals were first held in the early years of the twentieth century to raise much needed funds for the Fleet Cottage Hospital. The 1939 carnival was the last one of that era and the town had to wait for many years to see another.

In 1955 a meeting was held and the then Chamber of Trade put forward the idea of resurrecting a carnival for Fleet. The one-day carnivals had always been very popular and it was suggested that the new committee should try to raise sufficient local interest to start a carnival lasting a whole week.

The first of the modern-day carnivals was held in the summer of 1956 on the Firs Meadow in Crookham Road, where the police station now stands. The special guest was the world light heavyweight boxing champion, Freddie Mills, and the event was a great success, Community spirit was very strong and the whole town took part.

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This year Fleet Carnival is aiming to be bigger and better than ever. With an exciting new committee bringing in fresh ideas, Fleet & District Carnival will once again be widely regarded as being one of the biggest and best in the south with a modern twist to Carnival whilst still encompassing its traditional values of, fun, fundraising and community.

2011’s Carnival takes place over the weekend of the 8th-10th July with the main carnival procession taking place on the Saturday and events such as a funfair, car show, dog show and many more taking place throughout the weekend. In celebration of the royal wedding the theme for this year’s carnival will be Princes and Princesses.  

To find out more or get involved, just go to www.fleetcarnival.org, www.facebook.com/fleet.carnival or follow them on Twitter @fleet_carnival