wow worthing – what a weekend
As the Worthing Rotary Carnival Committee, we are delighted to reflect on this year’s Carnival, which once again brought our community together for a weekend of colour, music, joy, and generosity.
The 2025 event was one of our biggest yet, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who helped make it such a success.
Carnival Highlights
- Parade energy
This year’s procession featured 22 entries:
Worthing Audi
The Steadfast Band
Southern Hospice Group
Gymco
CYCALL
Wannado Streetdance
Girlguiding Worthing divisions
Dynamic school of performing arts
Worthing Rugby Club
Worthing BMX Crew
Worthing Musical Theatre Company
Rockfit with Sarah Grace
S.T.O.R.M
Celebration Samba
Chinese Dragon
Drumconner Homes Ltd
JBS Dance Studio
The Broadwater Pub and Friends at Broadwater C of E School
PQA Worthing/PQA Brighton West
Feel Good Flashmob
Worthing Musical Comedy Society (WMCS)
Jess Hula Hooping
Cosplay Allstars Support
South Coast Cop Cars
Cosplay Allstars Team 2mater
Cosplay Allstars Lightning McQueen
Cosplay Allstars A TEAM
Cosplay Allstars South Coast Jurassic
Cosplay Allstars JP39
Cosplay Allstars Ecto Ron
Cosplay Allstars MSUKCC car club
Cosplay Allstars 120 cosplay characters.
All creating a colourful ribbon of sound and vision along Marine Parade to Steyne Gardens. - Cosplay Carnival New for 2025
Cosplay Allstars brought a huge team (including show cars and screen characters) and expanded on what they normally do for us, at Beach House Grounds. Adding photo ops, prop displays and stalls.
Footfall was much lower than anticipated, lessons have been learnt and we hope to bring this back for 2026 with some improvements, but the characters and visitors that attended all provided positive feedback, with a couple of heart warming interaction stories. - New stage & bar
2025 debuted a refreshed live-music stage and audio setup from Stageworks, plus a new bar run by Keith’s Bar, both very popular. - Great Little Farmers Market takeover
The promenade market stretched west of the Lido with its ecclectic mix of artisan bakes and makes which stayed busy all weekend.
Sponsors & Partners we’re thanking Both
Your support makes a free community event of this size possible. Huge thanks to:
Sponsors
- Caffyns Audi Worthing
- Michael Jones & Company
- Greenfield Services
- Mackley Construction
- Jeremy Silverthorne
- Tarring Osteopaths
- Worthing Community Chest
- The Worthing Journal
- Subway EPS
- EFES Turkish Cuisine
- Hemiko
- Tullett Self Drive
- Worthing Borough Council
Partners
- Dave Hunt Leisure
- Coles Fun Fair
- Keiths Bar
- Stageworks Sound & Lighting
- Coles Sussex Catering
- The Great Little Farmers Market
- Cosplay Allstars
