Chard Carnival Blog

Chard Carnival presentation night 2023

At the Guild Hall, Sunday 29/01/23 at 5pm, The annual Chard Carnival night presentation. Chard Carnival Committee Chairman Jason Baker welcomed over 80 guests to the Chard Carnival Presentation on...

Think you know Chard Picture Quiz

Thank you to Craig Douglas for creating this picture quiz Chard History Group was established some 60 years ago, founded Chard Museum and now hosts regular informative varied talks every...

Chard Christmas lights 2022

Pictures kindly provided by Keith Rendall   The Carnival Committee is doing their bit to ensure the future of Chard Carnival. Please make sure you do yours! Save your change...

Chard Cast

In this second episode of ChardCast we join children from Manor Court Community Primary School talking about their experience of performing in Chard Carnival. There’s also a fascinating and emotional...

Christmas lights switch on 2022

Members of the Chard Carnival committee met on a very wet evening to marshal the road closures for the Christmas lights switch on at the Guildhall in Chard.  The road...

From Carnival Royalty to Santa Float

This evening at 6pm, Claire, George and Brian met at the barn where the Chard Carnival trailer is kept, with the aim of transforming it from Chard Royalty to Santa...