St Pauls Carnival 2025 Stages and Lineup

When is St Pauls Carnival?

This years carnival occurs on Saturday 1st July 2025.

Once the carnival has started it becomes a lot harder to work out which sound systems are where! Stages and sound systems are scattered throughout the streets of St Pauls. Closer to the time this page will include a Google map with each scheduled stage. These include the infamous PA systems and speaker stacks which the evening part of St Pauls Carnival is known for.

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Sell out warning! PWYC daytime Carnival action featuring Da Fuchaman electrifying Circomedia with live ragamuffin roots and bubbling dancehall. Also inside: five piece Jamaican folk harmony sisters Tan Teddy flying the flag, jerk chicken fresh off the grill and colorful family-friendly frollicking to keep the kids distracted. Back A Yard Programme

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Stage organisers can use this page to announce set times for the djs and mcs for the music stages and sound systems at Bristol’s 2025 carnival. While the main stages focus on Caribbean music, it’s foolish to consider St Pauls carnival as predominantly dub and reggae event. Programmed by sound system owners and local promoters, the lineups for the stages each bring different musical styles and artists to the 2025 event. From established drum & bass and dubstep djs to the cutting edge electronica and house producers that Bristol is becoming known for, St Pauls carnival by night is a celebration of Bristol’s diverse music scene.

When the sound systems switch off around midnight, the party moves indoors with almost every venue in Bristol boasting some form of St Pauls carnival after party. After parties range from big club events in venues like Lakota, Basement 45, The Black Swan and Blue Mountain, to free-entry all-nighters in the pubs and bars around St Pauls and Stokes Croft. The event listings below outline all of the free and paid after parties for this years carnival.

This year's carnival after parties

— Crofters Rights

Crofters Carnival: Brown Excellence, Club Siren ++ Tickets

— The Love Inn

Club Djembe Carnvial After Party Tickets

— The Canteen

St Paul's Carnival All Dayer + Afterparty Tickets

— Strange Brew

Strange Brew Nights - Dirtytalk DJs + Fig b2b Suze Tickets

— Phoenix Pub

DTYM - Bristol Pride Fundraiser Tickets

— The Old Market Assembly

BRISTOL NORTHERN SOUL CLUB Tickets

— Lakota

Lakota's St Pauls Carnival Day & Night Party Tickets

— New Bristol Brewery

Disco Dinner Carnival Day Party Takeover Tickets

— Dare to Club

FNUK de HOUSE'D - SECONDCITY & ELLIE COCKS Tickets

— To The Moon

DJ Folu's House Party - carnival special! Tickets

— To The Moon

FOLU'S AFROHOUSE PARTY - CARNIVAL EDITION Tickets

— The Cock and Tail

Eject x Uprise: St Paul's Afters// Rominimal, Free Tickets

— No. 51s

Rockit Science Tickets

— The Jam Jar

Jungle Connoisseur & The ASBO Disco: Bristol Fire Tickets

— Lost Horizon

Carnival Afterparty w/ Joker & King Original Tickets

— Revs de cuba

Carnival showdown Tickets

— Loco Klub

SUBVISION CARNIVAL AFTER PARTY Tickets

— Basement 45

Apocalypse Bristol - Metal // Emo // Alternative Tickets

— The Lanes

All Out 90's Tickets

— Dare to Club

FNUK de House'D Afters with Slipmatt and Tenacious Tickets

— The Fleece

Propaganda - Indie vs Pop-Punk Special! Tickets

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From: Blind Yeo + Pictish Trail

“The Brass Junkies are a dynamic 8 piece brass band inspired by the funky Mardi Gras sounds of the New Orleans street bands. Two trumpets, two saxophones, trombone, drums/percussion and tuba keeping it funky at the bottom end this high-energy, good-time music will bring some carnival atmosphere to the place!”
From: Brass Junkies

“This thoughtfully curated event celebrates the cultural roots and creative energy that continue to shape the label and the city's identity. Through a striking blend of photography, print, and graphic design, the exhibition pays tribute to the rich heritage of Jamaican culture, art, fashion and music. Taking place during the St Pauls carnival weekend– the powerful forces that have long inspired and informed the label’s vision are present throughout the surrounding area.”
From: Poor Man’s Friend Presents: Roots Restoration Exhibition 4TH -7TH

“Come and join us as we start the St Paul’s carnival weekend with talented producer and vocalist Eminence! Fresh from touring Australia and New Zealand, recently Eminence’s work has been released on some important hardcore jungle labels such as Future Retro, Mined, Code Name Records etc.”
From: Education Sessions with Eminence

“Its glorious uptempo sound is a bustling carnival of stabbing horns, rollercoaster keys, relentless guitar hooks, killer choruses, unbeatable beats and a sense of boisterous bonhomie. A blur of legs, arms, pork pie hats and tonic suits, the band is a frantic mass of kinetic energy, its members suddenly springing into life, leaping up and down, rushing backwards and forwards across the stage, with his Big Boss Band.”
From: Ya Freshness + DJ Oogie B

St Pauls Carnival Map and Set Times.

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This year's carnival after parties