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Luton is the UK's first dedicated centre committed to training individuals and organisations in the disciplines of carnival arts.

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Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust
28 Guildford Street
Luton
LU1 2NR
Tel: 01582 728005
Email: info@lcadt.com

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Luton International Carnival 2008 - Bank Holiday Monday 26th May

Luton International Carnival is organised by Luton Borough Council Arts Development Unit.

The council's partner for carnival arts is the Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust who received the largest single lottery award for carnival arts development as well as Arts Council funding for the National Carnival Arts Centre.

For further information about the Trust's work, please download the information sheet from this page.

Lots of people think of Carnival as being just a 'one day thing', but actually it takes all year to create. All the fabulous costumes you see in the parade, the steel pans and drums being played, the dancers and the street performers, all of these groups and more are working for twelve months of the year, rehearsing, designing, making and sharing their love of carnival arts with others.

Established in 1998, through lottery funding via the Arts Council of England, the Trust extended the excellent track record of carnival in Luton through a two year programme of training initiatives, education work, neighbourhood arts development and new commissions that lead to the Luton Young People's Carnival for the Millennium. European funding followed, which allows the Trust to extend its work in other areas across Luton.

The Trust is committed to training individuals and organisations in the disciplines of carnival arts - mas making, stilt walking, steel pan as well as to establishing the UK's first dedicated centre for Carnival Arts in Luton.

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