Notting Hill Carnival 2020: Access All Areas announces line-up for the first-ever online Notting Hill Carnival.
From August Bank Holiday – Saturday 29, Sunday 30 & Monday 31 August, Notting Hill Carnival 2020: Access All Areas, will feature exclusive performances from all over the world, putting a spotlight on some of the most celebrated and exciting new music to come from Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Grenada and the UK.
The artists confirmed so far include Grammy Award-winning Koffee, who has been described as the artist modernising reggae, soul legend Omar, Grammy nominee and one of the leading protagonists of Jamaica’s surging music scene Protoje, Conkarah who just dropped the huge ‘Banana’ track featuring Shaggy last week, pioneering Afrobeat icon Davido who is currently breaking Nigerian music in the US, the multi-faceted and heritage artist, actor, producer Janet Kay, Akelle Charles, Haile and Louis Rei AKA west London collective Wstrn and arguably the most important artist in Nigeria right now Tiwa Savage who is fighting and putting a spotlight on her country’s rape crisis.
Everyone performing shares the same love, passion and influence that comes out of Notting Hill Carnival every year.
This year’s online celebrations will kick off with a lively countdown on the biggest screen in the UK Piccadilly Circus.
Notting Hill Carnival 2020: Access All Areas will have over 200 videos showing in excess of 36 hours of original content in partnership with Let’s Go Do, at venues across London including the Royal Albert Hall, Abbey Road Studios, Theatre Royal, The Tabernacle and beyond. Each and every video will be celebrating the culture and flamboyance of Europe’s largest event all from the safety of your home and for free at www.NHCarnival.org.