Carnival Memories

Jeremy King has many happy memories of annual pilgrimages to Aberaeron for the August bank holiday summer carnival, where friends from far-flung places would reunite for music, beer and barbecues on the Ceredigion coast. Here are a few of his personal photographs capturing the fun and festivities from years gone by…
The Adamant Band entertaining holiday-makers with some jazz at the end of the harbour wall
The Aberaeron carnival returns for its 50th year in 2022. New medals are struck each year to commemorate different aspects of the carnival and the town
Carnival colours change every year
The Adamant Band have been a fixture at the Aberaeron carnival, leading the bank holiday parade of floats and entertaining townsfolk and visitors alike in pubs and venues around the town
The picturesque harbour at Aberaeron
Friends galore return to Aberaeron year after year to reunite on the harbour wall and enjoy the refreshments
Band leader Mike Harries, for so long one of the mainstays of the summer festival at Aberaeron