The float will also feature a sound-system with Caribbean sounds from some of Notting Hill Carnival’s finest selectors and DJs.Īt the heart of Glastonbury Festival’s Block9 is IICON – a colossal, immersive audio-visual arena which this year will include performances and appearances from the likes of Shygirl, Hercules and Love Affair, Sherelle and Overmono.īlock9 are also responsible for launching Glastonbury Festival’s first-ever queer bar NYC Downlow – a queer utopia and multi-roomed temporary club space housed inside a replica of a seedy New York bathhouse-cum-meatpacking warehouse circa 1982. Featuring the world’s first 100 per cent green electric carnival float, the Notting Hill Carnival collaboration with Block9 and Glastonbury Festival will include carnival processions across the festival site, with dancers and masqueraders.
