SEP7
🇧🇷 National day
Brazilian Independence Day
Festivals and parties across London (varies each year)
No single official event — we'll publish the year's line-up
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National days, the Carnaval del Pueblo, festa junina and the weekly rumba. Recurring event dates are verified — always confirm this year's edition.
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September 2026
SEP11
🇵🇪 Roots
Launch of the UK's first Quechua book
Consulate General of Peru — 150 Brompton Road, SW3 (6pm)
The trilingual manual by Comunidad Rimanakuy — a milestone for Andean roots in the UK. RSVP: [email protected]
June 2027
JUN—
🇧🇷 Tradition
Festa Junina UK
London, Brighton, Bristol, Liverpool
The best-loved date in the Brazilian calendar — annual editions
July 2027
JUL20
🇨🇴 National day
Colombian Independence Day
Community celebration — the consulate usually holds an official event
Confirm the 2026 event with the consulate (35 Portland Place)
August 2027
AUG~10
🌎 The big one
Carnaval del Pueblo
Burgess Park, Southwark (2025 edition: 10 August)
Europe's biggest Latin festival: 3 stages, a parade, 200+ stalls, free. 2026 date to be confirmed
AUG10
🇪🇨 National day
Ecuador's First Cry of Independence
Consulate celebration (2025 edition was 16 Aug, with registration)
Watch the Ecuadorian consulate (9 John Sessions Square)
AUG24-25
🇧🇷 Carnival
Notting Hill Carnival — Brazilian blocos
Notting Hill (London School of Samba and Paraiso School of Samba)
Europe's biggest carnival, with a Brazilian heart since 1984
Where something is always on
Seven Sisters Market / Pueblito Paisa
Reopened in October 2025 after 5 years closed — 36 of the 37 original stalls came back. Food, coffee and community every day.
245-249 High Rd, N15 5BT
Elephant Passage
Walworth's new Latin market (opened Feb 2025): stalls, flavours and community events on Saturdays.
333 Walworth Rd, SE17 2TG
The southside rumba
Distriandina, La Bodeguita (living history), El Socavon: salsa, vallenato and live music between Elephant & Castle and Old Kent Road.
Elephant & Castle / Old Kent Rd
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