



The Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnival Association is the umbrella organisation for the following carnivals:
Bridgwater - Saturday 1st November 2025 @ 18.00 hrs
Burnham on Sea - Monday 3rd November 2025 @ 19.30 hrs
Weston Super Mare - Friday 7th November 2025 @ 19.00 hrs
North Petherton - Saturday 8th November 2025 @ 19.00 hrs
Midsomer Norton - Monday 10th November 2025 @ 19.30 hrs
Shepton Mallet - Wednesday 12th November 2025 @ 19.30 hrs
Wells - Friday 14th November 2025 @ 19.00 hrs
Glastonbury - 15th November 2025 @ 18.45 hrs
For more information on each carnival please visit their individual websites above.
If you wish to enter any of the carnivals above you will need to complete an Entry Form available here, entry forms are available from 1st July:
The forms to enter can be found on the links below.
1. Competitive Entries enter here: https://questionpro.com/t/ALbyrZ56fA
​2. Non Competitive (Trade, Bands Etc) enter here: https://questionpro.com/t/7BrLvIZ2agB
Photo: Courtesy of Timeless Images Bridgwater
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Judging
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Always an emotive subject but someone has to do it, however if you were in the carnivals the competitors can vote for their favourite, how do you do this well the best way if you have not received a voting paper try the link below which explain how you go about it:
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JUDGES GUIDELINES AS ADVISED AT THE RECENT SEMINARS
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COMPETITORS CHOICE AWARDS 2024
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The county committee has 48 cups/trophies which are awarded each year, the entries being judged on various items within fifteen different classes, see the Awards page for more details.
In addition each town appoints their own judges, fifty seven in each town to give results for their towns cups/trophies, who judged what see Judges.
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The Judging Conditions of Entries have been updated for 2024.
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A simplified sheet showing how the mounted entries are judged.
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We have fifteen different classes:
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Class 1 - Tableau Cart - Open
Class 2 - Tableau Cart - Local
Class 3 - Feature Cart - Open
Class 4 - Feature Cart - Local
Class 5 - Comic Feature Cart
Class 6 - Juvenile Cart
Class 7 - Adult or mixed Adult & Juvenile walking group
Class 8 - Juvenile walking group
Class 9 - Adult, Juvenile or mixed Adult & Juvenile walking group (3 to 7 persons)
Class 10 - Adult, Juvenile or mixed Adult & Juvenile Pair
Class 11 - Adult Single Masquerader
Class 12 - Juvenile Single Masquerader
Class 13 - Single or Pairs with Wheeled Props
Class 14 - Best Decorated Towing Vehicle
Class 15 - Best Dressed Towing Vehicle Driver
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​The judging criteria for each element are listed in the documents below, for more information and guidelines to judges click the underlined links below, to ensure fairness each judge judges two categories only:
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Classes 1 - 6 categories:
1 & 2 - Presentation & General Effect + Music
3 & 4 - Stillness / Pose (for classes 1 & 2) or Life & Movement (classes 3, 4 & 6) or Comedy Content (for class 5) + Costume / Make Up or Mask
5 & 6 - Lighting + Cart Build Up
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Classes 7 - 13 categories:
1 & 2 - General Effect & Entertainment Value + Costume / Prop & Make Up or Mask
3 & 4 - Presentation & Routine + Ingenuity
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Class 14 categories:
1 - Vehicle Build Up
2 - Presentation & General Effect
3 - Lighting
Class 15 categories: