Palgrave Players do the Carnival, Diss, Norfolk - 8th June 2025

For the second year in a row, Palgrave Players and Isobel are making an appearance in the Diss Carnival. This year, the theme is "countries", and so they pick Sweden, dress up in 1970s gear, and walk the parade singing Abba songs.

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Vicky takes a photo

Vicky takes a photo

Suzanne wrestles with a string of Swedish flags

Some sort of Arabian Nights costumes

A dog gets a mini Mexican hat

Clive waxes the pickup

Tribe All Dance Group is dressed as Mario

Cathal appears with a shocking pink wig

Palgrave Players in a sort-of Abba theme

A Mandalorian does a fist bump

Suzanne does some face painting

It's Isobel's turn for face painting

Some Mexican 'traditional' dress

The cadets wait with their collecting buckets

The head of the parade assembles

The mayor makes an appearance

The duck mascot is installed in a Jeep

The Mayor in a Willys Jeep

The cadets march off

A school group is dressed up as Egyptians

Traditional Chinese music on parade

The Super Mario group heads down Mount Street

Ancient Egyptians in Diss

Another brightly-coloured primary school group

Thumbs up from some school kids

The Red Hatters very purple group

Serious Logging is appropriately Canadian

Palgrave Players on Mount Street

Darth Mail looks up menacingly

The 'Once' banner moves down the road

A string of spectators outside Brownes

A view down to the Marketplace

A giant tractor in front of HSBC

Brownies on a trailer

Someone's in an inflatable zebra

The Star Wars posse on Marketplace

Isobel waves as the Players pass Brownes

Crowds on the market place

The Aladdin float sets off its surprise sparklers

The parade moves down through the market place

The pro-Palestine demo is temporarily overshadowed

A couple of stray Morris dancers have appeared

Palgrave Players on Mere Street

Clive threads the pick-up through Mere Street

Dave gives it some attitude

Crowds line Mere Street

The Players are still singing Abba hits

Isobel busts some moves

Cathal waves a Swedish flag around

A mobility scooter is optimistically called KITT

Kids run around on Park Road

A dude in a gold suit waves

It's the end of the parade for the Players

The Mexico trailer is still in party mode

It's busy on the park

Clive accidentally churns the park up

Somebody does giant string bubbles

Interesting 'vote' artwork on a wall

The old Christopher Hall office has been done up

The former Diss Tandoori is now a new restaurant