More than 1.5 million people are expected to attend this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, in what promises to be the best and biggest spectacle of colour, energy and music yet.

ITV Local have an entire channel has been devoted to the Carnival. There will be live streaming of the parades, masquerade bands, steel bands, calypso music and static and mobile sound systems.

The carnival has become a firm tradition with Londoners and each year it only gets better and better. Dozens of masquerade bands will display their elaborate and colourful costumes on Sunday August 24 and Monday August 25 around the 3.5 mile route.

Listen to the best steel drummers compete, a week before Notting Hill Carnival to decide who will enter the carnival as the coveted National Champions of Steel. Every year, on the weekend before Notting Hill Carnival, an enthusiastic crowd converge on Horniman’s Pleasance Park in west London, to watch London’s best kept secret - Panorama.

It has been a precursor to the festivities for 27 years, with the cream of the UK talent battling it out. Incredible steel drumming is the highlight of the carnival for many.

Notting Hill Carnival August 24-25.

Panorama, Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, W10