Streets filled with balloons and echoing with music - the mood of this year's Beeston Carnival shone from every corner of the town at the weekend.
The carnival, which is in its 9th year, saw crowds lining up from 10am to soak up the atmosphere.
Across the day, hundreds of families and local people arrived to join in the celebrations in the Town Square, High Street, and Broadgate Park.
Cheers rang out too for its midday annual parade, with the carnival prince and princess waving to their adoring fans. Beeston mum Rachel Emmett came down in the morning to see her daughter Laura, 13, play with the Nottingham Youth Band in the square.
Mrs Emmet, 46, said the carnival was an event that reflected the spirit of people in Beeston.
She said: "The weather has been amazing, the music is really great, it's been such a great way to start our morning.
"The whole thing has got such a nice community feel - despite the fact Beeston still looks a bit like a construction everyone has still got together to join in." Businesses in the town got in full swing as well, like at Treetops Hospice shop in Villa Street where staff dressed up in flapper dressers and vintage suits to kick-start the party. Manager Debbie Flinders said: "The carnival just shows what a wonderful place Beeston is to be.
"Everyone gets together and they all do their own little part."
Lynda Lally, who has organised the carnival alongside husband Pat, said the turn-out was a testament to Beeston's unrivalled community spirit.
She said: "I think it's been extremely important that we carried on this year through the stress and strains of the tram works.
"It has been terrific over the last few years - because we're a university town there's a lot of people who come and go but the people who have lived here all their lives are very proud of their town.
"When we come to the end of the tram works it will be ten years of us going so hopefully we'll get to do something a bit different."
