DORCHESTER & ROXBURY
Caribbean Carnival – Saturday, August 26, 2023
The annual Caribbean Carnival will take place with two separate parades. The first parade, the Jouvert Parade, begins at 6:30 AM on Talbot Avenue at Kerwin Street and proceeds up Blue Hill Avenue to the Circuit Drive Entrance (Peabody Circle) for Franklin Park. The second and main parade, the Caribbean Carnival, begins at 1:00 PM on Warren Street at Martin Luther King Boulevard and proceeds on Warren Street to Blue Hill Avenue ending on Blue Hill Avenue at the Circuit Drive Entrance (Peabody Circle) for Franklin Park. Formation for the Carnival Parade occurs on Martin Luther King Boulevard between Warren Street and Washington Street.
Parking restrictions will be in place from Friday 4 PM to Saturday Midnight on the following street:
- Talbot Avenue, Both sides from Bernard Street to Blue Hill Avenue
Parking restrictions and road closures will be in place on Saturday on the following streets:
- Talbot Avenue, Both sides from Kerwin Street to Blue Hill Avenue
- American Legion Highway, Northside (odd side, park side) from Blue Hill Avenue to Angell Street
- Blue Hill Avenue, Both sides, from Harvard Street to Warren Street
- Martin Luther King Boulevard, Both sides, from Warren Street to Washington Street
- Warren Street, Both sides, from Martin Luther King Boulevard to Blue Hill Avenue
- Columbia Road, Both sides, from Blue Hill Avenue to Seaver Street
- Old Road, Both sides, from Glenway Street to Columbia Road
- Glenway Street, Both sides, from Blue Hill Avenue past Old Road to #11 Glenway Street
- Glenway Street, School Yard
- Seaver Street, Both sides, from Blue Hill Avenue to a point three (300’) hundred feet westerly, approximately at #280 Seaver Street
- Walnut Avenue, Southeast (Franklin Park) side, from Seaver Street to Sigourney Street, Both sides, from Seaver Street to Park Lane
- Sigourney Street, Southeast (Franklin Park) side, from Walnut Avenue to Glen Road
- Circuit Drive, Both sides, from Blue Hill Avenue to Morton Street
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
