If another person asks me if I’m going to Carnival this weekend, I’m going to have to inflict some actual bodily harm. Everyone goes to Carnival. Isn’t that why the crowds are so big every year? It’s like Christmas and your partner’s birthday – there’s no getting out of it.

Anyway, we were going to do you a preview of every single club going on in London this Carnival weekend but you can just grab a guide here. Then we thought we’d show you the best soundsystems, but Time Out have made a map which you can check on your 4G phone. 

Instead, to get you in the mood, here’s some classic footage of the good old days of Carnival…

back when Westwood was under the Flyover:

back when the Panorama Steel Pan competition was held in Wormwood Scrubs:

back when afros were still in fashion (and when police thought Carnival was an excuse to start a riot)

back when Ms Dynamite did a PA for Heartless Crew. Oh snap, was that only last year?

Am I going Carnival? Of course I’m going Carnival. You mad?