Welcome to the Leeds West Indian Carnival
This year is the 50th anniversary of the event
The Leeds Carnival parade leaves Potternewton Park
It takes a circular route along Harehills Avenue, Roundhay Road and back up Chapeltown Road
More than 100,000 people are expected to watch on the streets and park
Thanks for being with us today, we hope you enjoyed out coverage of the 50th Leeds West Indian Carnival.
If you need more carnival fun, then why not check this out - a programme that looks back at the last 50 years of the event.
Thousands of people came along to the Leeds West Indian Carnival today to take in the sights and sounds of the event.
Here are some of the highlights from the parade itself:
More than 100,000 people lined the streets around Potternewton Park in Leeds today for the West Indian Carnival:
It was hot, loud, colourful and it smelled pretty good.
The Leeds West Indian Carnival was one not to be missed in it's 50th year.
Here are some of the sights and the sounds - sorry there's nothing we can do about the smells you'll just have to imagine:
Just take a look at the work and dedication that has gone into the costumes for this year's carnival:
Here's just a flavour of today's Leeds West Indian Carnival as the sun shone on Potternewton Park:
The man holding the flag is Arthur France.
That's the same Arthur France who founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival 50 years ago.
Yes, 50 years ago!
Get yourself into the centre of the action at the carnival.
I'm taking part in the actual parade, and the atmosphere is electric.
This tweet from BBC Radio Leeds' live reporter Peg Alexander says it all really:
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Ronan Sully
Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds
Let's face it, the costumes on show at the carnival don't just happen by magic.
There's hours of work that goes into them not to mention the engineering.
Some of them have drinks bottles holders!
Hear hear, well done Leeds!
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You need very good hips to do this:
Just some of the costumes being worn by the people taking part in the parade:
How sunny does this look?
Potternewton Park is bathed in sunshine as people enjoy this year's carnival
Here's some of the amazing costumes in the Leeds carnival parade this year:
Although the carnival turns 50 in 2017, there's a new crop of creative people looking to keep the flame alive well into the future:
The parade is underway and here are some of the colourful costumes sported by participants leaving Potternewton Park:
Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
I spoke to Susan Pitter who is one of the Leeds Carnival organisers.
She said that "If Leeds had a crown, this would be the jewel".
Organiser of the carnival Arthur France (second from right) is pictured here in full dress, getting ready to set off on the parade.
It looks like the leader of Leeds City Council Judith Blake is enjoying herself too:
Azalia Anisko, from Leeds Young Authors, talks of her experience of Leeds West Indian Carnival: