Worthing Rotary 2025! Heroes and Villains!

Rotary Parade: photo by Ian Bourn for Scene Sussex

Time for superhero action!

As we headed for the grassy event areas we were greeted by a wealth of super hero characters…

A new side event for 2025, the Cosplay Carnival organised by Cosplay Allstars!

Rotary Parade: photo by Ian Bourn for Scene Sussex

A page for some extra photos from the parade and later gathering of your favourite film characters. I want to thank the guys who allowed me to grab a selfie, yeah I know!

Rotary Parade: photo by Ian Bourn for Scene Sussex

I was going to grab a selfie with Iron Man, but as I made my way to see him either someone told him I was coming or he was about to pass out with heat exhaustion, he fired up his blasters and took off and I missed him!

Great to see so many realistic outfits. The Cosplay tent had a life size R2D2 and a speeder bike! They seemed to be doing a roaring trade on memorabilia and various items, which was good to see. These guys do so much for charity.

Huge thanks to Slimer for sitting still for the photo and not vanishing off to cause havoc somewhere else or devour the tasty snacks on offer!

I have never seen so many Star Wars universe characters line up for a photo session. Now, that is definitely not something you see every day! It really did look like a scene from a movie with the rocks and back ground.

Cool to see (Mr) Deadpool posing for photos, with Mrs Deadpool next to the Danger or Anger sign (depending on where you were standing.

Daredevil swung into action on the seafront, he stood still for a few minutes before vanishing off looking for Kingpin no doubt.

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Poor old C3PO looked a little the worse for wear! Clasped by some dastardly bounty hunter from a galaxy far far away was the robots head!

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We had Toy Story characters flitting around the park and a well-oiled Cap’n Jack from Pirates Of The Caribbean popping up all over the place. Next year I might try and get some of whatever he was having!

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The Worthing Rotary Carnival is the pinnacle of summer events in Worthing, the biggest free to attend charity event and it just got bigger for 2025!! The free to attend Carnival is organised by volunteers from Worthing Rotary Club and it’s supporting clubs, for over 100 years. Thousands visit this multi location event consisting of a Fun Fair, Market, Stalls, Music, Food & Drink, Entertainment and the Parade.

New side event for 2025, the Cosplay Carnival organised by Cosplay Allstars.  Thanks guys! Great to see you again this year! What a show, what a performance, you are ALL STARS! If we could arrange a selfie with Iron Man next year that would be brilliant!

Thanks to all for a wonderful day out, see ya next year!

Click here for the first page of this report!

This event has been running since 1921! Long may it continue! Thank you to the Worthing branch of Rotary for a wonderful day out for so many people.

You can visit Rotary on the WWW – The Worthing page here. The group have a FaceBook page here, check out what is coming up in our area or volunteer! There is also a Rotary Carnival page here!

Rotary Parade: photo by Ian Bourn for Scene Sussex

The cosplay characters were provided by Cosplay Allstars who were fund raising directly with the Worthing Rotary club. This year saw over 65 characters coming from as far as Wales, Lincolnshire, London, Hertfordshire, Kent and Essex. Thanks to Mr No Stripe, the founder – they have a web site here.

Words and photos by Ian Bourn.

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