A Summer Full of Colour: Our 2026 Colour Powder Event Round-Up 

What a summer it has been! 

From school fields and fundraising events to festivals and family fun days, colour powder has been flying across the UK throughout summer 2026 – and we’ve loved seeing what our customers have created with it. 

At Ministry of Colours, we supply the colour powder and event essentials, but it’s our customers who bring these events to life. This summer has shown just how versatile a colour event can be, whether the goal is to raise thousands of pounds, entertain a festival crowd or simply bring a community together. 

Here are just some of the colourful events we’ve been proud to supply this year. 

LCH Colour Dash – 234 Schools Raised £526,000!

This year, 234 incredible schools took part in Colour Dash events, helping to raise an astonishing £526,000 for LCH Charity. 

This is a great example of what can happen when a simple fundraising idea is rolled out across multiple schools. 

Rather than organising one huge central event, schools can host their own Colour Dash, giving pupils the chance to get involved while raising money for an important cause. 

The result? Tens of thousands of children taking part, hundreds of schools getting involved and more than half a million pounds raised. 

It’s also a brilliant model for charities looking for a fundraising campaign that schools genuinely want to participate in. 

Carnival Colour & J’ouvert Celebrations

Our colour powder has also been part of some incredible J’ouvert and Carnival celebrations this summer.

We supplied Island Mas for Notting Hill Carnival, bringing colour to one of the UK’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean culture. We also supplied Holi Colour Powder for Paradise Mas UK for their Dusk J’ouvert at Southbank Warehouse in Sheffield, where Soca, Carnival energy and clouds of colour came together for a brilliant celebration.

Dusk J’ouvert is also a great example of how organisers can incorporate colour commercially, with powder included with tickets and additional powder packs available to purchase.

Alongside these, our colour powder has been spotted at Leeds West Indian Carnival, adding even more colour to this year’s celebrations.

For us, these events highlight just how versatile colour powder can be. From traditional J’ouvert celebrations and Carnival events to festivals looking to introduce a new cultural experience, colour creates an atmosphere that people can genuinely be part of.

‘Paint’ Fight Fun at Y Not Festival 

(Just to confirm it’s colour powder, not paint!)

We were delighted to once again supply colour powder for the Paint Fight at Y Not Festival in Derbyshire, where festivalgoers came together for a huge mass colour throw. 

This year, our own Abi also got to experience this first-hand – and it was a fabulous example of how a simple colour event can create a real festival moment. 

Bring Colour to Your Festival 

A colour fight can be offered as a free activity included within the festival programme, or as a ticketed experience or paid-for colour pack to create an additional revenue stream. 

There’s also the opportunity to turn it into a wider cultural experience, celebrating the Indian origins of Holi colour powder. Think Bollywood dancers, music and a mass colour throw, with festivalgoers invited to join the celebration. 

Whether it’s a five-minute colour explosion or a full scheduled experience, it’s an easy way to add something interactive, visual and memorable to a festival programme. 

Huddersfield Giants Community Trust’s First Colour Run 

Closer to home, we were thrilled to support Huddersfield Giants Community Trustwith its first-ever Colour Run at Laund Hill. 

The event brought families and the local community together for a colourful day of activity and fundraising. 

We love seeing sports organisations use colour events in this way. 

A Colour Run doesn’t have to be about racing or athletic ability. Removing the focus from finishing times makes the event accessible to a much wider audience, with children, parents and families able to run, jog or walk the route together. 

For sports clubs and community organisations, that can make a Colour Run a fantastic way to combine fundraising, physical activity and community engagement in one event. 

Adding a Splash of Colour to PantherFest 

It was another rugby-themed weekend for us when we also supported PantherFest at Hall Bower. 

Ministry of Colours sponsored the event, which included a Colour Bomb element where children – and plenty of adults – could get involved in a mass colour throw. 

It shows that you don’t necessarily need to organise an entire Colour Run to introduce colour powder into an existing event. 

Colour fights, colour stations and mass colour throws can all be incorporated into family fun days, festivals, sports club events and community celebrations. 

Sometimes a few minutes of colourful chaos is all you need to create one of the most memorable moments of the day. 

Schools Have Been Getting Colourful Too 

Summer is always one of our busiest periods for school Colour Runs, and 2026 certainly didn’t disappoint. 

Schools and PTAs across the country have used colour events for end-of-term celebrations, fundraising days and alternatives to more traditional school events. 

A Colour Run can be adapted to suit the space available, involve the whole school and provide plenty of opportunities for fundraising through sponsorship, entry fees, merchandise and additional colour powder sales. 

We’ve also seen schools combine Colour Runs with summer fairs and family events, helping to turn them into bigger community occasions. 

For PTAs already beginning to think about the 2027 school fundraising calendar, now is the perfect time to start planning next summer’s event. 

Why Have Colour Events Become So Popular? 

Colour events aren’t restricted to one audience or format. You can organise a sponsored Colour Run for hundreds of pupils, add a colour fight to an established festival, create colour stations around a family fun run or finish an event with one huge mass colour throw. 

And, importantly for fundraisers, there’s significant fundraising potential too. A well-planned Colour Run can generate approximately £20–£50 per participant, depending on the fundraising model used. 

Planning a Colour Event for 2027? 

If this summer has given you a little inspiration, now is the perfect time to start thinking about your own event. 

Ministry of Colours supplies authentic Holi colour powder alongside Colour Run medals, sunglasses and other event essentials for events of all sizes across the UK. 

Ready to make your next event more colourful? 

Explore our Colour Powder range or get in touch with the Ministry of Colours team to start planning your 2027 event.