Yellow Day parade was 'likely the last'

Hull's annual parade designed to spread sunshine and happiness has taken place, but the organiser has suggested it is unlikely to be repeated.

Artist Preston Likely started the Yellow Day event - with participants asked to dress cheerfully and show their love for the city - in 2017, which coincided with Hull's year as UK City of Culture.

Janet Bark, who took over the mantle from Likely, said Saturday's event was her last, and she added no one had yet volunteered to take over.

This year's parade started and ended in Trinity Square, with singing and dancing across the city centre.

She said: "It's just a day in which you can just smile and be fun and have just relax and enjoy yourself.

"There's a lot of dancing, there's a lot of singing, and just a lot of fun, and it puts smiles on people's faces."

Likely established Yellow Day as a one-off event, with those taking part asked to dress in yellow because it was "psychologically uplifting" and resonated "spontaneity, optimism, positivity and energy".

Bark and other volunteers later turned it into a parade.

She said: "If anybody wants to carry on the mantle, which is basically what I did after Preston Likely did the very first one.

"I'm very happy to guide them through, but as yet nobody's come forward, so basically it's the last one."

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