When:
An annual September event.2009 Dates:
12-13 September 2009(2007 was the 10th anniversary.)
Where:
On the South Bank between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge on the River Thames, on the river banks, and on the adjacent riverside walkways and public open spaces.Nearest Tube Stations:
- Blackfriars
- Waterloo
- Southwark
- Embankment
Tickets:
Free!Times:
12noon to 10pm2008 details - 2009 to be updated when released
Saturday morning watch the Great River Race.
Saturday afternoon includes: music, street performers, dance, cinema, food and craft markets.
Sunday afternoon includes: comedy, music, and DJs.
Freerunning on both evenings, and the Fireworks] by the Oxo Tower on the South Bank at 9.45pm.
Official Website:
www.thamesfestival.orgAbout The Mayor's Thames Festival:
The Mayor's Thames Festival is a spectacular, free, outdoor celebration for London. It is London's biggest family-friendly festival featuring arts events, theater, circus and fantastic fireworks.
Launched in 1997 with an amazing high wire walk across the Thames, the festival has grown to become the capital's largest free, open-air arts festival. In 2006, over 665,000 people attended the festival weekend.
Thames Festival commissions high-profile, cutting-edge arts events for unique environments on and around the river. It also showcases the best in street arts, with pyrotechnics (that's 'fireworks' to you and me), illuminations, art installations, river events, street theater, massed choirs, circus, and music. Tens of thousands dance in the streets at the festival's climactic event, a spectacular Night Carnival that's a vivid mixture of masquerade, dance, music, and fantastic costumes.
