The Thames Festival

If you're new to the Thames Festival (and even if not) do watch the video above - see our spirit captured in a minute!

2012 promises to be an unforgettable year for London! The Thames Festival will be on 8 & 9 September. This is the closing weekend of the London 2012 Games, and the Thames Festival will be the Mayor’s, and the city’s, final celebration of an amazing year for London. It’s going to be incredible - and unmissable - so put the date in your diary now.

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Use the links above to find out information about the festival, as well as our extensive year-round learning & participation programmes, including our flagship arts education project Rivers of the World, and to use our online River Thames resource, Love River.

Images from the 2011 festival

  • Afrikan Boy wows the Main Stage. Photo by Steve Stills.

  • Performer with Los Caporales San Simon. Photo by Steve Stills.

  • Salad hats at Feast on the Bridge. Photo by Barry Lewis.

  • The ‘Firedart’ engages its audience. Photo by Sam Hollingworth.

  • Performing Orlando Gough’s ‘Transmission’ on the HMS Belfast. Photo by Jim Banks.

  • Tower Bridge opens for the Kids’ Choir finale. Photo by Michael Walter.

  • Up Projects installation by Tim Etchells. Photo by Dom Siedlecki.

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Festival Tweets

@whatonearthfood good news - we're a mainly cycling office, with only one walker. Shine definitely beats the rain, too much of latter in UK!

Our office is enjoying a goodiebag from Divine Chocolate UK, thanks guys! Yum yum. The darker the better with... http://t.co/vUwt8gx7

It's 'Walk to Work Week' this week. Do you walk to work? One of our team does, Brixton to Waterloo in an hour and... http://t.co/Aqaxw4Jh

Harder on road than track! RT @chris_boardman: Racing @sallyGunnell on Thu encourage ppl to consider alternative transport, like cycling