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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