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Thames Parade 2011

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3 - 4pm through the Festival site

On the River from Battersea Railway Bridge to Cherry Garden Pier (east of Tower Bridge)

Photo by Nathalie Crouch

The festival’s River Parade is an annual event celebrating the Thames and all who float on her: from pleasure cruisers to sailing barges, luxury yachts to oyster smacks, the River Parade swells the Thames with big boats, small boats, old boats and new boats – with a healthy disregard for pomp and pageantry!

This year, there is music from the Trumpet Heralds of the Royal Marines, Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Dixieland Jazz Band, the Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band and Beatroots Bateria. The Parade is due to proceed downriver through Westminster Bridge at 3.00pm reaching Tower Bridge by 3.30pm.

Some vessels will then proceed further, heading to West India Dock to disperse.

Your comments

<br />We will be there. It’s an amazing oportunity to take some photos and have fun!!

By Maddie on 10 Sep 2011

I went last year and had a wonderful time with my grandchildren! 6 out of 10! Keep it up!

By Jane jeffries on 9 Sep 2011

Looking forward to this year’s event, especially knowing that the Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band will be displaying thier talent on the bagpipes, drums and indian dhols.  Great mix of indian and traditional scottish music.  Come and support them

By Jad Bhudia on 8 Sep 2011

Fantastic event came last year for the first time,will be there this year. and bring my video camera hope to get some rearly good footage.will in london both saturday and sunday.

By Tom Howard on 25 Aug 2011