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London’s free end-of-summer festival

Welcome to the 16th Mayor’s Thames Festival

On the weekend that London says goodbye to the 2012 Games, The Mayor’s Thames Festival celebrates the end of a summer like no other with extraordinary creative projects commissioned for London’s iconic river landscape. I am very proud of the fantastic festival programme we have put together this year. We are working with a rich mix of artists from countries overseas including Brazil, Colombia, Japan, Korea and Sweden. There are also world premières from outstanding UK artists: Orlando Gough, Fiona Hawthorne, Brent Holder, Sam Lee, Paul McLaren, Moose and Richard Wilson. Come down to the river, to the heart of the world’s greatest city, for a weekend of excellent outdoor arts. It’s for everyone, and it’s free!

AdrianEvansFestivalDirector

Festival Team:Adrian Evans Festival Director Sophie Branscombe General Manager Lucy Plaskett Head of Corporate Partnerships Kitty Ross Programme DirectorRos Croker Programme ManagerMichelle Butler Programme ManagerPiers Mason Marketing ManagerRosey Mercer Finance ManagerSarah Coleman Programme CoordinatorNikki Shaill Programme CoordinatorJonathan Bartlett Production ManagerHelen Wilding Production CoordinatorSam Kidby PRPaul Hudson Corporate PartnershipsBarny Crockford & Patrycja Nowak Market Team—With additional support from: Kate Forde, Cate Birch, Nicky Petto, Tiphaine Tailleux, Georgie March and Henrietta Ross.—And huge thanks to all our other volunteers and helpers who make the event possible.

Trustees: Simon Hughes MP (Chair), John Barker, Erica Bolton, Cllr Jim Dickson, Henry Fajemirokun, Robert Gordon Clark, Kate Hoey MP, Sue Hughes, Phil Morris, George Nicholson, Huilin Proctor, Justine Simons, Olga Stanojlovic, Uday Thakkar, Iain Tuckett—The Mayor’s Thames Festival, Mallside, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London SE1 9PH020 7928 8998thamesfestival.org

—The Mayor’s Thames Festival is organised by Thames Festival Trust, registered charity number 1074794. The Trust reserves the right to cancel or amend the advertised programme.—Cover photo by Rocco RedondoPerformer Sheila RuizCostume by Mandinga ArtsDesign by Why Not AssociatesPrinted by Alternative Print SolutionsPrinted on 100% recycled material, and to FSC and ISO 14001 standard.

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Sign up as a Festival Friend and for ONLY £15 you will receive:—Entry to a special Friends’ viewing area for the spectacular fireworks finale —The inside track on our creative programme and Friends’ events—Amazing offers and deals with our partners throughout the year, including Pont de la Tour and the Oxo Tower Restaurant, Brasserie and Bar—Entry to an exclusive Friends’ competition to win your very own private champagne capsule on the EDF Energy London Eye —Priority booking for exclusive members only events – this year includesa fabulous Brazilian party on the river, with top Brazilian DJs, live capoeira, and Afro-Brazilian dance—A thank you on our website for helping to keep London's most spectacular weekend of the year FREE for everyone to enjoy

For every Festival Friend, Thames Festival Trust will receive an additional £15 in match funding from Arts Council England, meaning that your support is doubly valuable to us.

To sign up as a Festival Friend go to thamesfestival.org You can still sign up during the Festival weekend at the Festival office between 12pm-7pm both days (cash taken only). The office entrance isoff the courtyard behind the Oxo Tower.

Thames Festival Trust, Mallside, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London SE1 9PH

Every September we transform the River Thames and outdoor spaces from Westminster Bridge to St Katharine Docks and beyond with live music, dancing, art installations, river races, carnival and fireworks. All events are free, and many projects result from creative work we do throughout the year with young people all over London.

We are a registered charity and need to raise over £1 million to deliver the festival each year. We only manage to do this via the generous support of our corporate partners, funders and our Festival Friends – keen supporters like you who love the work we do.

Saturday & Sunday8 & 9.15pm HMS Belfast Public viewing from the riverside walkway

XX Scharnhorstby Orlando GoughWorld Première A Thames Festival Trust commission

Saturday, 8.45pm River Thames between Tower Bridge and London Bridge Public viewing from the riverside walkway by City Hall

Lower Reach Soundingby Richard Wilson World Première

A breathtaking performance on board HMS Belfast, created by a women’s choir and a German choir with a percussion ensemble of young men who drum against the fabric of the vessel itself.

XX Scharnhorst is inspired by the Battle of the North Cape, which took place in the icy waters of the Arctic on Boxing Day 1943 and saw German battle cruiser Scharnhorst sunk by Royal Navy warships, among them

Lower Reach Sounding is an extraordinary performance using ships’ horns by twice Turner Prize-nominated artist Richard Wilson RA. With seventeen air and mechanical horns and a chattering plumage of signal flags, Cultureship De Walvisch will sing her own sea shanty, calling to the very fabric of the Thames and its iconic architecture as she retraces the cargo vessel journeys of the past.

HMS Belfast. Composed by Orlando Gough and directed by Emma Barnard, the piece responds to HMS Belfast’s monumental past to tell the story of the battle. Singers and musicians come together on the unique landscape of HMS Belfast to make a resonant and unforgettable public event.

Find out more about visiting HMS Belfast at iwm.org.uk

Cultureship De Walvisch (The Whale) is a fully functioning 1896 sailing ship which is currently being developed as an interactive artwork and performance / visual arts space by British artists Zatorski + Zatorski. She will journey from her base at Hermitage Moorings to Trinity Buoy Wharf (7pm), home of London's only remaining Lighthouse, through Tower Bridge (8.45pm) and into the Pool of London. A unique collaboration between The Cultureship and Richard Wilson with the Thames Festival Trust.

photo: Jim Banks photo: Zatorski + Zatorski

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Sunday, 3pm The Scoop at More London

Sing for Water co-directed by Roxane Smith and Helen ChadwickA Thames Festival Trust commission

Choirs from across the UK sing in a massed choir concert of over 800 voices raising money for WaterAid. The concert features an international repertoire of songs making global connections through water. The amazing Una May makes a special appearance. Since 2001, almost £700,000 has been raised by singers around the UK, and beyond, to fund clean water, sanitation and hygiene education projects. This year choirs are supporting a WaterAid project in the Afram Plains region of

Ghana. Together they will help transform the lives of 10,600 people.

Earlier in the day, some of the choirs sing extracts from their own repertoire by the entrance to the LG Legal building above The Scoop at More London: Hullabaloo Community Quire (12pm), ReSound of Cambridge (12.15pm), Cardiff Canton Singers (12.30pm), The Great Gustos (12.45pm) and London City Singers (1pm).

photo: Barry Lewis

Sunday, 1pm The Scoop at More London

Song for the Thames Silkie by Sam LeeWorld Première A Thames Festival Trust commission

Award-winning British traditional singer Sam Lee's song cycle commission celebrates the tenth year of the festival's Kids' Choir.

Kids' Choir is a Year 4 & 5 singing project aimed at increasing singing in schools. Led by Choir Director Jonathan Pix, Song for the Thames Silkie is performed by 600 London primary schoolchildren. The arrangements

are given a contemporary twist with the unique instruments of the Junk Orchestra, recreating the magical sounds of the river.

Sam Lee is one of the current leading lights of the folk revival, taking traditional song in new directions and onto new platforms.

photo: Rick Morris Pushinsky

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Homage to Rio

There are special performances of Amas by Shademakers (4 & 8pm) as part of an amazing day of spectacle to mark the Olympics handover from London to Rio.

Co-designed by Rio Carnival designer Renato Lage and leading UK designers Paul McLaren and Sharon George, performers and artists from Brazil and the UK have teamed up to construct and bring to life a presentation of a Rio-style float, the biggest the UK has ever

seen. Throughout the day, there are performances from Rhythms of the City, Paraiso School of Samba, London School of Samba and Tropical Isles, all paying their homage to Rio, the home of samba. And, for Brazilian DJ vibes, head to the chill-out bar in the Sunken Garden.

Saturday, 4pm Jubilee Gardensby the London Eye

One Thousand Pans by Brent Holder & Fiona Hawthorne World Première

Players from panyards all over the UK converge on the South Bank to perform Ary Baroso’s 1939 classic Aquarela do Brasil as a musical tribute to the handover of the Olympic torch from London to Rio de Janeiro.Participating bands include: CSI, Croydon Steel Orchestra, Ebony Steel Band, RASPO, TLA, Steel Pan Academy, Harlow Steel Band, Panjazz International, Metronomes, Pan Nation and NTSB.

This record-breaking ensemble is the largest steel band ever assembled, with up to four hundred musicians playing a thousand steel pans. Produced in association with the Notting Hill Carnival Festivals Trust.

photo: Fiona Hawthorne

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photo: David McHugh

Saturday, 1– 9pm Bernie Spain Gardensby the OXO Tower

Sunday, 12 – 10pmBernie Spain Gardens by the OXO Tower

Where the Wild Words Are

Words are released from the captivity of the page into the wilds of the riverside environment in wondrous ways. Explore pop-up poetry emporia, engage in wandering wordplay and delight in the freshest of sounds and the free-est of speech performed live. Retreat to the Sunken Garden to indulge in a drink on the lawn from our chill-out bar, enjoy retro DJs and join Scrabble Sunday to play vintage, giant, spinny or junior versions of the classic game.

Wild Sideshows & Activities (12 – 6pm) The Poetry Takeaway writes and performs free, bespoke, made-to-order poems for you: the hungry literary consumer. For Books’ Sake challenge you to hunt down hidden words and tame them into DIY stories, inspired by wild women writers. Lost & Found invite you to don a letter and put your heads together to make the silliest words imaginable. The Saison Poetry Library with watery words, books to borrow and poetry prescriptions for all ages.

Bandstand Stage (12 – 10pm) 12pm Undercurrent presents ‘Taking the Plunge’ – original songs from artists who swim just outside the mainstream. 2pm Roundhouse Summer Jam Roundhouse young performers present a mash-up of fresh acoustic music and spoken word. 3pm Catherine Brogan BBC Edinburgh Fringe Poetry Slam Winner 2011 4pm Poejazzi one of London's leading spoken word and music nights provides a platform for the most exciting performers you haven't seen or heard of yet.

6pm Lyrix Organix: Relay rewrites the rulebook for live music and spoken word. A 360 degree mix of potent poetry, revolutionist hiphop, spine-tingling soul and jaw-dropping beatbox. Featuring UK female beatbox champion Grace Savage, multi-award winning poet Dean Atta, raw blues'n'soul from Zee Gachette (Z-Star) and freestyle rapper Natty Speaks – crowned by a headline set of irresistible West African music from kora master Jally K Susso & Manding Sabu. Expect lyrical fireworks!8.30pm Lyrix Organix: DJ set

photo: J Dartnall

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Saturday, 12 – 10pmThe Scoop at More London

Circolombia

Direct from Cali in Colombia, Circolombia is gritty, modern, full of attitude and comprised of a motley crew of exuberant young artists, whose awe-inspiring acrobatic prowess is matched by their high voltage energy.

Immerse yourself in a day of Colombian culture with Circolombia performances at 2, 3, 5 & 7pm. There are also Zumba Sessions (1& 2.45pm), Dance & Drums (4 & 6pm) and Live Music (7.45pm).

photo: Circolombia

‘Circolombia’s joy is completely infectious’ Metro****

Semi-permanent installation The Jetty, in front of OXO Tower Wharf

Rhyme in Grime by MooseA Thames Festival Trust commission

Artist Moose has pioneered ‘clean art’ and ‘grime writing’ as innovative techniques that allow words and images to emerge from the muck and natural matter on our streets and walls. Discover fragments of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land emerging from the Thames’ riverside walkway, in a unique installation by Moose that will bring new life to Eliot’s ninety-year-old poem.

Created in partnership with Forward Arts Foundation. Extract from 'The Fire Sermon' taken from The Waste Land © Estate of T.S. Eliot and reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd.

‘Sweet Thames, run softly, til I end my song.’ T.S. Eliot

photo: Moose Benjamin Curtis

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Sunday, 7.15 – 10pm Blackfriars Bridge and Victoria Embankment

Sunday, 10.30pm River Thames between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges

Night Carnival

Fireworks Finale

The Night Carnival is the Thames Festival’s signature event – an extraordinary, vibrant illuminated parade of 1,500 dancers, drummers, lantern-carriers & costumed masqueraders. Don’t miss this searingly hot mix of music, street dance and carnival from homegrown and overseas talent.

With: Albert & Friends Instant Circus, A.P.P.L.E., Art Start, Bloco Fogo, Caporales San Simón Londres, Elimu Paddington Arts Band,

The Fireworks Finale is designed by Mike Jones of Pains Fireworks, a company that has London roots stretching back to 1593. Amplified by the reflective waters of the River Thames, the Finale packs a massive pyro punch with over a ton of fireworks ignited in choreographed, computer-linked sequences to produce a blazing display of pyrotechnics and a jaw-dropping spectacle of exploding colour against the London skyline.

Emergency Exit Arts, Festive Road, Flamingo Carnival Arts, Fox Carnival, HAFAD, Imagineer Productions, Inspiration Arts, Kinetika Bloco, Latin American Multicultural Group, London School of Samba, Mahogany & the Hypnotic, Mandinga Arts, Morenada Bloque Kantuta, Morenada Intocables Londres, Oshu Kanatsu-Ryu Shishi-Odori Dance Troupe, Paraiso School of Samba, Same Sky, SE1 United, Shademakers, Sunshine International Arts and Truro School of Samba.

The display is fired from two barges placed mid-river between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges. The Fireworks are best viewed from Victoria Embankment. There is a Disabled viewing area for Night Carnival and Fireworks on the north end of Blackfriars Bridge.

photo: Barry Lewis photo: Rod Olukoya

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All Eyes on Korea

Meekyoung Shin & Hong Sang-sik

Saturday1.10pm Babbling Comedy 2 by Perfordian Factory2.20pm Traditional Korean Wedding Demo & Stage Performance4.40pm Kukkiwon Taekwondo Display Team5.50pm Traditional Korean Music Performance7pm K-Pop Contest

Drop-in workshops for all the family! Contemporary Korean artist Meekyoung Shin leads a workshop making colourful soap-bricks. These will be used to create a replica of Cheomsungdae, the seventh century astronomical observatory in Gyeongju, Korea, one of the oldest scientific installations on Earth.

Sunday 12.10pm Babbling Comedy 2 by Perfordian Factory1.20pm Traditional Korean Wedding Demo & Stage Performance3.40pm Kukkiwon Taekwondo Display Team4.50pm Traditional Korean Music Performance 5.50pm Babbling Comedy 2 by Perfordian Factory6.50pm Kukkiwon Taekwondo Display Team8.10pm Screening of Jeong Yoon-chul’s film Marathon

photo: Korean Cultural Centre photo: Leanne Conradson

Prior to each live performance, there are large-scale Media Art projections by Lee Lee-nam.

Saturday, 1 – 8.30pmSunday, 12 – 10pm Tate Modern Forecourt

Saturday & Sunday, 12 – 7pmTate Modern Forecourt

The second art workshop features contemporary Korean artist Hong Sang-sik whose work involves creating shapes and objects with dried noodles.

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Saturday & Sunday11 – 6pm indoors at gallery@oxo and outdoors at St Katharine Docks

Rivers of the WorldA Thames Festival Trust commission

This creative project links over 2,000 young people around the world each year through a focus on a common theme: their river. Students from London, Buenos Aires, County Donegal, Derry-Londonderry, Dubai, Seoul, Surakarta and Sylhet have shared their river research, learned about each others’ cultures and worked with local artists to create fantastic river-inspired artworks.

These are exhibited indoors at the gallery@oxo, and on outdoor panels at St Katharine Docks, next to Tower Bridge. They will also be enjoyed by millions of people from September 2012 as the exhibition travels to riverside locations in each of the participating cities.

photo: Syed Rashad Imam

Rivers of the World is a Thames Festival project delivered in partnership with the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms with support from HSBC Global Education Programme.

gallery@oxo is owned and managed by Coin Street Community Builders, www.coinstreet.org

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Sunday events

01 Shishi-Odori (p.27)02 Unlimited Commissions (p.26)03 BFI Film Fundays (p.29)03 Watch This Space (p.24)03 The Burnt Out Punks (p.25)04 Lost & Sound (p.33)05 Where the Wild Words Are (p.12)

05 Rhyme in Grime (p.14) 05 Rivers of the World (p.20)06 Night Carnival (p.16) 06 Shishi-Odori (p.27)River Fireworks Finale (p.17)07 All Eyes on Korea (p.18)07 Meekyoung Shin & Hong Sang-sik (p.19)07 Thames Lens (p.28)

09 Sailing Barge Lady Daphne (p.31)10 XX Scharnhorst (p.6) 11 Blue Ribbon Village (p.30)11 Song for the Thames Silkie (p.8)11 Sing for Water (p.9)13 Classic Boats (p.35)13 Rivers of the World (p.20)River Barge-Driving Races (p.34)

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01 One Thousand Pans (p.11)02 Unlimited Commissions (p.26) 03 BFI Film Fundays (p.29) 03 Watch This Space (p.24)03 The Burnt Out Punks (p.25)04 Lost & Sound (p.33)05 Homage to Rio (p.10)

05 Rhyme in Grime (p.14)05 Shishi-Odori (p.27) 05 Rivers of the World (p.20)07 All Eyes on Korea (p.18) 07 Meekyoung Shin & Hong Sang-sik (p.19)07 Thames Lens (p.28)08 Firing on the Foreshore (p.32)09 Sailing Barge Lady Daphne (p.31)

10 XX Scharnhorst (p.6)11 Blue Ribbon Village (p.30) 11 Circolombia (p.15) 12 Lower Reach Sounding (p.7) 13 Classic Boats (p.35)13 Rivers of the World (p.20)

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*The river walkway by Blackfriars Bridge may be congested. Please follow diversion signs and stewarding advice.

Saturday & Sunday1 – 7pmWatch This Space Festival Theatre Square, outside the National Theatre

Saturday, 10pm Sunday, 9pmWatch This Space Festival Theatre Square, outside the National Theatre

Watch This SpaceFestivalAmazing non-stop programme of street theatre and al fresco circus, culminating in an explosive performance by The Burnt Out Punks!

The Burnt Out Punks in The Stockholm Syndrome 1.2

Saturday1pm The Lords of Strut1.30pm nabokov’s Symphony2pm Oddlings’ Mannekino2.30pm Hoop La La3pm The Ramos Acrobats3.30pm Duo Joli Vyann4.30pm nabokov’s Symphony5pm Oddlings’ Mannekino5.30pm Miss Behave6pm Burnt Out Punks 'teaser’6.30pm Mario, Queen of the Circus

All hell breaks loose as a fire-driven, petrol-fuelled, anarchic punk circus explodes onto Theatre Square. Frankly, these guys should know better at their age, but that won’t stop these over-ripe rockers from performing one of the more unpleasant displays of grubby hardcore circus you’ll ever see.

Sunday1pm The Lords of Strut1.30pm Oddlings' Mannekino2pm Hoop La La2.30pm nabokov's Symphony3pm Waifs & Strays' Mechanica3.30pm Duo Joli Vyann4.30pm The Lords of Strut 5pm Hoop La La 5.30pm Miss Behave6pm Burnt Out Punks 'teaser'6.30pm Mario, Queen of the Circus

photo: Ludovic des Cognets photo: Magnus Jonsson

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Saturday & Sunday, Southbank Centre

Saturday 12pm Bernie Spain Gardens by OXO Tower3 & 5pm Gabriel’s Wharf Bandstand, by OXO Tower

Sunday 12pm Jubilee Gardens by London Eye7.15 – 10pm Night Carnival

Unlimited Commissionspart of the London 2012 Festival

Shishi-OdoriLondonPremière

Extraordinary new work by deaf and disabled artists. The Garden by Graeae and Strange Fruit Saturday & Sunday 1 & 6pm Riverside Terrace at Royal Festival Hall Music fills the space as disabled artists take to four-metre-high sway poles to create new stories in the air of grace, growing up and imagination – gravity-defying outdoor theatre.

The Oshu Kanatsu-Ryu Shishi-Odori Dance Troupe are a group of fourteen dancers who stage a folk performance from the Tohoku (north-east) region of Japan, an area that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Each dancer beats a taiko drum hung at the waist, and wears a carved wooden shishi-gashira (deer mask) adorned with real deer horns and hair taken from horsetails. Dancers carry sasara

Irresistible: Call of the Sirens by Jez ColborneSaturday 4 & 7pmThe Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Working in collaboration with Mind the Gap, Jez has composed something truly irresistible – a symphony of sirens, a musical experience that combines alarm sirens, other non-traditional instruments and singing voices to create a breathtaking choral work.

on their backs, which consist of sliding-screen paper on bamboo, measuring over three metres in length, and represent the purification strips used in Shinto ceremonies. Shishi-Odori is produced by the Japan Foundation, supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, with thanks to the Embassy of Japan in the UK.

photo: Alison Baskerville photo: Shishi-Odori

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Saturday & Sunday12 – 6pm Tate Modern Forecourt

Saturday, 10.45am – 2pmSunday, 11.30am – 3pmBFI Southbank

Thames Lens Photo Masterclasses

BFIFilm FundaysAardman modelling workshop

Enter your festival pictures into our photo competition for the chance to win an amazing Nikon D5100 kit worth around £1,200, plus a break for two at the Guoman Tower Hotel at Tower Bridge, as well as a host of runner-up prizes, including three Nikon COOLPIX S9300s and a School of Photographic Imaging course! There are free photo masterclasses in association with

Saturday, 10.45am – 2pmThe Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Ahoy there me hearties! To celebrate the release of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! on DVD and Blu-ray, BFI Southbank is hosting a special Pirates Fun Day with a screening of Pirates! at 12.45pm, and a special Q&A session with director Peter Lord. Tickets £5. Enjoy free workshops, create your own pirate character and bring it to life with claymation animation techniques.

Amateur Photographer, What Digital Camera and Nikon in our photo marquee in front of the Tate Modern. This year we are also launching an exciting new River Prize, supported by the Port of London Authority – send us your pictures of the Thames for a chance to win a trip on a PLA harbour service launch and a visit to Port control! For your chance to win, email your photos to competition@thamesfestival.org

Sunday, 11.30am – 3pmPeppa Pig, Ben & Holly and FriendsOn Sunday, meet some of Peppa Pig’s top creative folk, watch new episodes, never seen before on TV and glimpse at a rarely seen classic episode of The Big Knights. Note, this is a ticketed event. Before the screening at 1.30pm there are free workshops with stop motion animation experts. Thanks to BAFTA, Channel 5 and Nickelodeon Jr. Box Office 020 7928 3232 bfi.org.uk

photo: Tung Mac photo: © Aardman Animations Ltd 2012

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Saturday at 12 & 2.30pm Sunday at 1 & 3.30pm Departs from London Bridge City Pier

Thames Sailing Barge Lady Daphne

The Lady Daphne was one of thousands of red-sailed ships dominating London's skyline in the days before road transport. On these trips towards Greenwich, and back, participants see the sights along the Thames and learn about the history of Thames Sailing Barges from her informed and passionate crew – and to top it all, Tower Bridge will be raised especially for you – twice!

Tickets are on sale via the Thames Festival website and a very limited number of tickets are held back to purchase on the day.

photo: John Appleyard

Saturday & Sunday 12 – 6pm More London by Tower Bridge

Blue Ribbon Village

A river and environmental zone with stalls and attractions from charities and businesses involved with the river's ecology, wildlife, history and the industries that the Thames supports.

Some of the activities provided by Thames-based groups include: swash-buckling sailors from the Golden Hinde demonstrate nautical skills and tell tales of their voyages at sea; Wildlife Man Jules conducts pond-dipping demonstrations for children to find

photo: Ros Croker

and identify water-based mini-beasts and Seaside Sisters show you how to sew your own river rosettes. You can also make fantastic fish sculptures from willow, design river-themed screen-printed t-shirts with professional artists and explore the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust's curious collection of wildlife.

The Blue Ribbon Village is sponsored by Thames Water

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What's been lost? Car keys? Hair? Innocence? Uncover stories that range from the mundane to the extraordinary: Lost and Sound is both playful and poignant. Using only the public's stories and specially adapted metal detectors, participants discover voices buried in the sand.

The audio has been collected from interviews with the local community and stories from families at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Adolescents’ Service recorded at the Cremorne Riverside Centre. Lost and Sound is a playful and intimate portrayal of a community.

photo: Jonathan Hogg

Saturday 11 – 5pm Foreshore by Shakespeare’s Globe

As the tide recedes, two fires will be constructed and lit on the foreshore, with pots made in advance of the Festival using Thames clay. Firing pots in this way has a history going back 6,000 years, and examples of such pots can be seen on the show-and-tell table at the top of the Globe stairs until 5pm.

Firing on the Foreshore

Led by Bankside STEWards, participants will be able to see and even handle objects found on the Thames foreshore which tell the history of Bankside from the end of the last Ice Age until today: hand axes, boats, pots and food all shed light on Thames trade and industry over the centuries.

Thames archaeologist, Dr Fiona Haughey, will be on hand to answer questions and lead free archaeological walks at 12 and 1pm. Meet at the top of the Globe stairs.

photo: Steve Stills

Lost and Sound by Output Arts

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Saturday & Sunday10am – 6pmSt Katharine Docks

Classic Boats

A replica Phoenician sailing ship is part of a collection of beautiful classic boats in the Docks’ Central Marina. Between 2008 and 2010, Phoenicia successfully circumnavigated the whole of Africa, recreating a feat first accomplished by Phoenician mariners in about 600BC. There is a free exhibition aboard the vessel. London Area Sea Cadets are also on hand over the weekend with boats on the water and a stand demonstrating knot tying and more.

And, don’t miss the festival’s Rivers of the World outdoor exhibition! You can travel to St Katharine Docks in style with a free River Taxi between Festival Pier and St Katharine’s Pier. Sailings are on the hour from Festival Pier and half past the hour from St Katharine’s Pier. The first taxi is at 10am and the last is at 6pm. For further information please visit skdocks.co.uk

photo: Jack Hardy

Sunday 1 – 4pm River Thames

Barge-Driving Races

The barge-driving races re-enact the way that watermen manoeuvred their barges on the Thames in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Modern-day watermen and lightermen compete in the main race, while the newcomers’ race is for friends, family and apprentices.

The Novice Barge-Driving Race from Waterloo Bridge to Tower Bridge starts at 1pm. The Steve Faldo Memorial Race from Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge starts at 3pm.

photo: Nathalie Crouch

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With additional thanks to:Southbank Centre, National Theatre, Tate Modern, London Bridge City, More London Estates, Potters Fields Park Management Trust, London River Services, Thames Clippers, Grange Hotels, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Goldsmiths' Company, New Millennium Masters.