August 2010
Dear Friends of the Whale,
When: 11th - 12th September 10
Saturday and Sunday, 12 am to 7 pm
Where: @ Potters Fields Park, London, United Kingdom
The Whale of a Time Workshop will take place in the the Blue Ribbon Village.
How do I get there?
To find Potters Fields Park please download festival map.
Link: The Mayor's Thames Festival 2010
Mayor’s Thames Festival: 11th and 12th September 2010, 12pm-10pm
Whale of a Time is being held as part of The Mayor’s Thames Festival, London’s largest free outdoor arts festival, taking place on 11th & 12th September 2010.
The Mayor’s Thames Festival (www.thamesfestival.org) is London’s largest free outdoor arts festival. A spectacular, free celebration of London and its river, the festival takes place every September with a packed weekend of outdoor events on the River Thames, the riverside walkways, roads, bridges, docks and public open spaces from the London Eye to Tower Bridge and beyond.
The festival commissions new work, and transforms unusual spaces on and around the River Thames with a vivid mixture of music, dance, feasting, carnival, river races, art installations and street arts. It’s all about bringing people together and encouraging them to take part. The finale is a magical illuminated Night Carnival that winds along the north and south banks of the Thames, followed by fireworks fired from the centre of the river itself.
An event with a real creative legacy, the festival has four key ongoing education projects with schools and community groups focussing on art/design, the environment, music education and food growing. In 2009 the Festival worked with 288 schools from London and overseas and 225 community groups, reaching over 10,000 young people worldwide.
The Thames Festival River Parade
This year’s Thames Festival River Parade takes place on Saturday 11 September. The commentary for the parade will be broadcast from the riverside walkway by Potters Field Park as part of the Blue Ribbon Village.
If you have friends, family or colleagues that you think might like to enter a boat, please forward the invitation onto them. The River Parade is a great way to celebrate the Thames and the many different people and vessels that use it. It’s free to take part and entrants receive up to four tickets to the Thames Revival Supper.
Download Thames River Invite. (pdf).
The Mayor’s Thames Festival is supported by Arts Council England and the Mayor of London.
"As a contender for London's best annual event, the Mayor's Thames Festival is right up there"
Time Out Magazine
"Great balls of fire, acrobatic cavemen and a giant bubble filled with music ... this year's Thames Festival was an eye-opener and a jaw-dropper"
Guardian
Please contact Emma Lawson, Thames Festival Press and PR at emmalawson@globalnet.co.uk
Please contact Irene Schleining, Whale of a Time Press and PR at irene@whaleofatime.org
The Whale of a Time Workshop is sponsored by the Lambeth Psychological Therapies Service, a part of the national IAPT programme run by the NHS.
The aim is to increase people’s awareness of ways to help wellbeing. Read NHS news release.