This year Zee Network is sponsoring The Mayor's Thames Festival which will transform the River Thames and its surrounding parks and open spaces between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge with an extensive programme of free, outdoor events over the weekend.
Indian Summer, the music stage will featuring Taz of Stereo Nation, Rafaqat Ali Khan of Pakistan and Bollywood Style Bollywood dancers, all courtesy of Zee.
Featuring a series of specially commissioned installations and events including large-scale projections on a spray screen on the River by ; an open-air screening of Judith Burrows's short film ; photographs by projected onto the National Theatre flytower; Your Mum Visuals accompanied by music by ; and ‘aural landscape', a giant sound installation outside Tate Modern at Bankside; a display about London's 400-mile network of rivers, tributaries and canals in the
Other highlights of the weekend include: , a boat race involving over 300 oared boats; performances by pyrotechnicians, , the and Japanese dance troupe and four music stages. On Sunday the Festival will host two mass choirs of and who will “Sing for Water” to raise money for charity WaterAid.River walkway events include a riverside bazaar and night market, art and sculpture workshops, , a , street theatre and storytelling sessions.
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