The London Rally takes place over the weekend of 11th / 12th September and coincides with the Thames Festival.

We will be moored in St Katherine Dock for the weekend. On Friday evening there will be drinks on board Hard Seed, the rally dinner will be held in a restaurant on Saturday evening and if the weather is fine we will have a barbecue early on Sunday evening so that we can then go to watch the carnival procession and fireworks at the end of the festival.

The Thames Festival

The Mayor's Thames Festival is London's largest free outdoor arts festival - a spectacular celebration of London and its river. An exciting mix of arts, spectacle and entertainment, all focused around the River Thames, the festival is a key highlight in London's cultural life.

The festival commissions new work, and transforms unusual spaces on and around the River Thames with a mixture of street arts, performance, carnival, pyrotechnics, illuminations, art installations, exhibitions, river events, massed choirs, circus, music and dance, food and feasting. The finale is a magical illuminated Night Procession that winds along the north and south banks of the Thames, followed by a fireworks display fired from the centre of the river itself.

The two-day festival takes place on the River Thames, the riverside walkways, roads bridges, docks and public open spaces from Westminster Bridge to Tower bridge and beyond.

For furhter information see the festival website: www.thamesfestival.org

The Classic Boat Rally will also be taking place in St Katherine Dock over the weekend.

Please contact Jonathan Hague for more information about this rally.