Great British Events

The Mayor’s Thames Festival 2010

11th & 12th September 2010

Location: London

The Mayor’s Thames Festival is a free London festival and a fantastic way to celebrate the end of summer and London’s great culture and historical landmarks. Activities take place over the weekend on the River Thames from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge and beyond.

The Festival is an annual event and has become a very popular and fun weekend in London for families in particular. This years celebration takes place over the weekend of Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September 2010, from 12pm – 10pm. Highlights of this year will include the World Premiere of Jonathan Dove’s new work River Songs inspired by the River Thames. The Night Carnival and Fireworks spectacular will provide a spectacular finale to this Great London event.

Notting Hill Carnival 2010

29th and 30th August 2010

Location: Notting Hill, London.

Ever since 1966, at the end of August, the streets of Notting Hill in West London have been filled with up to a million visitors. The whole area comes alive when the Notting Hill Carnival bursts into life. A vibrant mix of sound systems, costumes and food in celebration of the best of Caribbean culture. The Notting Hill Carnival has become the largest festival celebration of its kind in Europe.

Notting Hill has for over half a century been a melting pot of cultures and diversity and the carnival highlights the best of all the cultures. A fun and fabulous festival that will leave a lasting impression on anybody who visits and takes part.

Notting Hill Carnival 2008

24th – 25th August 2008

Europe’s largest street festival, The Notting Hill Carnival has been a regular fixture over the August Bank Holiday since 1966. Originally a corollary of the 1964 Trinidad Carnival, the Notting Hill Carnival has become a rich melting pot of Caribbean music and culture.

A chance to soak up the rhythms, food and soul of a wonderfully diverse street celebration. Generally Sunday is the best day for children and families. A Great British Event.

Notting Hill Carnival 2006

27th to 28th August. 2006

The annual Notting Hill Carnival, once again takes to the streets of Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove in London on the 27th and 28th of August 2006. Filling the area with the sounds of steel drums and some heavy sound systems. Sunday is known as children’s day and is generally a lot safer than the monday.

Notting Hill Carnival History

The carnival was first held in 1964 by Black and in particular Trinidanian immigrants from the Caribbean, creating a festival to bring together the people of Notting Hill and to help curb racism. Since then the carnival has grown in stature to become Europe’s largest street carnival.

Travel to Notting Hill

Notting Hill is well serviced by bus and train, but if you would prefer to travel by a luxury chauffeur driven car, where the chauffeur will leave you at meeting point and then arrange to collect you at a specified time then contact iChauffeur for further information.

Edinburgh International Festival 2006

13th August to 3rd September 2006

The Edinburgh Festival is one of the highlights of the Scottish events calendar, and a Great British Event! From August 13th to September 3rd 2006, Edinburgh will be the place to be for classical music, theatre, opera and dance. Major theatres, concert halls and a number of smaller venues will be ignited with the best from the art world.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

6 to 28 August 2006

Running along side the Edinburgh Festival is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival. Featured in the internationally acclaimed 2004 movie ‘Festival’, In 2005 more than 735 groups participated putting on 1,800 different shows with a total of 26,995 performances in 247 venues and now is approaching it’s 60th year. Anyone can perform at the Fringe as it’s an open arts festival, and it draws some of the finest comedians, artists and groups from around the world.

Travel to Edinburgh

Edinburgh is well serviced by coach, train and air services, but if you would prefer to travel by a luxury chauffeur driven car, or even take in the Edinburgh Festival as part of a chauffeur driven tour of Scotland, Contact iChauffeur for details.

Edinburgh Festival Resources

• Edinburgh International Festival Official Site
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe Official Site