One Thousand Pans. Players from steel band pan yards all over the UK converge at Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank to perform Ary Baroso's 1939 classic Aquarela do Brasil as a musical tribute to the passing of the Olympic torch from London to Rio. The Mayor's Thames Festival is London's largest outdoor arts festival and one of the most spectacular events of the year. It is a celebration of London and the River Thames, one that is free and open to all. A vibrant mixture of live music, dance, art installations, carnival, river races and street arts, the festival transforms the Thames and its banks and brings Londoners together at the heart of their city.
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