Thames Festival Trust | Totally Thames festival

Registrations for Totally Thames & Applications for Seed Funders 2025 are now closed

Totally Thames Festival is an annual season of unique, diverse and accessible arts and culture throughout the month of September with activity taking place on, beneath, and along the River Thames.

Launched in 2014, Totally Thames Festival emerged from the idea to expand and replace the hugely successful two-day Thames Festival along the South Bank and Bankside that ran from 1997-2013.

The month-long programme runs the 42-mile stretch of the Thames through working collaboratively with artists, local communities, river interest organisations and businesses.

Each year we run an open call for events to be part of our programme, ranging from pop-up performances, boating events, art installations, river clean-ups, live performances, talks, workshops and much more.

A wonderful celebration of what is arguably London’s biggest natural asset, with an exciting mixed arts programme of arts and cultural activities, talks, walks and boat rides.

Joyce Wilson, Arts Council England

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