tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post6440485995961868666..comments2024-03-26T23:00:45.683+00:00Comments on Jane's London: The Mayor's Thames Festival – bigger, longer, and hopefully better than ever!!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09099069900570994344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9110084440464006279.post-8177084889976332742013-09-03T22:00:09.337+01:002013-09-03T22:00:09.337+01:00I'm very much in favour of there being more em...I'm very much in favour of there being more emphasis on Thames and Thames related events, after all it is the Thames Festival but I am very disappointed that both the Night Carnival and the fireworks have been sacrificed due to budgetary restrictions. <br /><br />The Carnival was hugely popular. Like a concentrated version of the Notting Hill Carnival, it had something that NH has lost in recent years, it took place after dark and the self lit floats gave it a completely different atmosphere.<br /><br />As for the fireworks, I think they have made a serious mistake by dropping these. Yes, they are massively expensive if you are going to do them properly, but they have become the traditional end to any major event. The full stop at the end of the festival. Now the event will just fizzle away. Given that it is spread out over a substantial chunk of the South Bank how is anyone going to know when it's over and that it's time to go home?Malcolm Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316694673470444938noreply@blogger.com