Night Carnival

Taiko drummers, giant horses – courtesy of Tutatis company – and the Guggemusik brass ensemble lead a procession of 2,000 dancers, musicians and masqueraders with lanterns and illuminated costumes. Starting at Upper Ground, behind the National Theatre, the procession heads north over Blackfriars Bridge and west along Victoria Embankment, finishing by Victoria Embankment Gardens. A Thames Festival event.