BT River of Music - welcoming the world to London in 2012

09 November 2011

500,000 people will have a free London 2012 experience.

We’ve just launched BT River of Music, two days of live music events that will take place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July 2012, the weekend before the Olympic Games open. BT River of Music will offer music lovers of all ages the opportunity to take part in celebrating the build up to the London 2012 Games, with free access to events over the weekend.

BT River of Music will be one of the highlights of the London 2012 Festival, a 12 week UK- wide celebration featuring leading artists from around the world. The spectacular weekend of free music from the 205 Olympic and Paralympic nations will take place at iconic sites along the river Thames, welcoming the world to London.

The event is created and produced by Serious for the London 2012 Festival with significant funding support from the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, Arts Council England, British Council and BT.

Six stages located across London will represent the five continents – Asia in Battersea Park, Africa in Jubilee Gardens, Europe in Trafalgar Square and Somerset House, the Americas at the Tower of London, and Oceania in the Greenwich Old Royal Naval College. The rich variety of music over the weekend will include well-known names and unexpected collaborations.  

Artists confirmed so far include Scissor Sisters, Wynton Marsalis, Naturally 7, Baaba Maal, Angelique Kidjo, Zakir Hussain, and Andy Sheppard.

For more information visit www.london2012.com/festival