Thames events for warm summer evenings
Imagine...a perfect summer’s day; clear blue skies, warm sun on your back, a gentle breeze blowing through the trees. Summer is the perfect time to get outside and enjoy an open air event!!
There are lots of open air events happening this summer whether you are a music fan, love a dramatic Shakespearian performance or are looking to entertain the kids. Below are just a selection of events that are happening along the River Thames this summer. Why not get out there and enjoy the open air, it's what the summer was invented for!
Music Events
Whether you love music from the 70s, like to swing to a selction of jazz or prefer the harmonies of a choir there is a music event for you this summer.
70’s Spectacular Firework Concert, Basildon Park – 16 August
A 70's Spectacular featuring Boney M, T-Rextasy and Abba Inferno, with a firework finale.
The Best of the West End Firework Concert, Basildon Park – 17 August
The Best of the West End with top songs from the nation's favourite musicals and a fantastic firework finale.
Reading Festival – 22-24 August
Over 3 days, over 150 acts, this is the Reading Festival’s 20th birthday and the starting line-up reflects that. Across the stages there is every new buzz band you have read about this year, every band you want to hear play and three headliners of such colossal size and importance they are probably visible from space.
Family Events
Looking for something to entertain the kids this summer, get them outdoors and enjoy a theatrical performance.
‘Sleeping Beauty’ in the Garden, Ham House – 12 August
Chapterhouse Theatre Company is once more creating theatre under the stars for families and children of all ages. In ‘Sleeping Beauty’ we follow the adventures of Louisa and her friends who, evacuated to the countryside during the Second World War, find fun and song in enacting this wonderful story. The result is a splendid piece of story telling in a style that comes close to the Famous Five whilst still celebrating the original fairytale romance.
For more great ideas for things to do on the River Thames, see our events pages!