For the third consecutive year, Romania will take part in The Mayor's Thames Festival, with a traditional stand and a series of live acts organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. The event will take place on September 11 and 12, between 12 noon and 10pm, on the South Bank riverside walkway, from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge. Admission is free.

The stand is part of the New European Village section, which highlights cultures from Central and Eastern European countries with rich heritages, defined by centuries of traditions. Romania will present traditional crafts such as embroidery, weaving and live loom demonstrations. The guides of the event are Niculina Andronache, Elena Vaculisteanu and Steliana Baltuta from the Ethnographic Museum in Botosani, who will weave and talk about popular costumes, textiles and embroidery.

Fanfara din Vorona (northern Moldavia) will deliver two live-performances each day of the festival, part of The Bandstand section, featuring some of the world's best street music. The Fanfare is one of the most popular rural brass bands from Romania, with a strongly original and powerful music. Throughout the Festival the Fanfare will be on parade wearing Romanian folk costumes. They will also play at the Night Carnival, when you are invited to join the famous Romanian round dance Hora Moldoveneasca.

See schedule of events below:

The Bandstand, Fanfara din Vorona Program:

Saturday 11 September

performance 1: 1.00 - 1.45pm (at the Bandstand, Potters Field Park)

performance 2: 5.00 - 5.45pm (at Feast on the Bridge, Southwark Bridge)

Sunday 12 September

performance 1: 1.00 - 1.15pm (at the Bandstand, Potters Field Park)

performance 2: 7.15 - 9.30pm (Night Carnival)

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