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This year’s Lord Mayor’s Show is set to be one of the biggest, most vibrant and culturally diverse in the parade’s near-800 year history. Military marching bands will unite with urban hip-hop sounds, inner-city kids will strut their stuff alongside City workers and dazzling charity floats will wow the crowds in the world’s oldest street procession.

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Children from Icon Theatre show off the masks they will wear on Saturday 10th November for the Lord Mayor’s Show. Photo by Clive Totman.

Six London groups have each received an exclusive invitation from the Lord Mayor of the City of London to build their own float for inclusion in the annual spectacular the Lord Mayor’s Show, along with £10,500 in funding for each group.

Over the next couple of months the children and teenagers from all over London will be hard at work learning new skills and developing their creative and artistic flair to entertain almost 500,000 spectators when the parade hits the streets of London on Saturday 11th November. They will also be building their own fantastic float in which they will lead the new Lord Mayor from The Guildhall to the Royal Courts of Justice for the annual inauguration ceremony.

Take part in the Lord Mayor's Show

If you'd like to take part in next year's Show, please get in touch with the Pageantmaster's office soon. It's a fantastic way to boost your profile, raise morale and do something for charity all at once, and the procession is usually full by late spring.

Credits

The Lord Mayor's Show is organised and directed by the Pageantmaster, Dominic Reid OBE. This site has been built and managed by spanner since its launch in 1996, and currently runs on a modified version of radiant and rails. It is entirely paid for by the kind sponsorship of the London Stock Exchange.

Get in touch

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to write to us. For press enquiries: Lesley Mair at the City of London press office. For general enquiries, or to take part: Anna Marra in the Pageantmaster's office. For problems with the website or suggestions for new pages: William Ross at spanner.

The Lord Mayor's Appeal

The Appeal for the year 2007-8 will benefit ORBIS and Wellbeing of Women.

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