Mist hanging over a still canal at dawn beneath a wooden footbridge, moored narrowboats fading into the haze with woodsmoke rising from a stove chimney.
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IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2027

📅 Sat 1 – Mon 3 May 2027📍 Little Venice, Grand Union Canal and Regent's Canal junction, Greater LondonW9 2PF

The Inland Waterways Association's flagship London festival fills the Little Venice pool with over a hundred decorated boats every early May bank holiday weekend, with boat parades, trade stalls and an illuminated boat procession on the Sunday evening. Boat bookings for 2027 are already open and the festival is expected to run 1 to 3 May 2027, following its fixed bank holiday pattern.

What’s on

  • Over 100 decorated boats
  • Illuminated boat procession Sunday evening
  • Boat handling competitions and parades
  • Free admission

Date shown is the organiser’s announced or expected date. Always check the official site before travelling a long way.

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