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The Last Night magic, live in the open air!

Each of the Proms in the Park events is centred around a live concert with high-profile artists and presenters, culminating in a live BBC Big Screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall. So gather together your friends, pack a picnic and get ready for a fabulous night out.

If there isn’t a Proms in the Park near you, you can join the party via one of the BBC Big Screens around the country: Bradford (Centenary Square), Cardiff (The Hayes), Derby (Market Place), Dover (Market Square), Edinburgh (Festival Square), Hull (Queen Victoria Square), Leeds (Millennium Square), Liverpool (Clayton Square), Manchester (Exchange Square), Middlesbrough (Centre Square), Norwich (Chapelfield Plain), Plymouth (Armada Way), Portsmouth (Guildhall Square), Rotherham (All Saints Square), Swindon (Wharf Green), Waltham Forest (Walthamstow Town Square), Woolwich (General Gordon Place) and other new screens currently being commissioned across the UK. See details below.

All this year’s concerts are broadcast live across BBC Radio and Television (see listings for details). Highlights of the Proms in the Park events will be included as part of the live coverage of the Last Night of the Proms on BBC One and BBC Two, while digital TV viewers can choose between watching the concert inside the Royal Albert Hall and the various Proms in the Park events taking place across the country.

Note that all BBC Proms in the Park events are outdoors and tickets are unreserved. The use of chairs is discouraged since it obstructs the view of others, but if you find it necessary because of limited mobility, please be considerate to your neighbours. In the interest of safety, please do not bring glass items, barbeques or flaming torches.

The Proms in the Park events are supported by National Savings and Investments.

Around the country:

At Big Screen Dover there will be a performance of a brand new comissioned piece of jazz music, the Dover Suite, accompanied by site sensitive/contemporary dance. The music Spirits by Night is by well established local composer Dave Corsby and is based on Kent's legendary ghosts and smugglers: Angels By Day, Spirits By Night, The Foreness Monster, Ghost Train to Dreamland and Smugglers Leap.

In Hull the tens of thousands of visitors to the city from all over the world for the city's Freedom Festival and the launch of the Clipper weekend will be enticed to spend even longer in the city for a quintessentially English experience along all the international celebrations, in an arena created for a stunning relay from the Royal Albert Hall.

In Middlesbrough you can join the music lovers at the Albert Hall, as well as the audiences at Proms in the Park at Hyde Park, Salford, Glasgow, Swansea and Hillsborough for a live screening of the Last Night of the Proms. Seating, catering and coffee.

Celebrate Last Night Of The Proms in Norwich in Style from 6.30pm at The Big Screen Norwich with free seating for 200, a live performance from a local string quartet and a BBc Norfolk Compere.

In Plymouth they're warming up for The Last Night of the Proms from 6pm with the South West Camarata Live on stage. They're a young people's orchestra playing a selection of music from their extensive repertoire. This will include an audience participation session where you can practice some of the traditional songs in the main concert.

Portsmouth have seating for 250 and there will be local performances and activities from 6.30 with food and drinks available, the highlight being Soprano Sylvia Rota performing arias from classic Operas.

In Rotherham, All Saints' Square is turned red, white and blue with union jack waving flags, event programmes including song lyrics, tables and chairs, and a selection of hot and cold foods for sale as well as people being invited to bring along their own picnic. Local entertainment also enhances the programme both before as well as during the intervals.

Swindon is celebrating its second Last Night of the Proms at Wharf Green with live entertainment from Indigo Strings Quartet from 6.30pm. People are invited to join in with their picnics ready for the live link at 7.20pm with the Albert Hall. There will also be a hog roast and bar available throughout the night. The compere for the evening, BBC Wiltshire’s Ashley Heath.

Come along to Walthamstow Town Square at 7pm for a live performance from Forest Philharmonic Orchestra leading up to the start of the BBC coverage - there will be seating available, hot drinks on sale, flags to wave and just in case you’ve forgotten the words to Land of Hope and Glory song sheets will be on hand.