Bandstand Marathon
bandstand marathon cultural event began see range free live music concert take place simultaneously bandstand outdoor venue across united kingdom bandstand marathon became official part cultural olympiad announced september would official finale event london festival bandstand marathon officially endorsed coldplay allowed participating band perform song viva la vida simultaneously across country tie performance song closing ceremony paralympic game bandstand marathon organized taunton based art organization superact event see amateur musician perform local community time day celebration uk diverse musical talent superact partnered making music put event larger scale possible previous year bandstand marathon began awarded inspire mark indicate inspired spirit london olympic game event varied size scope year year event took place south west event took place occurred september event across uk first year event took place london bandstand marathon saw event take place venue across uk september pm pm due event tie london one event took place bandstand olympic park london event endorsed coldplay gave permission participating band perform single viva la vida simultaneously across country pm bandstand marathon superact making music london festival