Start the day with a gentle movement session with Saara Turiya embodying the gifts of the element of water.

We begin Estuary 2021 with a beautiful dawn raga composition by Jatinder Singh Durhailay performed on the Dilruba to mark the morning's High Tide on the Thames Estuary at 09.29

Meet the curators of our Estuary 2021 Opening Weekend programme - Jas Dhillon, Elsa James, James Marriott and Lu Williams. Introduced by festival organisers, Colette Bailey (Metal) and Sue Jones (Cement Fields)

The Estuary and the Legacies of Oil. Authors of the brand new book on the subject, talk with Dr Vandana Shiva; Lazarus Tamana and Peter May about the role of the Estuary in the story of the UK's fossil fuel empire.

A film by Michael McMillan, working with Dubmorphology. A meditation on the wake of the River Thames ebbing and flowing, after the scholar Christina Sharpe 'In the Wake: On Blackness and Being' (2016)

The Estuary, the Climate and the Future of Energy. What are the probable impacts of climate change on the Estuary in the coming decades?  Join our panel of artists, writers, activists and scientists as they explore the Estuary and its climate across time, looking at history, what is happening today, and what is to come.

A short, experimental film by Akeim Toussaint Buck and Sam Baxter, reflecting the overlaying of events that have taken place on the Thames Estuary exploring themes of migration, race politics and climate change.

The presentation of a site-specific performance by James Jordan Johnson, filmed on the estuary during low tide. In collaboration with Shamica Ruddock.

Throughout history, zines have been used as a tool for sharing information, stories from voices who have been marginalised. Meet zine activists from around the world as they explore their medium and its inclusive, accessible power.

A screening of Jeannette Ehlers performance Whip It Good (2013 - ongoing) followed by a discussion with the artist, alongside curator, Aleema Gray and led by Fiona Compton (Know Your Caribbean).

A live reading and performance with poet, playwright and peformer Inua Ellams to explore the theme of water through identity, displacement and destiny

Antonio Roberts closes our first festival day with a sharing of a new audiovisual artwork about the connections between the river and technological advancements

With Dirish Shaktidas.  Find balance and inspiration, and feel grounded and recharged with this yoga session.

A welcome to the day with festival organisers and An Unknown Earth curators.

Walking in the Wake by Michael McMillan. Please see Saturday's listing for the BSL and caption version.

In her new documented walk, Here/Her: A Walk Along the Edge of the City, artist Rebecca Moss will share a route that she has frequently returned to during lockdown, between Rainham, on the edge of East London, and Grays in West Essex.

Osman Yousefzada and Caryn Franklin MBE explore the themes presented through Osman's art film Her Dreams are Bigger.

A workshop with Maya Scarlette, working with old or unwanted household items to upcycle them into fashion items.

Join James Piers Taylor to explore Bioregionalism, and how this concept might look here in the English orient. Hosted by Focal Point Gallery.

Our opening weekend programme comes to an end with an ode to the tide as it approaches its highest point, with a film created by Ayesha Tan Jones

Estuary Live Lounge 1: Iain Sinclair and Rachel Lichtenstein join Gareth Evans to talk about their current projects and shared love of the estuary

The inaugural Jan Morris Lecture, in partnership with Hay Festival, with Jini Reddy

Resistance Sustenance Protection - Book Launch and Drawn Out, a conversation with seven artists making sequential art during lockdown.

Join James Marriott for a live discussion with speakers on the Thames Estuary's energy, and a screening of the first part of a newly commissioned film by artist-sailor Richard Houguez.

Estuary Live Lounge 2: Join filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and musician William Fontaine for an in-conversation with Gareth Evans.

Listen to Mary Mattingly discuss her artistic practice and journey to production Vanishing Point, her installaiton for Estuary 2021 sited on Southend Pier.

Join James Marriott for a live discussion with speakers on the Thames Estuary's energy and a screening of the second part of a newly commissioned film by artist-sailor Richard Houguez.

Estuary Live Lounge 3: Award winning writers Chloe Aridjis and Jay Griffiths take a look at the role of the written word in highlighting the climate crisis.

Join Jon Blackwood for an in-conversation event with artist, Elsa James to celebrate the publication his new publication, 'Intersections in the art of Elsa James'.

Meet the four contemporary writers commissioned to respond to one of the most mysterious and enigmatic houses of the Thames Estuary, Suttons Manor

Join James Marriott for a live discussion with speakers on the Thames Estuary's energy and a screening of the third part of a newly commissioned film by artist-sailor Richard Houguez.

Join artist Jasleen Kaur and members of the Gravesend’s Saheli Women's Group online, as they cook Aloo Paronthey in their own kitchens, and discuss questions of community, assimilation, resistance, and the importance of song and dance, and food.

Estuary 2021 streamed a number of live, online events, discussions and film screenings on different platforms across the festival, from 22 May to 13 June. If you missed any, you can catch up with all the events below.

'Nattsong' is an extraordinary new multi-sensory stage work in which poet–performer Caroline Bergvall takes an immersive journey into language, refuge and the night. The performance, taking place at Turner Contemporary in Margate, will be live streamed here.