The closing ceremony was held on 9 September at the Olympic Stadium . Entitled " The Festival of the Flame " , the ceremony was themed around the gathering of people in celebration , and was directed by Kim Gavin , who also directed the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics just a few weeks prior . The ceremony featured sequences set to a live performance by the British rock band Coldplay , who were accompanied by guest performers such as the British Paraorchestra ( who accompanied the band on " Strawberry Swing " , and also performed the Paralympic anthem ) , Barbadian singer Rihanna ( who performed her collaboration with Coldplay , " Princess of China " , and her solo hit " We Found Love " ) and American rapper Jay-Z ( who performed " Run This Town " with Rihanna and Coldplay , and joined in a reprise of " Paradise " ) . To mark its hosting of the 2016 Summer Paralympics , the Paralympic flag was passed from Boris Johnson , Mayor of London to Eduardo Paes , Mayor of Rio de Janeiro . LOCOG chief Sebastian Coe and IPC president Philip Craven both congratulated London for its successful hosting of the Paralympics ; Coe was proud that both the Olympics and Paralympics in London could be labelled " Made in Britain " , while Sir Phillip felt that the Games were the " greatest Paralympic Games ever . " Ellie Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock shared the honour of extinguishing the Paralympic cauldron , sharing its last flame on torches to others throughout the stadium to represent its eternal spirit
closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
2012 Summer Paralympics