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JANUARY |
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New Year’s Day
- 1st. Lord Mayor of Westminster’s New Year’s Day Parade -
Parliament Square. International Boat Show at Earls Court.
Charles 1 Commemoration - Trafalgar Square. London
Contemporary Art Fair. London Mime Festival. |
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FEBRUARY |
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Celebrations
for Chinese New Year - Soho, end Jan - early Feb.
Valentine’s Day - 14th. Shrove Tuesday - 24th. Pancake Day -
Races in various locations. |
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MARCH |
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Ideal Home
Exhibition - Earls Court. London Book Fair, at Olympia. Head
of the River race. Chelsea Antiques Fair - Chelsea Old Town
Hall. Butterworth Charity - St Bartholomew the Great.
Mothering Sunday - 22nd. Harness Horse Parade - Regent’s
Park. London Fashion Week. Oxford & Cambridge University
Boat Race - 28th. British Summertime begins 29th March. |
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APRIL |
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Easter weekend
from Good Friday - 10th - including Bank Holiday Monday.
Easter Show - Battersea Park. Coca Cola Cup - Wembley.
Shakespeare’s birthday - Southwark Cathedral. St George’s
Day. International Model Railway Exhibition - RHS Halls. The
Queen’s Birthday - Royal Gun salutes in Hyde Park (Noon) and
Tower of London (1.00 pm). London Marathon - 25,000 runners
from Greenwich to Westminster - 26th. Blackheath Kite
Festival. Chaucer Festival. |
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MAY |
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May Day Bank
Holiday - 4th Marches. May Festival. May Fayre & Puppet
Festival. Festival for Mind, Body & Soul. 116th FA Cup Final
- Wembley -16th. Rugby League Cup Final - Wembley. Royal
Windsor Horse Show - Windsor Park. Ascension Day. Beating
the Bounds - Tower of London 1999, 2002. Chelsea Flower Show
from 19th. Punch and Judy Festival - Covent Garden. Open-air
Theatre - Regent’s Park until August Bank Holiday.
Pilkington Rugby Union Cup Final at Twickenham. One-day
International Cricket at Lords. Spring Bank Holiday - 25th. |
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JUNE |
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Beating the
Retreat - Horse Guards. Queen’s official birthday. Trooping
the Colour - Horse Guards Parade -13th. The Derby - Epsom
Downs, Surrey. Royal Ascot Week - Ascot. Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition. Greenwich Festival (2 weeks). Stella
Artois Tennis Tournament - Queens Club. Biggin Hill Air
Fair. Fine Art and Antique Fair - Olympia. Grosvenor House
Art & Antiques Fair. Father’s Day - 21st. Wimbledon Tennis
Tournament starts 22nd - Wimbledon. Antiquarian Book Fair.
Garter Ceremony - St George’s Chapel at Windsor. London to
Brighton annual Bicycle Race. Spitalfields Festival of
Classical Music. 2nd Cricket Test match at Lords. The Fleadh
- Irish Music Festival - Finsbury Park. Hampton Court Palace
Music Festival. Coin Street Festival - Oxo Tower. City of
London Festival. |
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JULY |
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Covent Garden
Flower Festival. International Festival of Theatre. Henley
Regatta. Royal Tournament - begins 21st for 3 weeks. City of
London Festival 2 weeks. Hampton Court International Flower
Show Henry Wood Promenade Concerts - at the Albert Hall
until September’s climax. Swan Upping from Maidenhead.
Dogett’s Coat and Badge Race. Metropolitan Police Horse Show
- Imber Court in Surrey. Street Entertainers Festival. Gay
Pride Annual Festival. Grand Prix Motor Racing at
Silverstone. Benson & Hedges Cricket Cup Final at Lords.
Kenwood Lakeside Concerts |
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AUGUST |
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London Riding
Horse Parade - Hyde Park. Syon Craft Show - Syon Park.
Greenwich Clipper Weeks at Greenwich Notting Hill Carnival.
Bank Holiday Monday - Fairs at Hampstead Heath and other
locations. Summer in the City. Teddy Bears Picnic. Great
British Beer Festival. |
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SEPTEMBER |
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Chelsea
Antiques Fair - Old Town Hall. Horseman’s Sunday - Church of
St John and St Michael, W2. NatWest County Cricket Trophy
Final at Lords. Last Night of the Proms - the Royal Albert
Hall - now also screened in Hyde Park. Soho Jazz Festival.
Great River Race of 200 boats from Richmond to Greenwich.
Covent Garden Market Festival. Chinatown Festival. |
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OCTOBER |
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Park Lane
Antiques Fair - Park Lane Hotel. London to Brighton annual
Run. Horse of the Year Show - Wembley. Pearly Kings & Queens
Harvest Festival. Harvest Service in St Martin’s in the
Fields - Trafalgar Square. London Motor Show - Earls Court.
ritish Philatelic Exhibition - RHS Halls. Umbrella Dance
Festival. Chelsea Crafts Fair. Dance Umbrella. London
Fashion Week. Summertime ends 25th October. Halloween -
31st. |
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NOVEMBER |
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State Opening
of Parliament. London to Brighton Veteran Car Run from Hyde
Park. Guy Fawkes Night with bonfires, guys, fireworks in
various locations - 5th. London Film Festival. Remembrance
Sunday 8th, with the ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall and
the traditional 2 minutes silence that spreads across the
land. Lord Mayor’s Show 14th. The start of Christmas
Illuminations in the West End. |
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DECEMBER |
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Royal
Smithfield Show - Earls Court. Christmas Tree illuminated in
Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. Carol Services all over.
Olympia International Showjumping Championships. Christmas
Day. Boxing Day and the beginning of the Winter Sales. Tower
of London Church Parades. New Year’s Eve Celebrations in
Trafalgar Square. |
