| New
Year’s Day Parade |
(website:
www.londonparade.co.uk),
1 Jan, Parliament Square, SW1, to Berkeley Square, W1 |
| London
International Boat Show |
(website:
www.londonboatshow.com),
January |
| Chinese
New Year Celebrations |
(website: www.chinatownchinese.com),
late Jan-early Feb, Gerrard Street, Chinatown, WC2 |
| Daily
Mail Ideal Home Show |
(website:
www.idealhomeshow.co.uk),
mid Mar-early Apr, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, SW5 |
| The
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race |
(website:
www.theboatrace.org),
late Mar-early Apr, River Thames from Mortlake, SW14, to Putney,
SW15 |
| Flora
London Marathon |
(website:
www.london-marathon.co.uk),
mid Apr, Blackheath, SE3, to the Mall, SW1 |
| Chelsea
Flower Show |
(website: www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea),
one week late May, Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW1 |
| Meltdown |
music festival with a different famous curator choosing the
line-up each year (website: www.rfh.org.uk/meltdown),
mid-late Jun, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, SE1 |
| Trooping
the Colour |
Queen’s Birthday parade (website: www.royal.gov.uk),
Sat mid Jun, Buckingham Palace, the Mall and Horse Guards’
Parade, SW1 |
| Wimbledon
Lawn Tennis Championships |
(website: www.wimbledon.org),
two weeks late Jun-early Jul, All England Lawn Tennis and
Croquet Club, Church Road, Wimbledon, SW19 |
| City
of London Festival |
outdoor performances (website: http://www.colf.org),
Jun-Jul, gardens of Kenwood House, on Hampstead Heath, NW3
|
| Cadogan
Opera Holland Park |
outdoor opera (web site: www.operahollandpark.com),
Jun-Aug, Holland Park theatre |
| Coin
Street Festival |
(web site: www.coinstreetfestival.org),
Jul, Gabriel’s Wharf, SE1 Greenwich and Docklands Festival
(website: www.festival.org),
Jul, various venues |
| Mardi
Gras |
gay and lesbian Pride Parade and festival, Jul, Hyde Park
and central London |
| Hampton
Court Palace Flower Show |
(web site: www.rhs.org.uk),
one week early Jul, Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey BBC
|
| Promenade
Concerts |
(web
site: www.bbc.co.uk/proms),
mid Jul-mid Sep, Royal Albert Hall, SW7 |
| Notting
Hill Carnival |
August Bank Holiday Weekend, last weekend Aug, Notting Hill,
W8 |
| Regent
Street Festival |
food from around the world, international fashion and entertainement,
plus special children's activities (www.regentstreetonline.com),
Sep, Regent Street |
| Thames
Festival |
arts, sport and river events (web site: www.thamesfestival.org),
mid Sep, Westminster Bridge, SE1, to Southwark Cathedral,
SE1 |
| London
Open House |
London’s architectural gems open to public (web site:
www.londonopenhouse.org),
Sep, throughout the city |
| London
Fashion Week |
Sep (www.londonfashionweek.co.uk) |
| Pearly
Harvest Festival Service |
service for cockney Pearly Kings and Queens, first Sun Oct,
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2 |
| Bonfire
Night |
firework displays commemorating the discovery of the Gunpowder
Plot and the arrest of Guy Fawkes in 1605, 5 Nov and nearest
Sat night, throughout the city |
| Remembrance
Sunday |
procession in honour of British service men and women, nearest
Sunday to 11 Nov, Whitehall, SW1 |
| Lord
Mayor’s Show |
celebratory parade (website: www.lordmayorsshow.org),
Nov, City of London, EC1 |
| London
Film Festival |
(web site: www.lff.org.uk),
two weeks Nov, National Film Theatre, South Bank, SE1, and
other cinemas around London |
| Christmas
Lights |
mid Nov-6 Jan, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street
|
| Somerset
House Ice Rink |
annual temporary outdoor ice rink, Nov-Jan, Somerset House,
Strand, WC2 |
| New
Year’s Eve Celebrationss |
31 Dec, Trafalgar Square, WC2, and all over the city |
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