| 1 January |
New Year's Day |
| 2 January |
New Year's Holiday |
| 4-20 February |
Jorvik Viking Festival (costumed warriors, battles) |
| 26 February -
6 March |
Literature Festival |
| Through
6 March |
Literature Festival continues |
| 4-20 March |
Late Music Festival |
| 27-28 March |
Easter Holidays |
| 30 April - 2 May |
Annual Spring Flower Show (displays, food, music, dancers) |
| Through 2 May |
Annual Spring Flower Show continues |
| 2 May |
May Day (some closures) |
| 8-15 May |
Jazz Festival |
| 21 May - 6
June |
International Music Festival |
| 24-28 May |
Chelsea Flower Show |
| 27 May - 12 June |
Fringe Festival (alternative music, dance, theater; |
| 30 May |
Spring Holiday (banks closed) |
| Through
6 June |
International Music Festival continues |
| Through 12 June |
Fringe Festival continues |
| 3-4 June |
Beer Festival (music, shows; |
| 11 June |
Trooping the Color (military bands & pageantry) |
| 14-18 June |
Royal Ascot Horse Race |
| Mid of June |
Mersey River Festival (maritime festival, |
| 20 June - 3 July |
Wimbeldon Tennis Tournament |
| 21 June |
Solstice |
| 23-26 June |
Royal Highland Show (Scottish "county fair" with food, crafts, flower show, livestock; |
| Through 3 July |
Wimbeldon Tennis Tournament continues |
| 5-10 July |
International Eisteddfod (folk songs, dances) |
| 8-17 July |
Early Music Festival |
| Mid of July |
Greenwich and Docklands Arts Festival |
| 28-31 July |
Folk Festival (acoustic music, food) |
| Late July-early Aug |
Merseyside International Street Festival (music, dance, theater; |
| Through early Aug |
Merseyside International Street Festival continues |
| 5-27 August |
Military Tattoo (massing of bands) |
| 7-29 August |
Fringe Festival (offbeat theater and comedy) |
| 14 August -
4 Sept |
Edinburgh Festival (music, dance, shows) |
| 28-29 August |
Notting Hill Carnival |
| 29 August |
Late Summer Holiday (banks closed) |
| Through
4 September |
Edinburgh Festival continues |
| 2 September -
6 November |
Illuminations (waterfront light festival) |
| 16-21 September |
Festival of Food and Drink |
| 17-25 September |
Jane Austen Festival |
| Through
October |
Illuminations continue |
| Through 6 November |
Illuminations continue |
| 1 November |
All Saints' Day |
| 5 November |
Guy Fawkes Day (fireworks, effigy burning of traitor "Guy Fawkes") |
| Late November |
St. Nicholas Fayre (markets, music, entertainment) |
| Early December |
Victorian Fayre (music, dance, carolers) |
| 25 December |
Christmas |
| 26 December |
Boxing Day (Victorian tradition of charitable giving) |
| 31 December - 2 January |
Hogmanay (music, street theater, carnival) |
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Festivals in United Kingdom