Jump to content

List of annual events in London

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of major annual events in London, England, by month.

Month Event Location Year first run
January New Year's Day Parade Westminster[1] 1987
London Boat Show ExCeL Exhibition Centre, Newham[2] 1956
February The Franchise Show ExCeL Exhibition Centre[3] 2009
March Ideal Home Show Earls Court Exhibition Centre[4] 1908
Head of the River Race River Thames 1926
April London Marathon Greenwich, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, City of London, Westminster[5] 1981
April The Boat Race Putney to Mortlake on the River Thames[6] 1829
London Book Fair Earls Court Exhibition Centre[7]
May Chelsea Flower Show Royal Hospital Chelsea[8] 1862
June Trooping the Colour Horse Guards Parade, Westminster[9]
Barnes Children's Literature Festival[10] Barnes, London 2015
City of London Festival City of London[11] 1962
Carnival de Cuba Southwark Park[12] 2005
Pride London Westminster[13] 1972
Motorexpo Canary Wharf[14] 1996
World Naked Bike Ride Central London 2001
London Festival of Architecture all of Greater London 2004
July Hampton Court Flower Show Hampton Court Park[15] 1990
August The Proms Royal Albert Hall[16] 1895
Carnaval Del Pueblo Burgess Park[17] 1999
Notting Hill Carnival Notting Hill[18] 1964
September London Open House all of Greater London[19] 1992
London Freewheel City of London and Westminster 2007
October London Film Festival BFI Southbank[20] 1957
November Lord Mayor's Show City of London[21] 1535
Million Mask March Westminster[22] 2012

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "London's New Year's Day Parade - London's New Year's Day Parade". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.londonboatshow.com/
  3. ^ "Welcome to The Franchise Show". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Ideas and inspiration for home owners - Ideal Home Show". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Home - Virgin Money London Marathon". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ^ "The BNY Mellon Boat Races". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Home". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. ^ Royal Horticultural Society Archived 2007-04-08 at the Wayback Machine - Chelsea Flower Show
  9. ^ The British Army Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - Trooping the Colour
  10. ^ "Barnes Children's Literature Festival". Silent Deer. 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  11. ^ Administrator. "City of London Festival". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. ^ http://www.carnival-de-cuba.com/ Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Squarespace - Claim This Domain". Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Motorexpo 2015 - London / Toronto / New York". Motorexpo. Archived from the original on 21 December 1997. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  15. ^ Royal Horticultural Society Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine - Hampton Court Flower Show
  16. ^ BBC - Proms
  17. ^ "Home - Carnavaldelpueblo". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  18. ^ "londoncarnival.co.uk". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  19. ^ Jason Badrock/Alastair Cassels. "Open House London". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  20. ^ "About London Film Festival". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  21. ^ "Lord Mayor's Show -". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  22. ^ "ukanonymousevents.com".