January
1 New Year's Day Meeting, Catterick Racecourse, Yorkshire
5-14 London Boat Show
15 Salmon Fishing Season starts in Scotland with the opening of the River Tay
16-17 Royal Horticultural Society, London Flower Show, London
17–21 National Fine Art and Antiques Fair, NEC, Birmingham
February
3–17 Six Nations Rugby Internationals
March
1-4 Form; London at Olympia, London, modern and contemporary art and design exhibition
8-11 Crufts Dog Show, NEC Birmingham, West Midlands
9 Alvis Grand Military Gold Cup, Sandown Racecourse, Surrey
13-16 National Hunt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
17-18 Shire Horse Show, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
21-27 BADA Antiques And Fine Arts Fair, London
25 British summer time begins
31 Flat Racing season begins with The Lincoln Handicap, Newcastle Racecourse
April
7 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
12-14 John Smith's Grand National Meeting, Aintree, Merseyside
17 Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre season starts, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
18-19 Craven Meeting at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
20-22 Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show, Cardiff, Wales
20-21 April Meeting, Newbury, Berkshire
20-21 Scottish Grand National Meeting, Ayr, Ayrshire
21 Queen Elizabeth II's birthday
22 Flora London Marathon
26-29 Harrogate Spring Flower Show, Yorkshire
27-28 The Races Gold Cup, Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey
May
1 Polo season starts
3-6 Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire
4 Royal Caledonian Ball, Grosvenor House Hotel, London
5 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Suffolk
6 1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Suffolk
9-11 May Festival Chester Races, Cheshire
10-13 Royal Windsor Horse Show, Buckinghamshire
12-26 Newbury International Spring Festival, Berkshire
12-13 Chatsworth Horse Trials, Derbyshire
16-27 60th Cannes International Film Festival
18-3 June Bath International Music Festival, Avon
19–26 Aug Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Hampshire
TBC Tweseldown Horse Trials, Hampshire
22-26 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
24-27 PGA BMW Championship, Wentworth, Surrey
24–3 June Hay Festival, town of Hay-on-Wye
27 Blair Athol Highland Gathering, Perthshire
28–15 Sept Summer Shakespeare season opens, London
30–2 June Royal Bath and West of England Show, Somerset
31–4 July Grange Park Opera Festival, Hampshire
June
1-3 Holker Garden Festival, Cumbria
1 The Oaks, The Vodafone Derby Epsom Downs Racecourse, Surrey
1-2 The Derby (Ladies Day 01 Jun, Derby Day 02 June)
2-3 Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Kent
7-9 South of England Show, Sussex
7-9 Royal Cornwall Show, Waderbridge, Cornwall
7-10 Bramham International Horse Trials, Yorkshire
8-24 Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts, Suffolk
9–9 July Garsington Opera Season, Oxford
11-17 Stella Artois Tennis Tournament, Queen's Club, London
11–19 Aug The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Burlington House, London
14–20 Grosvenor House Art and Antique Fair, London
15–17 East of England Show, Cambridgeshire
15–17 Three Counties Show, Malvern, Worcestershire
17 Queen's Cup Final, The Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire
19–23 Royal Ascot, Berkshire, Ladies Day (June 21)
21–24 Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh
22–24 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood Park, Sussex
22-24 Glastonbury Festival
23 Eton and Harrow Cricket Match, Lords, London
25–8 July Wimbledon Tennis Championships, London
28–1 July British Jumping Derby, Sussex
29 White Tie & Tiara Ball (Windsor)
TBC
Sotheby’s Summer Party
July
1-4 Royal Agricultural Show, Warwickshire
3-8 RHS Hampton Court Palace International Flower Show, Surrey
4-8 Henley Royal Regatta, Oxfordshire
6-8 Formula One British Grand Prix, Silverstone, Northamptonshire
6-21 Cheltenham International Festival of Music, Gloucestershire
6-22 Buxton Opera and Music Festival, Derbyshire
7-8 Wimbledon Finals, London (Ladies, July 7; Men's, July 8)
11-15 Henley Festival of Music and Arts, Oxfordshire
13-15 Latitude Festival
13 July – 8 Sept BBC Proms concert season opens, Royal Albert Hall, London
18 Peterborough Royal Fox Hound Show, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
19–22 Open Golf Championship, Royal Liverpool
22 Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup British Open Polo Championship Final, Sussex
23–26 Royal Welsh Show, Powys, Wales
25–29 Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, Sussex
27–29 The Country, Land And Business Association Game Fair, Yorkshire
28 De Beers Diamond Day at Ascot, Berkshire
29 Cartier International Polo Final, Guard's Polo Club, Windsor Great Park, Surrey
31–4 Aug Glorious Goodwood, Goodwood Racecourse, Sussex
TBC
Warwickshire Polo Cup Final, Cirencester Park, Gloucestershire
TBC The Serpentine Summer Party
TBC BSQUARED – Berkeley Square Ball
August
3-5 Lowther Horse Driving Trials and Country Fair, Cumbria
3-25 Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Scotland
4-11 Cowes Week, Isle of Wight
5-27 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
10-2 Sept Edinburgh International Festival, Scotland
18 ECB Trophy Final, Lord’s, London
21-23 Ebor Festival, Yorkshire
29-30 Sept Venice Film Festival, Venice
30-2 Sept Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Lincolnshire
31-2 Sept Goodwood Revival, Goodwood Motor Circuit, Sussex
31-2 Sept Chatsworth Country Fair, Derbyshire
TBC Scottish Championship, Thirlestane Castle Horse Trials, Berwickshire, Scotland
TBC Epsom August Bank Holiday Meeting, Surrey
September
1 Ballater Highland Games, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1 Braemar Royal Highland Gathering, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
6-9 Blenheim International Horse Trials, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
8 Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
8 Balls Brothers Oyster Festival
12-15 St Leger Festival Meeting
14-16 National Championship Horse Trials, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire
15–20 London Fashion Week
20-24 Chelsea Antiques Fair, London
20-22 Ayr Western Meeting Festival, Ayrshire, Scotland
26-27 Glorious Finale, Perth Races, Scotland
28-30 Festival of British Horse Racing, Berkshire
30 Salmon and trout season close in England
October
3-7 Horse of the Year Show, NEC Birmingham
7 Prix de l’Arc de Triompe, Paris
5-14 The Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Gloucestershire
11-14 Frieze Art Fair
9-12 & 16-20 Tattersalls Yearling Sale, Newmarket, Suffolk
19-20 Champions meeting, Newmarket, Suffolk
TBC Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, France
TBC
Art London, Chelsea, London
November
4 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
10 Tote Scoop Handicap
10 Lord Mayor's Show, London
12-18 Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Winter Fair, London
16-18 Open Meeting, Cheltenham Racetrack, Gloucestershire
30-2 Dec The Winter Festival, including the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, Newbury
December
10 Social season closes in England, Scotland and Wales
17-23 International Show Jumping Championships, Olympia, London
20 The Opening of the Cresta Run, St Moritz
26-27 Boxing Day Meeting, Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey
TBC
National Cat Club Show, London
TBC
Varsity Match, Twickenham, Middlesex
TBC
NSPCC Cinderella Ball, Savoy Hotel, London |
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