List of annual events in London

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.londonparade.co.uk/
  2. ^ http://www.londonboatshow.com/
  3. ^ http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/
  4. ^ http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/
  5. ^ http://www.theboatrace.org/
  6. ^ http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/
  7. ^ Royal Horticultural Society - Chelsea Flower Show
  8. ^ The British Army - Trooping the Colour
  9. ^ http://www.colf.org/
  10. ^ http://www.carnival-de-cuba.com/
  11. ^ http://www.pridelondon.org/
  12. ^ http://www.motorexpo.com/
  13. ^ Royal Horticultural Society - Hampton Court Flower Show
  14. ^ BBC - Proms
  15. ^ http://www.carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk/
  16. ^ http://www.londoncarnival.co.uk/
  17. ^ http://www.londonopenhouse.org/
  18. ^ http://www.lff.org.uk/
  19. ^ http://www.lordmayorsshow.org/