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Festivals in the United Kingdom

Complete List of the UK’s Festivals (view the full calendar here)

Calendar for The United Kingdom Most Popular Festivals

List of the Festivals in the United Kingdom by Months

January New Year (1st)	February St Valentine’s Day (14th)
March · NONE	April April Fool's Day (1st) Easter
May May Day (1st)	June Trooping of the Colour
July · Swap Upping	August Notting Hill Carnival
September Harvest Festival	October Halloween (31st)
November Remembrance Day (11th)	December Christmas (25th)

Festivals in December

Christmas

Every year in December we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. That is why we call this time of year 'Christmas' - we celebrate the 'Mass', or church service, for Christ.

Christmas is a truly magical season, bringing families and friends together to share the much loved customs and traditions which have been around for centuries. Most people are on holiday in the UK and stay at home with their family on Christmas day, the main day for Christmas celebrations in Britain.

NOVEMBER HOME

Festivals in November

Remembrance Day

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One.

At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare.

Remembrance Day is on 11 November. It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.

OCTOBER HOME DECEMBER

Festivals in October

Halloween

Halloween is the traditional celebration in England and the rest of Great Britain.

On October 31st, they celebrate Halloween, thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active.

SEPTEMBER HOME NOVEMBER

Festivals in September

Harvest Festivals

This is the time of year when all the crops have been harvested. Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest are both worldwide and very ancient. In Britain, we have given thanks for successful harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating our churches with baskets of fruit and food in a festival known as 'Harvest Festival', usually during the month of September.

AUGUST HOME OCTOBER

Festivals in August

Notting Hill Carnival

Held each August Bank Holiday since 1966, the Notting Hill Carnival is the largest festival celebration of its kind in Europe. Every year the streets of West London come alive, with the sounds and smells of Europe's biggest street festival. Twenty miles of vibrant colourful costumes surround over 40 static sound systems, hundreds of Caribbean food stalls, over 40,000 volunteers and over 1 million Notting Hill carnival revellers.

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