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UK Dates for your Diary in 2008
(Includes Bank Holidays, Exhibitions & The Season)
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December 07
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 2 | 2008 Point to Point season starts | Runs until June | View Website View Website |
January
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 1 | New Year’s Day | Bank holiday | - |
| 2 | New Year's Holiday (Scotland) | Bank Holiday | - |
| 11-20 | London Boat Show | ExCel, Royal Victoria Dock | View Website |
| 25 | Burns Night | Scotland | - |
| 23–24 | The Event Show | Earls Court and Olympia, London | View Website |
| 27 | Holocaust Memorial Day | - | - |
| 31–1 Feb | Moving and Handling People | Business Design Centre, London | View Website |
February
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 5 | Shrove Tuesday | - | - |
| 5-7 | Business Travel Show | Earl’s Court, London | View Website |
| 7 | Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat | - | - |
| 12-14 | Confex Exhibition | Earl's Court 1, London | View Website |
| 14 | St Valentines Day | - | - |
March
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| - | Flat racing season starts | - | View Website |
| - | Royal Shakespeare Company Season Starts |
Stratford upon Avon | View
Website View Website |
| 1 | St David's Day | Wales | - |
| 2 | Mother's Day | - | - |
| 8 | International Women's Day | - | View Website |
| 6-9 | Crufts | NEC, Birmingham | View Website |
| 14-16 Apr | Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition | Earls Court | View Website |
| 11-14 | Cheltenham Festival | Horse racing | View Website |
| 17 | St.Patrick's Day | Ireland | - |
| 20 | First Day of Spring | - | - |
| 21 | Good Friday | Bank Holiday | |
| 23 | Easter Sunday | ||
| 24 | Easter Monday | Bank Holiday | |
| 29 | Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race | Putney to Mortlake, London | View Website |
| 30 | British Summer Time begins | The clocks go forward an hour |
April
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 1 | April Fool's Day | - | - |
| 2–3 | RSVP | Business Design Centre, London | View Website |
| 2–3 | Business Continuity, The Risk Management Expo | Excel, London | View Website |
| 3–5 | John Smith's Grand National | Aintree | View Website |
| 15–17 | HRD 2008, Learning and Development Conference and Exhibition | ExCel, London | View Website |
| 18–22 | Ideal Home and Garden Show | SECC, Glasgow | View Website |
| 20–21 | Scottish Grand National | Ayr Racecourse | View Website |
| 13 | London Marathon | View Website | |
| 20–26 | Administrative Professionals Week | View Website | |
| 23 | Administrative Professionals Day | View Website | |
| 24-27 | Harrogate Spring Flower Festival | Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate | View Website |
| 29–1 May | The International Direct Marketing Fair | Earls Court, London | View Website |
May
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| - | Polo season starts | Hurlingham Polo Association |
View Website |
| - | Shakespeare's Globe - Season Starts |
London, Until October | View Website |
| 1-4 | Badminton Horse Trials | Gloucestershire | View Website |
| 5 | May Day | Bank Holiday | - |
| 8-11 | Royal Windsor Horse Show | - | View Website |
| 13–15 | The Times Crème. The Executive Secretary and PA Event | Olympia, London | View Website |
| 15-17 | Devon County Show | West Point, Exeter | View Website |
| 21–7 Jun | Bath International Music Festival | – | View Website |
| 8–31 Aug | Glyndebourne Festival | East Sussex | View Website |
| 13-15 | The Facilities Show | NEC, Birmingham | View Website |
| 20–24 | Chelsea Flower Show | Chelsea, London | View Website |
| 24-4 Jun | The Hay Festival | Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire | View Website |
| 23-8 Jun | Bath Fringe Festival | Bath | View Website |
| 26 | Spring Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | - |
| 28-31 Jun | Royal Bath and West of England Show | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | View Website |
June
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 1-2 | Royal Academy Summer Exhibition | Piccadilly, London | View Website |
| 1 | Trooping of the Colour | Horse Guards Parade, London | View Website |
| 8–9 | Vodafone Derby | Epsom racecourse, Surrey | View Website |
| 4–20 Jul | Grange Park Opera | Alresford, Hants | View Website |
| 5–7 | Royal Cornwall Show | Wadebridge, Cornwall | View Website |
| 5–8 | Bramham International Horse Trials | Wetherby, Yorkshire | View Website |
| 7–7 Jul | Garsington Opera | Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire | View Website |
| 9–15 | Stella Artois Championships Tennis | Tennis. Queens Club, London | View Website |
| 13–15 | East of England Show | - | View Website |
| 13–15 | The Three Counties Summer Show | - | View Website |
| 15 | Father's Day | - | - |
| 17–21 | Royal Ascot | York Racecourses, Yorkshire | View Website |
| 19–22 | Royal Highland Show | Edinburgh | View Website |
| 28 | Round the Island Race | Cowes, Isle of Wight | View Website |
| 20 | Summer Solstice | Longest Day | - |
| 24 | Midsummer’s Day | - | - |
| 23–6 Jul | Wimbledon Tennis Championships | London | View Website |
| 17 | Lords Vs Commons Tug of War | Westminster, London | View Website |
| 25–26 | The Exhibiting Show | Earls Court, London | View Website |
| 25–26 | Royal Norfolk Show | Norwich | View Website |
| 25–26 | London Venue Expo | Excel, London | View Website |
July
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 3–6 | Royal Agricultural Show | Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire | View Website |
| 4–20 | The Cheltenham International Festival of Music | - | View Website |
| 8–13 | Hampton Court Palace Flower Show | Surrey | View Website |
| 2–6 | Henley Royal Regatta | Oxfordshire | View Website |
| 8–10 | Great Yorkshire Show | Harrogate | View Website |
| 9–27 | Buxton Opera and Music Festival | Derbyshire | View Website |
| 11–13 | Goodwood Festival of Speed | Chichester, West Sussex | View Website |
| 14 | Battle of the Boyne | Bank holiday (N. Ireland) | |
| 11 | BBC Proms season begins | Runs into September | View Website |
| 17–20 | Open Golf Championship | View Website | |
| 19–20 | World Highland Games Championships | Inverness | View Website |
| 21–24 | Royal Welsh Show | Powys | View Website |
| 23–27 | Royal International Horse Show | Hickstead, Sussex | View Website |
| 29–2 Aug | Glorious Goodwood | Chichester, Sussex | View Website |
August
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 1–3 | Festival of British Eventing | Michinhampton, Gloucestershire | View Website |
| 1–23 | Edinburgh Military Tattoo | Edinburgh Castle, Scotland | View Website |
| 2–9 | Skandia Cowes Week Sailing Regatta | - | View Website |
| 2–9 | Royal National Eisteddfod | Wales | View Website |
| 3–25 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | - | View Website |
| 4 | Summer Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday (Scotland) | - |
| 8–31 Sept | Edinburgh International Festival | Edinburgh | View Website |
| 25–27 | Notting Hill Carnival | London | View Website |
| 25 | Summer Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday (UK,except Scotland) | - |
| 29–31 | Chatsworth Country Fair | Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire | View Website |
September
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 6 | The Braemar Highland Gathering | Aberdeenshire | View Website |
| 4–7 | The Burghley Horse Trials | Stamford, Lincolnshire | View Website |
| 11–14 | The Blenheim International Horse Trials | Woodstock, Oxfordshire | View Website |
| 6 | Last night of the Proms | Royal Albert Hall, London | View Website |
| 12–14 | Harrogate Autumn Flower Show | Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate | View Website |
| 16–18 | National Venue Show | NEC, Birmingham | View Website |
| 22 | Autumnal Equinox | - | - |
| 23–25 | National Incentive Show | NEC, Birmingham | View Website |
October
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 3–12 | Ideal Home Autumn Show | Earls Court | View Website |
| 8–12 | Horse of the Year Show | Wembley Arena | View Website |
| 16 | Boss Day | - | - |
| 26 | British Summer time ends | - | - |
| 28–29 | Business Scotland | Edinburgh | View Website |
| 31 | Halloween | - | - |
November
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 3 | London to Brighton Veteran Car Run |
- | View Website |
| 5 | Guy Fawke's Night | - | - |
| 8 | Lord Mayor's Show | London | View Website |
| 11 | Remembrance Day | - | - |
| 30 | St Andrew's Day | Scotland | - |
December
| Date | Event | Details | More... |
| 6 | St Nicholas Day | Europe | - |
| 15–21 | London International Horse Show |
Olympia, London | View Website |
| 21 | Winter Solstice | Shortest Day | - |
| 25 | Christmas Day | - | - |
| 26 | Boxing Day | - | - |
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