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UK Dates for your Diary in 2006


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(Includes Bank Holidays, Exhibitions & The Season)
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January

Date Event Details More...
  Point to Point season starts - until June   thejockeyclub.co.uk
1-2 Bank Holiday UK, Republic of Ireland, Wales  
3 Bank Holiday Scotland  
6-15 Shroeders International Boat Show: ExCel Royal Victoria Dock - London 0870 060 0246
londonboatshow.net
25 Burns Night Scotland  
25-26 The Event Show Earls Court & Olympia, London eventshow.co.uk
27 Holocaust Memorial Day    
29 Chinese New Year, Year of the Dog    
31 Business Travel Show – Olympia London businesstravelshow.com
January Reminders:
  • Apply for ballots to Trooping the Colour (June): 020 7414 2479
  • Apply for tickets to Badminton Horse Trials (April): 01454 218375
  • Booking opens for Chelsea Flower Show (May): 020 7834 4333
  • Booking opens for The Vodafone Derby (June): 01372 726311
  • Apply for tickets to Royal Ascot (June) and tickets for the Royal Enclosure: 01344 876876
  • Book Gala Preview tickets for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (June):020 7300 8000
  • Apply for tickets to Hampton Court Flower Show (July): 0207 014 8444

February

Date Event Details More...
1-3 Business Travel Show - Olympia London businesstravelshow.com
1 St. Bridget's Day Ireland  
9 Chinese New Year - Year of the Rooster    
9-12 Cheltenham Festival National Hunt 01242 513014
cheltenham.co.uk
14 St. Valentines Day    
21-23 Confex Exhibition Earl's Court 1, London international-confex.com
28 Shrove Tuesday    
February Reminders
  • End of month deadline for Trooping of the Colour application
  • Apply for Glyndebourne (May-August) to go on mailing list and forballot form 01273 815000
  • Phone bookings for Hampton Court Flower Show (July) 0207 014 8444

March

Date Event Details More...
  Flat racing season starts   thejockeyclub.co.uk
  Royal Shakespeare Company season starts Stratford upon Avon stratford-upon-avon.co.uk
1 St. David's Day Wales rsc.org.uk
8 - 2 Apr The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition Earls Court idealhomeshow.co.uk
8 International Women's Day   internationalwomensday.com
8-10 Moving & Handling People Business Design Centre, London  
9-12 Crufts - NEC Birmingham 0870 606 6750 crufts.org.uk
15-16 Business Continuity, The Risk Management Expo Excel, London businesscontinuityexpo.com
17 St. Patrick's Day Peterborough, Cambridgeshire eastofengland.org.uk
21 First Day of Spring    
26 Mother's Day    
26 British Summer Time begins    
29-30 RSVP - Olympia Olympia, London rsvpevent.co.uk
March Reminders
  • Apply for Edinburgh Festival programme (August) 0131 473 2001
  • Book tickets for the Horse of the Year Show (October) 020 87959595

April

Date Event Details More...
1 April Fool's Day    
2 Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race – Putney to Mortlake London theboatrace.org
4-6 HRD 2006, Learning and Development Conference and Exhibition Olympia cipd.co.uk
5-9 Ideal Home & Garden Show Secc, Glasgow idealhomeshow.co.uk
6-8 John Smith's Grand National Aintree 0151 522 2929 aintree.co.uk
14 Good Friday    
16 Easter Sunday    
17 Easter Monday    
21-22 Scottish Grand National, Ayr Racecourse   ayr-racecourse.co.uk
23 London Marathon . london-marathon.co.uk
23-29 Professional Secretaries Week / Office Professionals week    
26 Professional Secretaries Day / Office Professionals day    
27-30 Harrogate Spring Flower Festival Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate flowershow.org.uk
April Reminders
  • Apply for tickets to Royal Windsor Horse Show (May) 0870 121 5370
  • Apply for badges for Cartier International Polo (July) 01784 437797
  • Book tickets for Garsington Opera (June - July) 01865 361636
  • Apply for Burghley Masterfoods Horse Trials passes (September) 01780 752131

May

Date Event Details More...
  Polo season starts Hurlingham Polo Association hpa-polo.co.uk
1 May Day Holiday UK  
4-7 Badminton Horse Trials Glos badminton-horse.co.uk
5 Shakespeare's Globe Season starts (to 2ndOctober) London shakespeares-globe.org
9-11 Facilities Show - NEC Birmingham thefacilitiesshow.com
9-11 The International Direct Marketing Fair Earls Court, London idmf.co.uk
11-14 Royal Windsor Horse Show   rwhs.co.uk
11-14 Three Counties Spring Show Malvern, Worcs threecounties.co.uk
16-18 The Times Creme - Olympia London thetimescreme.co.uk
18-20 Devon County Show West Point, Exeter devoncountyshow.co.uk
19-27 August Glyndebourne Festival Opera East Sussex glyndebourne.co.uk
19-4 Jun Bath International Music Festival   bathmusicfest.org.uk
23-27 Chelsea Flower Show - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London SW3 rhs.org.uk
26-4 Jun The Hay Festival - Hay-on-Wye Herefordshire hayfestival.co.uk
27-12 Jun Bath Fringe Bath bathfringe.co.uk
28 Blair Atholl Highland Games Blair Castle,Perthshire 01796 481355
29 Spring Bank Holiday UK  
31-3 Jun Royal Bath & West of England Show Shepton Mallet – Somerset bathandwest.co.uk/bathandwestshow
May Reminders
  • Check dates for Goodwood Festival of Speed (June) 01243 755000
  • Phone for programme for Chelternham International Festival of Music (July) 01242 227979
  • Glorious Goodwood tickets (July) 01243 755022
  • Apply for Proms booking form (July to September) 020 7589 8212

June

Date Event Details More...
2-3 Vodafone Derby Epsom racecourse, Surrey epsomderby.co.uk
5 Bank Holiday Ireland  
12-18 Stella Artois Championship Tennis Queens Club, London queensclub.co.uk
7-15 Aug Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Burlington House, Picadilly, London royalacademy.org.uk
8-10 Goodwood Festival of Speed Chichester, West Sussex goodwood.co.uk
6-5 Jul Grange Park Opera Alresford, Hants grangeparkopera.co.uk
8-10 Royal Cornwall Show Wadebridge, Cornwall royalcornwall.co.uk
22-25 Royal Highland Show Edinburgh royalhighlandshow.org
8-11 The Guardian BramhamInternational Horse Trials Wetherby. West Yorkshire bramham-horse.co.uk
11 Trooping of the Colour Horse Guards Parade, London SW1 royal.gov.uk
10-11 Jul Garsington Opera Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire garsingtonopera.org
20-24 Royal Ascot at Berkshire York Racecourses, North Yorkshire royalascot.co.uk
16-18 East of England Show   eastofengland.org.uk
16-18 The Three Counties Summer Show   threecounties.co.uk
3 Round the Island Race Cowes, Isle of Wight roundtheisland.org.uk
18 Father's Day    
23 Midsummers Day    
23-27 Royal Highland Show Ingliston, Edinburgh royalhighlandshow.org.uk
21 Longest Day    
26-9 Jul Wimbledon Tennis Championships London, SW19 wimbledon.org
20 Lords Vs Commons Tug of War Abingdon Green, London macmillan.org.uk
28-29 Royal Norfolk Show Norwich royalnorfolkshow.co.uk
28-29 London Venue Expo - Excel London  
28-29 The Exhibiting Show - Excel London exhibitingshow.co.uk
28-2< Jul Henley Royal Regatta Oxfordshire hrr.co.uk
June Reminders
  • Check dates for Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup British Open Championship (July) 01730 813257
  • Phone for details of Edinburgh Fringe Festival (August) 0131 226 0026

July

Date Event Details More...
2-18 The Cheltenham International Festival of Music   cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk
2-5 Royal Agricultural Show Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire royalshow.org.uk
7-9 Goodwood Festival of Speed Chichester, West Sussex goodwood.co.uk
4-9 Hampton court Palace Flower Show Surrey rhs.org.uk
7-23 Buxton Opera & Music Festival Derbyshire buxtonfestival.co.uk
12 Battle of the Boyne N. Ireland  
11-13 Great Yorkshire Show Harrogate greatyorkshireshow.org
20-23 Open Golf Championship   opengolf.com
9-4 Sept The Henry Wood promenade concerts season   www.bbc.co.uk/proms
24-27 Royal Welsh - Show Llanelwedd Builth Wells, Powys rwas.co.uk
29-2 Aug Royal International Horse Show - Hickstead West Sussex hickstead.co.uk
29-5 Aug Skandia Cowes Week Sailing Regatta    
July Reminders
  • Book tickets for Buckingham Palace Tours (August to September) 020 7766 7300

August

Date Event Details More...
1-5 Glorious Goodwood Chichester, West Sussex goodwood.co.uk
4-6 Festival of British Evening Gatcombe Park, Michinhampton, Glos gatcombe-horse.co.uk
5-12 Royal National Eisteddfod Powys, Wales eisteddfod.org.uk
5-27 Edinburgh Military Tattoo Edinburgh Castle, Scotland edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk
7 Summer Bank Holiday (Northern Ireland) Scotland / Ireland  
6-28 Edinburgh Fringe Festival   edfringe.com
10 Ballater Highland Games Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland 01339 755771
13-3 Sept Edinburgh International Festival Edinburgh eif.co.uk
27-29 Notting Hill Carnival London lnhc.org.uk
28 Summer Bank Holiday UK - excluding Scotland  
31-3 sep EFI Blenheim Petplan European International Horse Trials Woodstock, Oxforshire blenheim-horse.co.uk/

September

Date Event Details More...
7-10 Burghley Horse Trials Stamford, Lincolnshire burghley-horse.co.uk
2 Braemar Highland Gathering Aberdeenshire braemargathering.org
3-4 Chatsworth Country Fair Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire chatsworth-house.co.uk
9 Last night at the Proms Royal Albert Hall, London bbc.co.uk/proms
19-21 National Venue Show NEC, Birmingham nationalvenueshow.co.uk
27-30 Harrogate Autumn Flower Festival Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate flowershow.org.uk
19-21 Incentive World NEC, Birmingham incentive-world.co.uk
16-18 National Carriage Driving Championships Windsor, Berkshire horsdrivingtrials.co.uk
22 Autumnal Equinox    
September Reminders
  • Apply for ticket application forms for the Chelsea Flower Show preview 020 7834 4333
  • Apply to go on the Stella Artois Tennis Tournament mailing list 020 73853421
  • Enter ballot for Wimbledon 020 8944 1066

October

Date Event Details More...
10-11 Business Travel Show NEC, Birmingham businesstravelshow.com
6-15 Ideal Home Autumn Show Earls Court, London autumnidealhomeshow.co.uk
4-8 Horse of the Year Show Wembley Arena hoys.co.uk
16 Boss' Day
29 British Summer time ends    
30 Holiday Ireland  
31 Halloween    
October Reminders
  • Apply for tickets to Cheltenham National Hunt Festival (March): 01242 537642

November

Date Event Details More...
1-2 Business Scotland Edinburgh business2businessshows.com
5 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run    
5 Guy Fawke's Night    
11 Lord Mayor's Show   lordmayorsshow.org
11 Remembrance Day    
30 St. Andrew' Day Scotland  

December

Date Event Details More...
6 St. Nicholas Day Europe  
12-18 International Show Jumping Championships Olympia olympiahorseshow.com
21 Shortest Day    
25 Christmas Day    
26 Boxing Day    

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