UK Events and Festivals - What's on in Britain in 2024

January 2024

• New years Day - 1 January (Public Bank Holiday UK)
• January Sales (sales usually start on Boxing Day)
• Festival Commemorating the Epiphany - 6 January
• Burns Night - celebrating the birth of Robert Burns - 25 January

February 2024

• Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon - 10th February
• Pan Cake Day - Shrove Tuesday - 13 February
• Ash Wednesday - 14 February
• Valentines Day - 14 February

March 2024

• St Davids's Day - 1 March
• Mothering Sunday (Mothers Day) - 10 March
• St Patrick's Day - 17 March
• Vernal Equinox - beginning of spring - 20 March
• Maundy Thursday - 28 March
• Good Friday - 29 March (Public Bank Holiday UK)
• Easter Sunday - 31 March
• British Summer Time Begins - 31 March

April 2024

• Easter Monday - 1 April (Public Bank Holiday UK)
• St George's Day - 23rd April

May 2024

• May Day (Public Bank Holiday UK) - 6 May
• Ascension Day - 9 May
• Whit Sunday - 19 May
• Late Spring Bank Holiday (Public Bank Holiday UK) - 27 May

June 2024

• Trooping the Colour / King's Birthday Parade - Whitehall, London - Saturday 15 June
• Father's Day - 16 June
• Summer Solstice - summer time begins - 20 June

July 2024

August 2024

• Summer Bank Holiday - 26 August (Public Bank Holiday UK)

September 2024

• Autumn Equinox - start of autumn - 22 September

October 2024

• Harvest Festivals - all over Britain: at various times of the month.
• British Summer Time Ends - 27 October.
• Hallowe'en - 31 October, all over Britain.

November 2024

• All Saints Day - 1 November, all over Britain.
• Guy Fawkes Night - all over Britain - 5th November.
• State Opening of Parliament - London: start of the new parliamentary session.
• Lord Mayor's Procession and Show - London: second Saturday in November.
• Remembrance Day - at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London, and all over Britain. 11th November.

December 2024

• Christmas Markets - Traditional festive markets held in many major cities and historical towns.
• Winter Solstice - beginning of winter - 21 December
• Christmas Day - 25 December.
• Boxing Day - 26 December.
• Boxing Day Sales - many shops start their January sales on Boxing Day