JANUARY
4 - 12 London Boat Show, Excel, London Docklands
9 - 1Feb London International Mime Festival
21 - 23 UK Open Dance Championships
15 - 19 London Art Fair
16 - 2 Feb Celtic Connections Music Festival, Glasgow
25 - 26 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
FEBRUARY
16 British Academy Film Awards, Royal Opera House, London
14 - 16 London Motorcycle Show, Excel, London Docklands
MARCH
6 World Book Day
6 - 9 Crufts Dog Show, NEC, Birmingham
8 International Women's Day
14 - 23 National Science and Engineering Week
14 - 30 Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, London
21 World Poetry Day
APRIL
8 - 10 London Book Fair, Earls Court, London
22 Earth Day
MAY
22 - 1 Jun Hay Festival
20- 24 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
17 - 25 Aug 80th Glyndebourne Festival
JUNE
14 Trooping the Colour, Horse Guards Parade, London
13 - 19 Aldeburgh Festival, Snape, Suffolk
JULY
2 - 13 Cheltenham Music Festival
8 - 13 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Surrey
Jul - Sep BBC Promenade Concerts, Royal Albert Hall, London
24 - 27 RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, Cheshire
AUGUST
1 - 23 Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle
1 - 9 National Eisteddfod of Wales
24 - 25 Notting Hill Carnival, London
SEPTEMBER
TUC Annual Congress
21 - 24 Labour Party Conference, Manchester
29 - 2 Oct Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham
OCTOBER
4 - 8 Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Glasgow
14 Booker Prize
NOVEMBER
2 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
8 Lord Mayor’s Procession & Show, City of London
