Eye on London - 2018 London dates for your Diary
- Monday December 4th 2017
- What's On This Month
London from the inside Monday 4th - Sunday 10th December 2017
It’s always nice to have plans. Especially when the year is coming to an end and the days are a bit colder and darker. Now’s the time to buy yourself a shiny, new 2018 diary and start filling it up for next year. But don’t forget about December! Poor old December, always stuck at the end of the year, feeling like it’s only purpose is to host Christmas. There’s still a whole month to go!
What not to miss this December in London
2018 LONDON DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Get these dates in your diary and start planning your 2018 social calendar.
JANUARY
Catch the end of the Winter Markets and ice rinks before they shut
January Sales!
1st New Year’s Day Parade
5th-14th London Short Film Festival
25th Burns Night in London
FEBRUARY
4th Superbowl in London
14th Valentine’s Day in London
15th Single’s Day in London
16th Chinese New Year - Year of the Dog
16th-20th London Fashion Week
17th Random Acts of Kindness Day
22nd-24th Craft Beer Rising, Old Truman Brewery
22nd-25th London Fashion Week Festival
MARCH
1st World Book Day & St David’s Day
4th The Oscars
8th International Women’s Day
11th Mother’s Day
13th Shrove Tuesday
17th St Patrick’s Day
24th Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, Putney
APRIL
A Royal Baby is due!
1st Easter Sunday & April Fool’s Day
9th-13th London Craft Week
12th-15th London Coffee Festival, Old Truman Brewery
21st Queen’s (actual) 92nd Birthday and National Tea Day
22nd London Marathon
MAY
A Royal Wedding is due!
Udderbelly returns to the South Bank!
12th Eurovision
19th FA Cup Final
22nd-26th RHS Chelsea Flower Show
26th Champions League Final
JUNE
Taste of London, Regent’s Park (dates TBC)
9th Queen’s Official Birthday - Trooping the Colour / The Queen’s Birthday Parade
9th-10th Open Garden Squares Weekend
14th FIFA World Cup starts
16th-17th West End Live in Trafalgar Square
17th Father’s Day
19th-23rd Royal Ascot
21st Summer Solstice
22nd Greenwich and Docklands International Festival begins
23rd Pride in London begins
JULY
Edinburgh Fringe previews in London
2nd-15th Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
2nd-8th RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
7th-8th Pride London Weekend
13th July BBC Proms begins
15th FIFA World Cup Final
27th-29th RideLondon
AUGUST
26th-27th Notting Hill Carnival
SEPTEMBER
Totally Thames (all month)
15th-23rd London Design Festival
19th Talk Like A Pirate Day
22nd-23rd Open House London
30th Pearly Kings and Queens Harvest Festival
OCTOBER
Oktoberfest in London
London Restaurant Festival (all month)
4th-7th Frieze London and Frieze Master’s in Regent’s Park
16th-25th EFG Jazz Festival
31st Halloween
NOVEMBER
Winter Markets start!
3rd Regent Street Motor Show
5th Bonfire Night
7th Diwali
10th The Lord Mayor’s Show
11th Remembrance Sunday
22nd Thanksgiving
23rd Black Friday Shopping 2018
30th St Andrew’s Day
DECEMBER
2nd Hanukkah begins
21st Winter Solstice
25th Christmas Day
31st New Year’s Eve Fireworks & Parties
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