Helping to spread a little Christmas cheer, this winter festival includes a great programme of carol singing and musical performances. Many of the events...
A popular pre-Christmas event that takes place near the Winter Solstice, the Burning of the Clocks is a free family event that attracts over 20,000 people....
Themes:
Art & Literature
, Food & Drink
, Spectacle
, Dance
, Exhibitions
, Kids' Stuff
, Music
While most people are opening presents and already thinking about the day's feasting, members of the Serpentine Lake Swimming Club in London battle it...
Scotland celebrates the New Year like nowhere else and Edinburgh's own Hogmanay is billed as the biggest and best in the world. Over four or five days...
Themes:
Spectacle
, History
, Entertainment
, Music
A celebration of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, this Glasgow event is the biggest of its kind and represents not just Scottish culture but...
Each evening, visitors assemble at the Tower of London to watch the Ceremony of the Keys - an age-old ritual that has taken place at the famous landmark...
Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square are engulfed with oriental colour on the day of the Chinese New Year, along with the adjoining Chinatown district...
All who aspire to abseil off a cliff or pick their way over a glacier with crampons will find what they need here - as well as those merely thinking about...
After a two year absence, this popular homage to the humble pint returned to Manchester in 2005 at a new venue in the New Century Hall and since then...
Themes:
Music
, Entertainment
, Food & Drink
, Exhibitions
, Business
The New Year's Day London Street Parade was first held in 1986 and has since grown into a major attraction. Up to 33 London Boroughs contribute to the...
Robert Burns was the poet who used Scottish dialect at a time when this was frowned upon in genteel society. Now he is the much loved National Bard, and...
Themes:
Food & Drink
, Dance
, Art & Literature
, History
Manchester has one of the largest Chinese communities in the UK, and each year it celebrates Chinese New Year with a colourful parade around Albert Square...
Newcastle's Chinatown (around Stowell Street) is turned into a carnival of colour and noise as the city celebrates Chinese New Year. The party starts...
For five days every year, Vikings take over the historic city of York. Visitors can shop in a Viking market, take part in a Viking battle drill, meet...
Themes:
Art & Literature
, Culture
, Theatre & Film
, Other
First held in 2005, this fair is designed to raise the profile of Scottish food and drink products, and to introduce the attractions of the Lomond and...
Themes:
Exhibitions
, Entertainment
, Music
, Food & Drink
