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London Official Guide 2014 for Travel Trade & Event Planners

London Official Guide 2014 for Travel Trade & Event Planners

What’s on in 2014 Enjoy the best of by taking part in these unmissable events. There is always so much going on in London.

January March RHS Chelsea New Year’s Day Parade Maslenitsa Russian Festival Flower Show 1 January 2 March 20-24 May From W1 to SW1 WC2 Royal Hospital londonparade.co.uk maslenitsa.co.uk Chelsea SW3 rhs.org.uk Tullett Prebon Ideal Home Show London Boat Show 14-30 March 4-12 January Earls Court SW5 ExCeL London E16 idealhomeshow.co.uk londonboatshow.com June St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival West End Live – Theatre Showcase London Art Fair 16 March Trafalgar Square WC2 15-19 January From W1 to Trafalgar Square WC2 westendlive.co.uk Business Design Centre N1 london.gov.uk londonartfair.co.uk MINT Polo in the Park BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair Hurlingham Park SW6 NBA Global Games 19-25 March polointheparklondon.com 16 January The Duke of York Square SW3 Jewellery Week Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets bada-antiques-fair.co.uk Arena 6-15 June jewelleryweek.com theo2.co.uk April Royal Ascot February BNY Mellon Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race 17-21 June Chinese New Year 6 April Ascot Racecourse 2 February On the Thames, from Putney SW15 SL5 Central London to Mortlake SW14 ascot.co.uk chinatownlondon.org theboatrace.org

Virgin London Marathon 13 April From SE10 to the Mall SW1 Taste of London 19-22 June The Carole Nash MCN London virginlondonmarathon.com Regent’s Park W1 Motorcycle Show Feast of St George tastefestivals.com/london 14-16 February 21 April ExCeL London E16 Trafalgar Square WC2 Wimbledon londonmotorcycleshow.com St George’s Day Events 23 June-6 July London Fashion Weekend Around 23 April All England Lawn WC2 Various locations Club SW19 londonfashionweekend.co.uk london.gov.uk wimbledon.org

Children’s Festival May 15-23 February Grand Designs Live London 2014 Various locations london.gov.uk 3-11 May Masterpiece London 2014 ExCeL London E16 26 June-2 July granddesignslive.com Royal Hospital Chelsea SW3 Vaisakhi masterpiecefair.com 4 May Royal Academy For up-to-date Trafalgar Square of Arts Summer Exhibition information on these london.gov.uk June-August events and many FA Cup Final royalacademy.org.uk more, see the 17 May Pride London HA9 28 June Events Calendar on wembleystadium.com visitlondon.com londoncommunitypride.org

32 londonandpartners.com July September November Tour de France Grand Depart The Mayor’s Thames Festival/ Lord Mayor’s Show 7 July River Month City of London East & Central London 1-30 September lordmayorsshow.org thamesfestival.org Flower Show Bonfire Night 8-13 July Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Various locations rhs.org.uk Tall Ships Regatta visitlondon.com 5-9 September, The Proms Barclays ATP World Tour Finals royalgreenwich.gov.uk/tallships July-September Starts 10 November bbc.co.uk/proms Cake & Bake Show The O2 SE10 12-14 September visitlondon.com Earls Court Brompton Hall SW5 Taste of Christmas thecakeandbakeshow.co.uk 21-24 November

Great River Race Tobacco Dock 27 September tasteofchristmas.com From Docklands E14 Winter Wonderland August greatriverrace.co.uk RideLondon November-January 9-10 August London Fashion Weekend Hyde Park W1 Queen Elizabeth Somerset House WC2 hydeparkwinterwonderland.com Olympic Park E20 londonfashionweekend.co.uk and across London Open House London December ridelondon.co.uk openhouselondon.org.uk Ice skating Various locations London Design Festival visitlondon.com Various locations Summer Opening londondesignfestival.com August-September (dates tbc) royalcollection.org.uk Liberty Festival london.gov.uk The Tetley Challenge Cup Final Wembley Stadium HA9 October Christmas at Kew Royal Botanic rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk Chocolate Week Gardens Notting Hill chocolateweek.co.uk Kew TW9 Carnival kew.org London Restaurant Festival 24-25 August londonrestaurantfestival.com Statoil Masters Tennis thelondonnottinghill SW7 carnival.com Black History Month statoilmasterstennis.com black-history-month.co.uk New Year’s Eve Fireworks Frieze Art Fair london.gov.uk Regent’s Park NW1 visitlondon.com Eid friezeartfair.com Trafalgar Square BFI London Film Festival london.gov.uk bfi.org.uk/lff For details of all royal ceremonies, see NFL International Series Game royal.gov.uk and Fan Activity Wembley Stadium wembleystadium.com Always check the date and venue with Diwali Festival the organisers. Where no date is marked, Trafalgar Square go to visitlondon.com for details london.gov.uk

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