Festive IO

Festivals are the part of culture. Like other nations in the world, United Kingdom people also celebrates different events and festivals. If you are looking for the events and festivals calendar of United Kingdom, here you can go. We have arranged all the event and festival list according to the date. Let's enjoy

List of Festivals in United Kingdom

Holiday Notes

•   International Programmers' Day usually held on 7th January or 12th or 13th September every year.
•   World Religion Day celebrates on the third Sunday of January.
•   Burns Night celebrates traditionally in Scotland only.
•   Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat is celebrated by the Jewish occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat
•   World Leprosy Day celebrates on the last Sunday of January.
•   Chinese New Year is not a public holiday in the USA, UK, Australia & Canada. In other countries, it is a public holiday. The day follows the Lunar calendar which is different from the Gregorian calendar so the date varies every year.
•   World Kidney Day celebrates on the second Thursday of March.
•   March Equinox is the day when the duration of night & day are nearly equal.
•   Earth Hour usually celebrates on the last Saturday of March.
•   Good Friday is celebrated to commemorate the day of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It observes before two days of Easter Sunday so the date varies every year. It is a legal holiday only in some states.
•   Vaisakhi/Bangla New Year/Pohela Baishakh is a gazetted holiday only in Bangladesh. In other countries, people from Bangladesh/West Bengal in India celebrate this festival
•   Independence Day/Yom Ha'atzmaut is a public holiday only for Israel. In other countries Jewish community peoples' celebrates it but for them, it is not a holiday. Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrated on the 5th day of Iyar according to the Jewish Calendar. It usually falls in April or May month according to the Gregorian calendar.
•   Mother's Day mainly occurs on the second Sunday of the month of May.
•   Eid al-Fitr date fixed on moon sighting so the date varies from country to country every year. In most Muslim countries, it is a public holiday.
•   Shavuot celebrates after 50 days of Passover. It is a Jewish holiday
•   Mainly Father's Day celebrates on the third Sunday of June. On this sequence this year it is on 20th June.
•   Orange Day/Battle of the Boyne celebrates in Northern Ireland.
•   Eid al-Adha date depends on the lunar calendar. According to the lunar calendar & moon sighting, the date varies from country to country every year.
•   International Friendship Day worldwide celebrates on July 30. In many countries, people celebrate on the first Sunday of August.
•   Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates after the day of Shmini Atzeret. The day fixed according to the Jewish calendar.
•   World Sight Day celebrates on the second Thursday of the month of October.
•   Milad-un-Nabi/Mawlid/Mouloud is celebrated on the 17th Rabi' al-awwal according to the Islamic calendar. It is a public holiday in Muslim countries.
•   Halloween celebrates on the day after All Saints.
•   It is the eve of Christmas day
•   Christmas Day is observed throughout the world among the Christian Community