List of annual events in London

List of major annual events in London, England, by month.

Month Event Location Year first run January New Year's Day Parade Westminster 1987FebruaryChinese New YearSoho1985March Head of the River RaceRiver Thames 1926St Patrick's Day ParadeWestminster2002April London Marathon Greenwich, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, City of London, Westminster 1981 Ideal Home Show Olympia London 1908St George's DayTrafalgar Square The Boat Race Putney to Mortlake on the River Thames 1829VaisakhiTrafalgar Square, Westminster London Book FairOlympia LondonThe Passion of Jesus at Trafalgar SquareTrafalgar Square, Westminster2010 May Chelsea Flower Show Royal Hospital ChelseaRoyal Horticultural Society - Chelsea Flower Show 1862FA Cup Final and Women's FA Cup FinalVarious1872 at Oval Kennington 1923 at former Wembly Stadium 1971 at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre (Women's)

2007 at current Wembly StadiumOrange Order City of London DistrictWestminster June Trooping the Colour Horse Guards Parade, WestminsterThe British Army - Trooping the Colour c.1660-1685West End LIVEWestminster2005Barnes Children's Literature Festival Barnes, London 2015 City of London Festival City of London 1962 Carnival de Cuba Southwark Parkhttp://www.carnival-de-cuba.com/ 2005 Pride in London Westminster 1972 World Naked Bike Ride Central London 2001 London Festival of Architecture All of Greater London 2004 July Hampton Court Flower Show Hampton Court ParkRoyal Horticultural Society - Hampton Court Flower Show 1990The Championships, WimbledonAll England Lawn Tennis Club1877 August The BBC Proms Royal Albert HallBBC - Proms 1895 Carnaval Del Pueblo Burgess Park 1999 Notting Hill Carnival Notting Hill 1964Formula E (London ePrix)Inaugural event was in street circuit in Battersea, later moving to ExCeL London2015The HundredOval and Lord's cricket grounds2021 September London Open House All of Greater London 1992Black on the SquareTrafalgar Square2023Grand Orange Lodge of EnglandLord Carson Somme Memorial ParadeBuckingham Palace October London Film Festival BFI Southbank 1957DiwaliTrafalgar Square2012 November Lord Mayor's Show City of London 1215Remembrance SundayVarious locations including The Cenotaph and Hyde Park Corner1919Winter WonderlandHyde Park2008DecemberNew Year's Eve CelebrationsAlong the River Thames in the boroughs of Lambeth, Westminster and The City

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