Dates for your Diary 2008
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| Tuesday 1st |
New Years Day |
| Wednesday 2nd |
Holiday (Scotland) |
| Friday 11th to Sunday 20th |
The Boat Show, Excel, Docklands, London 2008 -
londonboatshow.com - Tickets: click here |
| Monday 21st |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday (USA) |
| Wednesday 23rd to Thursday 24th |
The Event Show, Earls Court Olympia, London - eventshow.co.uk |
| Friday 25th |
Burns Night (Scotland) |
| Saturday 26th |
Australia Day Holiday (Australia) |
| Sunday 27th |
Holocaust Memorial Day |
| Tuesday 5th to Thursday 7th |
The Business and Travel Show, Earls Court, London - businesstravelshow.com |
| Tuesday 5th |
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day |
| Wednesday 6th |
Ash Wednesday |
| Thursday 7th |
Chinese New Year |
| Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14nd |
Confex Exhibition - Earls Court1, London International-confex.com |
| Thursday 14th |
St. Valentine's Day |
| Monday 18th |
Presendents, Day Holiday (USA) |
| Saturday 1st |
St David's Day (Wales) |
| Sunday 2nd |
Mothers Day (UK) |
| Saturday 8th |
International Women's Day |
| Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th |
Crufts - NEC Birmingham
Tel: 0871 231 0826 - the-kennel-club.org.uk |
| Monday 10th |
Commonwealth Day |
| Friday 14th March to Sunday 6th April |
The Daily Mail Ideal Home Show 05 - idealhomeshow.co.uk |
| Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th |
The Cheltenham Festival - National Hunt Racing cheltenhamfestival2008.co.uk |
| Monday 17th |
Patrick's Day - Holiday (Northern Ireland, Ireland, USA) |
| Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th |
East of England Shire Horse Spring Show Show, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: eastofengland.org.uk |
| Thursday 20th |
First Day of Spring |
| Friday 21st |
Good Friday - Holiday (UK, Ireland, Canada, Austraila) |
| Sunday 24th |
Easter Sunday |
| Monday 25th |
Easter Monday Holiday (Uk, Ireland, Canada, Australia) |
| Sunday 26th |
British Summer Time begins |
| Saturday 29th |
153rd Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race, London - theboatrace.org |
| Tuesday 1st |
April Fool's Day |
| Wednesday 2nd to Thursday 3rd |
Business Continuity, The Risk Management Expo - Excel - London businesscontinuityexpo.co.uk
|
Thursday 3rd to
Saturday 5th |
The John Smith's Grand National -
0151 522 2600 - aintree.co.uk |
| Sunday 13th |
Flora London Marathon - london-marathon.co.uk |
| Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th |
HRD Learning & Development Conference, ExCel - hcipd.co.uk |
| Friday 18th to Saturday 19th |
The Scottish Grand National - ayr-racecourse.co.uk |
| Saturday19th |
National Virtual Assistant Conference & Awards Ceremony 2007 nationalvaconference |
| Monday 21st |
The Queens Birthday |
| Sunday 20th to Saturday 26th |
Administrative Professionals Week : www.iaap-hq.org |
| Wednesday 23rd |
St. George's Day (England) |
| Wednesday 23rd |
Administrative Professionals Day : www.iaap-hq.org |
| Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th |
Harrogate Spring Flower Festival, Great Yorkshire Showground
Tickets: 0870 758 3333 |
| Friday 25th |
Anzac Day Holiday (Austraila, New Zealand) |
| Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th |
Badminton Horse Trials, Badminton, Gloucestershire - badminton-horse.co.uk |
| Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th |
Guineas Festival at Newmarket - newmarketracecourses.co.uk |
| Monday 5th |
May Day Holiday (UK, Ireland) |
| Thursday 8th |
World Red Cross Day : Call 020 7235 5454, fax 020 7245 6315 |
| Wednesday 7th to Friday 9th |
Chester Races, May Festival - chester-races.co.uk |
| Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th |
Three Counties Spring Show, Malvern, Worcestershire: threecounties.co.uk |
| Sunday 11th |
Mothers Day (USA) |
| Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th |
The Times Crème show at Olympia, London, is now entering its 14th year as the only event dedicated to Executive Secretaries, PAs, Office Managers, and Administrators. |
| Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th |
Facilities Show, NEC, Birmingham - thefacilitiesshow.com |
| Wednesday 14 to Friday 16th |
York Race Meeting, May Festival - yorkracecourse.co.uk |
| Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th |
Devon County Show, West point, Exete: - devoncountyshow.co.uk |
| Wednesday 21st May to Sunday 7th June |
Bath International Music Festival - bathmusicfest.org.uk |
| Saturday 17th |
Playtex Cancer Moonwalk, Hyde Park, London - www.walkthewalk.org |
| Saturday 18th May to Sunday 31st August |
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, East Sussex - glyndebourne.com |
| Monday 19 May |
Victoria Day Holiday (Canada) |
| Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th |
Chelsea Flower Show
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London SW3
You have to book in advance.
Tickets for members of RHS: 0870 906 3780
Tickets for non members of RHS: 0870 906 3781
www.rhs.org.uk |
| Thursday 22nd May to Sunday 1st June |
The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire - hayfestival.co.uk |
| Friday 23rd May to Sunday 8th June |
Bath Fringe - bathfringe.co.uk |
| Saturday 24th to Sunday 25th |
Blair Atholl Highland Games, Blair Castle, Perthshire - blairatholl.org.uk |
| Monday 26th |
Spring Holiday (UK) |
| Monday 26th |
Memorial Day Holiday (USA) |
| Wednesday 28th to Saturday 31st |
The Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, Somerset - bathandwest.co.uk |
| Monday 2nd |
Bank Holiday (Ireland) |
Wednesday 4th June to
Sunday 6th July |
Garsington Opera, Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire - garsingtonopera.org |
| Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th |
Royal Cornish Show, Wadebridge, Cornwall - royalcornwallshow.org |
| Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th |
Bramham International Horse Trials, Wetherby. West Yorkshire - bramham |
| Saturday 7th |
The Vodafone Derby, Epsom Racecourse, Surrey: 01372 470047 |
Monday 9th June to
Sunday 17th August |
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Picadilly, London - royalacademy.org.uk |
| Friday 13th to Sunday 15th |
East of England Show, Peterborough - eastofengland.org.uk |
| Friday 13th to Sunday 15th |
The Three Counties Summer Show, Malvern - threecounties.co.uk |
| Saturday 14th |
Queen's Official Birthday |
| Saturday 14th |
Trooping of the Colour, Horse Guards Parade, London SW1 - royal.gov.uk |
| Sunday 15th |
Father's Day (UK / Ireland / USA) |
Tuesday 17th
to Saturday 21st |
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| Sunday 15th |
Father's Day (UK / Ireland / USA) |
| Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st |
Royal Ascot - Ascot Berks: ascot.co.uk |
| Thursday19th to Sunday 22nd |
Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh - royalhighlandshow |
| Friday 20th |
The Longest Day |
Monday 23rd June to
Sunday 6th July |
Stella Artois Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, London - wimbledon.org |
| Tuesday 24th |
Midsummers Day |
| Wednesday 25th to Thursday 26th |
The Exhibiting Show, Earls Court 2, London - exhibitingshow.com |
| Wednesday 25th to Thursday 26th |
Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich, Norfolk - royalnorfolkshow.co.uk |
| Saturday 28th |
The Round the Island Race, Cowes, Isle of Wight - roundtheisland.org.uk |
| Wednesday 2nd to Sunday 6th |
Henley Royal Regatta, Henley, Oxfordshire: hrr.co.uk |
| Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th |
Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire - royalshow.org.uk |
| Friday 4th |
American Independence day (Holiday USA) |
Tuesday 8th
to Thursday 10th |
Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate - greatyorkshireshow.org.uk |
| Tuesday 8 th to Sunday 13th |
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Surrey - rhs.org.uk |
| Wednesday 9th to Sunday 27th |
Buxton Opera & Music Festival, Derbyshire - buxtonfestival.co.uk |
| Friday 11th to Sunday 13th |
Goodwood Festival of Speed, Chichester, West Sussex - goodwood.co.uk |
| Saturday 12th |
Battle of the Boyne (Holiday Northern Ireland) |
| Saturday 14th |
Bastille Day (France) |
| Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th |
The Open Golf Championship - opengolf.com |
Friday 18th July to
Saturday13th September |
The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Season - bbc.co.uk/proms |
| Monday 21st to Thursday 24th |
Royal Welsh Show, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys - was.co.uk |
| Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 27th |
The Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead - hickstead.co.uk |
Tuesday 29th July
to Saturday 2nd August |
Glorious Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex - goodwood.co.uk |
| Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd |
Festival of British Eventing, Gatcombe Park, Glos - gatcombe-horse.co.uk |
| Friday 1st to Saturday 23rd |
Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland - edinburgh-tattoo.co.uk |
| Saturday 2nd to Saturday 9th |
Skandia Cowes Week Sailing Regatta - skandiacowesweek.co.uk |
| Saturday 2nd to Saturday 9th |
Royal National Eisteddfod, Powys, Wales: - eisteddfod.org.uk |
| Sunday 3rd to Saturday 23rd |
Edinburgh Fringe Festival - edfringe.com |
| Monday 4th |
Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland & Ireland) |
| Thursday 7th |
Ballater Highland Games, Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland : 01339 755771 |
| Friday 8th to Sunday 31st |
Edinburgh International Festival - eif.co.uk |
| Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd |
Tote Ebor Race Meeting, York - .yorkracecourse.co.uk |
| Sunday 24th to Monday 25th |
Notting Hill Carnival, London - nottinghillcarnival |
| Monday 25th |
Summer Bank Holiday (UK) |
| Friday29th to Sunday 31s |
Chatsworth Country Fair, Bakewell, Derbyshire - chatsworth-house.co.uk |
| Saturday 6th |
Braemar Royal Highland Gathering, Aberdeenshire - braemargathering.org |
| Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th |
Burghley Horse Trials, Stamford, Lincolnshire - burghley-horse.co.uk |
| Sunday 7th |
Grandparent's Day (USA) |
| Saturday 13th |
Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 - bbc.co.uk/proms |
Wednesday 10th
to Saturday 13th |
St. Ledger Festival, Doncaster racecourse - doncaster-racecourse.com |
| Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th |
Blenheim International Horse Trials - www.blenheim-horse.co.uk |
| Friday 12th to Sunday 14th |
Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground - flowershow.org.uk |
| Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th |
Incentive World, NEC, Birmingham - nationalincentiveshow.com |
| Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th |
National Venue Show, NEC, Birmingham - nationalvenueshow.co.uk |
| Monday 22nd |
Autumnal Equinox |
| Saturday 27th to Sunday 28th |
Malverns Autumn Garden and Country Show - threecounties.co.uk |
| Sunday 5th |
Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe, Bois de Boulogne, Paris |
Wednesday 8th to
Sunday 12th |
Horse of the Year Show, NEC - Birmingham - hoys.co.uk/ |
| Friday 10th to Sunday 19th |
Cheltenham Festival of Literature : 01242 237377 - cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk |
| Sunday 26th |
British Summer Time ends |
| Friday 31st |
Hallowe'en |
| Sunday 2nd |
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2006 - www.lbvcr.com |
| Wednesday 5th |
Guy Fawke's Night |
| Saturday 8th |
The Lord Mayor's Show, London - lordmayorshow.org |
| Sunday 9th |
Remembrance Day (2 minutes silence at 11am) |
| Tuesday 11th |
Veterans Day Holiday (USA) |
Wednesday 19th to
Thursday 20th |
The National Executive PA Conference
The Grand Hotel, Brighton |
| Thursday 27th |
Thanksgiving Day Holiday (USA) |
| Sunday 30th |
St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) |
| Saturday 6th |
St. Nicholas Day (Europe) |
Tuesday 16th to
Sunday 21st |
International Show Jumping Championships, Olympia: olympiahorseshow.com |
| Sunday 21st |
Shortest Day |
| Thursday 25th |
Christmas Day |
| Friday 26th |
Boxing Day |
| Wednesday 31st |
New Year's Eve |
| Thursday 1st |
New Year Day |
| Friday 2nd |
Holiday (Scotland) |
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