Annual events in London

Month

• Event | Location | Year first run

January

• New Year’s Day Parade | Westminster | 1987
• London Boat Show | ExCeL Exhibition Centre, Newham | 1956

February

• The Franchise Show | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | 2009

March

• Ideal Home Show | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 1908
• Head of the River Race | Thames | 1926

April

• London Marathon | Greenwich, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, City of London, Westminster | 1981

April

• The Boat Race | Putney to Mortlake on the River Thames | 1829
• London Book Fair | Earls Court Exhibition Centre |

May

• Chelsea Flower Show | Royal Hospital Chelsea | 1862

June

• Trooping the Colour | Horse Guards Parade, Westminster |
• City of London Festival | City of London | 1962
• Carnival de Cuba | Southwark Park | 2005
• Pride London | Westminster | 1972
• Motorexpo | Canary Wharf | 1996
• World Naked Bike Ride | Central London | 2001
• London Festival of Architecture | all of Greater London | 2004

July

• Hampton Court Flower Show | Hampton Court Park | 1990

August

• The Proms | Royal Albert Hall | 1895
• Carnaval Del Pueblo | Burgess Park | 1999

August

• Notting Hill Carnival | Notting Hill | 1964

September

• London Open House | all of Greater London | 1992
• London Freewheel | City of London and Westminster | 2007

October

• London Film Festival | BFI Southbank | 1957

November

• Lord Mayor’s Show | City of London | 1535
• Million Mask March | Westminster | 2012