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This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- Charles I Commemoration Ceremony, St. James’s Palace to Trafalgar Square
- Opening of the Courts of Oyer & Terminer, Old Bailey
- Royal Epiphany GIfts Service, St. James’s Palace
February
- Blessing the Throats, St. Ethelreda’s Church, Ely Place
- Clowns' Service, Holy Trinity church, Beechwood Road, Dalston, East London
- Pancake Races, Across London
March
- Earthwatch Lecture: Farming and sustainable environments, Kensington
- Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court, Early March to early April
- ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic, East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf
- Oranges' and Lemons' Service, St. Clement Dane church, Eastcheap
- Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race, Putney to Mortlake, Putney, Late March or early April
- Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, St James's
- Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre , Walthamstow
- Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre 2009, Chingford Assembly Hall, Chingford
April
- Harness Horse Parade, Regent's Park, Easter Monday
- Hot-Cross Bun Service, St.Bartholomew-the-Great church, Smithfield
- John Stow's Quill Pen Ceremony, St.Andrew’s Undershaft, Leadenhall Street, wed/thurs 2nd or 3rd week of april
- Real Food Festival, Earls Court
- Spital Sermon Procession, Guildhall to St. Lawrence Jewry
- The Boat Race, River Thames, Chiswick
May
- Beating the Bounds, All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Tower Hill, 1st
- Cavalry Memorial Parade, Hyde Park Bandstand, Hyde Park
- Ceremony of the keys, Tower of London, EC3
- Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Late May to early June
- Earthwatch Lecture: Forests: challenged by a changing climate, Kensington
- FA Cup Final, Wembley
- FUNharmonics Family Concert Journeys, Royal Festival Hall, Waterloo
- Ice Sunday, London Canal Museum, Kings Cross , 20
- London Philharmonic Orchestra JTI Friday Series, Royal Festival Hall, Waterloo
- London Philharmonic Orchestra JTI Friday Series, Royal Festival Hall, Waterloo
- Mind Body Spirit London Festival 2010, Victoria
- Oak Apple Day, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Chelsea, 25th - 29th
- Tower of London Jog, Tower of London, Tower Bridge
June
- A World of Music, Twickenham
- ARThouse Open Studios, Various venues, Richmond-upon-Thames
- Bedford Park Festival, Chiswick
- British Army Brass Band in Concert, Kneller Hall, Twickenham
- British International Motor Show, ExCel Exhibition Centre
- Cavendish School Summer Fair, Edensor Rd, Chiswick
- Europride, Various Venues in Central London
- Grovestock, St.Paul's Church, Chiswick
- London International Music Show, ExCeL London, Docklands
- London to Brighton Classic Car Race
- Motorexpo, Canary Wharf
- Royal Marines Band, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall
- Stage and Screen, Royal Military School of Music, Twickenham
- Taste of London Festival, Regents Park
- The Chelsea Pagean, Chelsea
- The Face and Figure of Shakespeare, Orleans House, Richmond upon Thames
- The Middlesex Town & Country Show, Middlesex Showground, Uxbridge
- The Queen's Birthday Parade, Buckingham Palace, The Mall
- Trooping the Colour, Horse Guard Parade, 2nd Saturday in June
- Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship, Wimbledon, Late June to early July
July
- Chiswick Summer Fair, Turnham Green, Chiswick
- Doggett's Coat and Badge Race, London Bridge to Chelsea
- House Festival, Chiswick
- London Canal Museum Guided Tunnel Trips, London Canal Museum, Kings Cross , 8th
- Marie Curie Cancer Care Devoted to Life Walk, Richmond Park, Richmond upon Thames
- Royal Tournament, Earls Court, Mid July
- Swan Upping, The Thames from Blackfriars to Abingdon
- Tour de France Opening Ceremony, Trafalgar Square, SW1
- Urban Art, Brixton
- Vintner's Procession, St. James Garlicky, the church, off Upper Thames Street
- Woodmansterne School Summer Fair, Streatham
August
- Balham and Tooting Carnival, Tooting Bec Common, Tooting
- Field Day, Victoria Park, Hackney
- Get Loaded In The Park, Clapham Common, Clapham
- Kenwood House Summer House Summer Concerts, Kenwood House, Hampstead
- Notting Hill Carnival, W11 & W2, Notting Hill, Sun & Mon Bank Holiday
- Shoreditch Festival, Shoreditch
- South West Four, Clapham Common, Clapham
- Underage Festival, Victoria Park, Hackney
September
- Acton Food Festival, Acton
- Brick Lane Festival, Brick Lane, E1
- Chelsea Antiques Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Chelsea
- Chiswick Book Festival, Chiswick
- Chiswick House Dog Show, Chiswick
- Election of the Lord Mayor, Guildhall Yard
- Great River Race, Chiswick
- Great River Race, River Thames
- Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival, Golders Green
- Horseman's Sunday, Hyde Park
- Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, Kensington
- Madonna @ Wembley Stadium, Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Mayor's Thames Festival, Between Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridges
- Open House Weekend, Bank of England Museum, City, 15 & 16
- Punch & Judy Fellowship's, Annual Covent Garden Festival, Covent Garden
- Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham
- This Ain't No Picnic, Kings College, Strand
- West London Literary Festival, Chiswick
- Yellow Umbrella Day, Chiswick Park, Chiswick
- Zimfest, Raynes Park
October
- Concrete and Grass, Various venues, Shoreditch
- Harvest of the Sea Festival, St. Mary-at-Hill church, Lovat Lane
- London Song Festival, Hanover Square, Oxford Street
- Pearly Kings & Queens Festival, St.Martin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square
- Punch and Judy Festival, Covent Garden
- The Wind in the Willows Centenary, Bank of England Museum, City
- ThisDay Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington
- Trafalgar Parade, West End
November
- DEUCE in concert, Richmond-upon-Thames
- International Playwriting Festival, Croydon
- London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, Hyde Park Corner, 1st Sunday in November
- Lord Mayor's Fireworks Display, River Thames, Guildhall to the Strand
- Lord Mayor's Show, Guildhall to The Strand, 2nd Saturday in November
- Lord Mayor’s Show, Bank of England Museum, City
- Remembrance Day Service & Parade, Cenotaph, Whitehall
- State Opening of Parliament, Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
- The Lord Mayor’s Show, Bank of England Museum, City
- Witchfest UK, Croydon
December
- Caledoniart, Scottish Contemporary Art, Farringdon
- Chickenshed presents Grimm Nights & Everafter Days, The Rayne Theatre at Chickenshed, Southgate
- Christmas Day Swim, The Serpentine, Hyde Park
- Goldilocks & The Three Bears, Chingford Assembly Hall Theatre, Chingford
- Pan-Asia Film Festival, Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly Circus
- Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, West End
- Waltham Forest Pantomime, Walthamstow
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