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  2. Notting Hill Carnival - Wikipedia

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    The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966 [2] on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington, over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

  3. FrightFest (film festival) - Wikipedia

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    FrightFest, also known as Arrow Video FrightFest is an annual film festival held in London and Glasgow.The festival holds three major events each year: a festival running five days over the UK late August Bank Holiday weekend, a Halloween event held in London in late October, and a festival in Glasgow held around February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.

  4. Public holidays in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Spring Bank Holiday moved to Monday 4 June to create a four-day weekend. [40] In 2020, the early May bank holiday originally set for Monday 4 May was moved to Friday 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. [41] [42] In 2022, there was a special holiday on Friday 3 June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The ...

  5. May Day Run - Wikipedia

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    The Mayday Run is an annual motorcycling event in England that takes place on the first bank holiday Monday in May. [1] The event involves thousands of motorbikes taking a 55-mile (89 km) trip on the A21 road from Locksbottom to Hastings seafront, coinciding with the Jack-in-the-Green festival on that day. The event has been taking place for ...

  6. Bank holiday - Wikipedia

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    A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .

  7. May Day - Wikipedia

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    A traditional sweeps festival is performed over the May bank holiday in Rochester, Kent, where the Jack in the Green is woken at dawn on 1 May by Morris dancers. At 7:15 p.m. on 1 May each year, the Kettle Bridge Clogs [ 43 ] morris dancing side dance across Barming Bridge (otherwise known as the Kettle Bridge), which spans the River Medway ...

  8. English festivals - Wikipedia

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    BBC Radio 3 had a full programme of St. George's Day events in 2006, and Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, has been putting the argument forward in the House of Commons to make St. George's Day a public holiday. In early 2009, Mayor of London Boris Johnson spearheaded a

  9. Culture of London - Wikipedia

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    London hosts several festivals, fairs and carnivals throughout the year with over 40 free festivals each year. The most famous is the Notting Hill Carnival, the world's second largest carnival. The carnival takes place over the August bank holiday weekend, and attracts almost 1 million people.

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