Social Calendar 2008
July
1 - Serpentine Party, Kensington Gardens, London
2 - 6 - Henley Royal Regatta
3 - 6 - Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, London
4 - 6 - British Grand Prix, Silverstone
5 - Katie Melua Summer Nights, Bath Recreation Ground, Bath
8 - 13 - Hampton Court Show
10-14 - Test Cricket, Lords, London
11 - 13 Festival of Speed, Goodwood
17 - 20 - Latitude Festival, Southwold, Suffolk
27 - Cartier Polo, Windsor
29 - August 2 Glorious Goodwood
August
1 - Yorkshire Day
1 - 3 - The Big Chill, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire
2 - The Innocent Village Fete
2 – 9 - Cowes Week, Isle of Wight
2 – 3 – Red Bull Air Race, O2 Riverside
3 – Soul Sunday, Bedford Park, Bedford
3 – 25 - Edinburgh Festvial, Edinburgh, Scotland
5 - 4 January – Fashion V Sport, The V&A, London
8 - 24 - Olympic Games, Beijing
13 – Stereophonics, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge
16 – 17 - V Festival, Chelmsford
23 – Madonna, Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
23 – 24 - Reading Festival, Reading
24 – 25 - Notting Hill Carnival, London
25 - Bank Holiday
27 - Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy
29 – 31 – Chatsworth Country Fair, Derbyshires
September
- 21 The House of Victor and Rolf, Barbican, London
2 – 4 – Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray, Saddler’s Wells, London
5 – 7 – Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Newport
5 – 12 - New York Fashion Week, New York, USA
13 – Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
13 – 23 - London Design Festival, London
18 – 21 - 100 percent design, Earls Court, London
19 – 21 - Goodwood Revival, Goodwood
20 – 27 - Milan Fashion Week, Milan, Italy
21 - World Peace Day
22 - First day of Autumn
27 – Festival of British Horse Racing, Berkshire
28 – The Ting Tings, Norwich UEA, Norwich
28 – October 5 - Paris Fashion Week, Paris, France
October
- 19 – The Story of the Supremes, The V&A, London
4 - Prix de l’arc de Triomphe, Paris, France
10 - 19 – The Cheltenham Festival of Literature
11 – Cyndi Lauper, Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
15 – Moscow State Circus, Lindfield Common
16 – Dirty Pretty Things, Carling Academy, Oxford
16 – 19 - Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park, London
17 - 18 – Champions Meeting, Newmarket, Suffolk
17 – 20 - Zoo Art Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London
28 – Diwali, Hindu Festival
28 – October 15 – Sangre Flamenco, Sadler’s Wells, London
31 – Halloween
31 – Trout Fishing Season Ends in England!
November
2 - Veteran Car Run, London to Brighton
5 - Guy Fawkes
8 - Lord Mayor’s Show, London
8 – Rugby Wales vs South Africa, Millenium Statement, Cardiff
8 – Rugby England vs Pacific Islands, Twickenham
9 - Remembrance Sunday
15 – Carmen, New Theatre, Oxford
27 – 29 - Winter Festival, Newbury
30 - St Andrew’s Day
December
4 – 7 - Art Basal Miami, Miami, USA
10 – Social Season closes in England, Scotland and Wales
12 - Cresta Run, St. Moritz, Switzerland
22 – Hanukkah, Jewish festival
25 - Christmas Day
26 - Boxing Day
29 – Al Hijira, Islamic New Year
31 - New Year’s Eve