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SPECIAL EVENTS - 2004
All dates listed are given in good faith but should be checked
MONTH
DATE
EVENT
JANUARY 1st New Year's Day Parade 3rd - 11th Embassy World Professional Darts Championships.(Camberley, Surrey) 7th - 11th Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 8th - 18th International Boat Show (new venue)
(EXCEL, London Docklands)14th - 1st Feb. Celtic Connections
(Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow)17th & 18th British Homing Pigeon World Show of the Year (Wintergardens, Blackpool) 25th Burns' Night 25th Chinese New Year
(Year of the Monkey)FEBRUARY 12th - 15th Spring Chester Antiques & Fine Art 13th - 26th Jorvik Viking Festival (York) 14th Six Nations Championship - Rugby
France v Ireland and Wales v Scotland15th Italy v England (Six Nations) 14th - 19th London Fashion Week 21st Six Nations Championship - Rugby
Scotland v England22nd Ireland v Wales (Six Nations) 29th Carling Cup Final - Cardiff MARCH
4th - 7th Crufts Dog Show - NEC 6th Six Nations Championship - Rugby
Italy v Scotland and England v Ireland7th Wales v France (Six Nations) 7th Australian F1 Grand Prix at Melbourne (motor racing) 10th March - 4th April Ideal Home Exhibition - Earl's Court 14th - 16th Book Fair (Olympia)
16th - 18th Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival 20th Six Nations Championship (Rugby)
Ireland v Italy and England v Wales21st Scotland v France (Six Nations) 21st Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at Sepang (motor racing) 25th - 28th Stitch 2004 - Olympia 27th Six Nations Championship (Rugby)
Wales v Italy - Ireland v Scotland and France v England28th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race APRIL
10th March - 4th April Ideal Home Exhibition - Earl's Court 1st - 3rd Aintree Horse Racing Festival – Aintree 3rd Grand National - Aintree 4th F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain (motor racing) 15th - 18th Spring Antiques Fair (Birmingham) 16th Start of County Cricket Championships 17th Scottish Grand National - Ayr 18th Flora London Marathon 25th San Marino F1 Grand Prix at Imola (motor racing) 27th Whitbread Gold Cup 29th April - 2nd May Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials - Badminton MAY 29th April - 2nd May Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials - Badminton 9th Spanish F1 Grand Prix at Barcelona (motor racing) 9th - 11th Llangollen International Jazz Festival 8th - 14th Wildlife Week (Isles of Mull & Iona) 13th - 16th Royal Windsor Horse Show 15th Rugby League Challenge Cup Final 15th - 16th Chatsworth Horse Trials 20th May - 29th August Glyndebourne Opera Festival 20th - 24th 1st Test - England v New Zealand - Lords Cricket Ground (Cricket) 22nd FA Cup Final - Cardiff 22nd Heineken Cup Final - Rugby Union - Twickenham 23rd May F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Monaco (motor racing) 24th May - 6th June French Open Tennis - Paris 25th - 28th Chelsea Flower Show 26th May The Classical BRIT Awards - Royal Albert Hall, London 26th May UEFA Champions Leage Final - Germany 27th - 30th Volvo PGA Championship - Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey 29th Rugby Union National Cup Final - Twickenham 28th May – 6th June Hay Festival - Hay-on-Wye 30th Rugby Union - England v Barbarians - Twickenham 30th F1 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring (motor racing) JUNE 20th May - 29th August Glyndebourne Opera Festival 24th May - 6th June French Open Tennis - Paris 28th May - 6th June Hay Festival 2nd - 5th Royal Bath and West of England Show 3rd - 6th Antiquarian Book Fair - Olympia 3rd - 6th British Jumping Derby, Hickstead 3rd - 7th 2nd Test - England v New Zealand - Headingley (Cricket) 3rd - 13th Fine Art & Antique Fair - Olympia 4th - 12th Highland Festival - Inverness 4th Oaks Horse Race - Epsom 5th Derby (Horse racing) - Epsom 7th - 13th Stella Artois Grass Court Championships - Queens Club 10th - 12th South of England Show, Ardingly 10th - 12th Royal Cornwall Show 10th - 14th 3rd Test - England v New Zealand - Trent Bridge (Cricket) 12th Queen's Birthday Parade - Trooping the Colour 9th - 15th Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair 12th June - 4th July UEFA EURO 2004 - Portugal 13th F1 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal (motor racing) 15th - 19th Royal Ascot (Horse Racing) 18th - 20th Three Counties Show, Malvern 18th - 20th East of England Show, Cambridgeshire 20th F1 American Grand Prix at Indianapolis (motor racing) 21st June - 4th July Wimbledon Tennis Championships 21st June - 13th July City of London Festival 24th Natwest Series - England v New Zealand - Old Trafford (Cricket) 24th - 27th Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh 25th - 27th Goodwood Festival of Speed - Goodwood (Motor racing) 25th - 27th Glastonbury Festival 26th Natwest Series - New Zeland v West Indies - Edgbaston (Cricket) 26th Eton & Harrow Crick Match, Lords 27th Natwest Series - England v West Indies - Trent Bridge (Cricket) 27th Budweiser Irish Derby - Curragh 27th The Warwickshire Polo Cup Final, Cirencester Park 29th Natwest Series - England v New Zealand - Durham (Cricket) 30th June - 4th July Henley Royal Regatta JULY 20th May - 29th August Glyndebourne Opera Festival 12th June - 4th July UEFA EURO 2004 - Portugal 21st June - 4th July Wimbledon Tennis 21st June - 13th July City of London Festival 30th June - 4th July Henley Royal Regatta 1st Natwest Series - England v West Indies at Headingley (Cricket) 3rd Natwest Series - New Zealand v West Indies at Cardiff (Cricket) 3rd July - 8th August Cardiff Summer Festival 4th F1 French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours (motor racing) 4th Natwest Series - England v New Zealand at Bristol (Cricket) 4th - 7th The Royal Agricultural Show, Warwickshire 6th Natwest Series - England v West Indies at Lords Cricket Ground 6th - 11th Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 6th - 11th International Eisteddfod -Llangollen 6th - 24th Shakespeare at Hampton Court Palace 11th F1 British Grand Prix - Silverstone (motor racing) 8th Natwest Series - New Zealand v West Indies at The Rose Bowl, Southampton 8th - 11th Scottish Open (Golf) - Loch Lomond 9th - 25th Buxton Festival 10th NatWest Cricket Series - Final 10th - 11th Duxford Air Show (Flying Legends) 15th - 18th British Open Golf - Troon, Ayrshire 16th - 18th Royal International Air Tatoo - RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire 18th Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup at Cowdray Park Polo Club (polo) 16th July - 11th September The Proms - Royal Albert Hall 19th - 22nf Royal Welsh Show 19th - 25th Farnborough International Air Show 22nd - 26th 1st Test match - England v West Indies at Lords Cricket Ground 23rd - 25th Womad - Reading 25th Cartier International at Guards Polo Club Windsor (polo) 25th F1 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim (motor racing) 27th - 31st Glorious Goodwood at Goodwood Racecourse (horseracing) 29th July - 2nd August 2nd Test - England v West Indies at Edgbaston (cricket) 31st Cambridge Folk Festival 31st July - 7th August National Eisteddfod of Wales, Pembrokeshire AUGUST 20th May - 29th August Glyndebourne Opera Festival 3rd July - 8th August Cardiff Summer Festival 29th July - 2nd August 2nd Test - England v West Indies at Edgbaston (cricket) 31st July - 7th August National Eisteddfod of Wales 2nd August - 26th September Buckingham Palace open to public 2nd - 9th National Eidsteddfod of Wales 7th - 14th Cowes Week (sailing) 8th FA Community Shield at Cardiff (football) 10th - 11th Anglesey County Show 12th - 16th 3rd Test - England v West Indies at Old Trafford (cricket) 13th - 29th August Olympic Games - Athens, Greece 15th August - 4th September Edinburgh Festival 15th F1 Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest (motor racing) 19th - 23rd 4th Test - England v West Indies at the Oval (cricket) 21st - 29th Llandrindod Wells Victoria Festival 28th Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Final at Lords Cricket Ground (cricket) 28th - 30th Notting Hill Carnival 29th F1 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps (Motor racing) 30th World Bog Snorkelling Championship 18th July - 13th September The Proms - Royal Albert Hall SEPTEMBER 2nd August - 26th September Buckingham Palace open to public 15th August - 4th September Edinburgh Festival 1st Natwest Challenge - England v India at Trent Bridge (cricket) 3rd Natwest Challenge - England v India at the Oval (cricket) 4th Braemar Gathering 4th - 5th Duxford Air Show 2004 5th Natwest Challenge - England v India at Lords Cricket Ground 8th - 11th St. Leger Festival at Doncaster Racecourse (horseracing) 18th July - 13th September The Proms - Royal Albert Hall 11th Proms in the Park - Hyde Park 12th F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza (motor racing) 14th - 15th The Mayor's Thames Festival 14th - 19th The Ryder Cup - Oakland Hills (golf) 26th F1 Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai (motor racing) 30th September to 3rd Oct. The World Golf Championships - AMEX Championship at Mount Juliet in Ireland. OCTOBER 30th Sept. to 3rd October The World Golf Championships - AMEX Championship at Mount Juliet in Ireland. 5th - 8th London Bierfest and Old Billingsgate Market 6th - 10th Horse of the Year Show - NEC 10th F1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka (motor racing) 24th F1 Brazilian Grand Prix at Sao Paolo (motor racing) NOVEMBER 7th London to Brighton Veteran Car Run To be confirmed Lord Mayor's Show 23rd - 26th Network Q Rally of Great Britain To be confirmed State Opening of Parliament
These dates are subject to confirmation – please check.