Festivals in England
Festivals are great source of joy and happiness. It doesn’t matter where festivals are celebrated; festivals offer relaxation and enjoyment to the people. People across the world wait for festivals and when festivals come around, they become very happy and start to arrange all belongings related to the festivals and celebrate the festivals with great enthusiasm. England is the land of festivals. A wide range of festivals are celebrated here. The festivals in England are categorized into various categories like Fairs in England, Arts Festivals in England, Sports festivals in England, Music festivals in England etc. The festivals in England differ from one location to another. So, the festivals in England can be also categorized into sub-categories based on the location like festivals in London, festivals in Birmingham, festivals in Yorkshire, festivals in Cambridge shire, festivals in Oxford shire, etc. But the festivals like New Year, Christmas, Easter, and Shakespeare’s Birthday are celebrated all over England.
Festivals England starts with the celebration of the New Year including every type of festival & celebration and ends with the celebration of Christmas on the 25th December. A large number of Music festivals in England is celebrated which cover a wide variety of genres. Most of music festivals in England are famous all over the world and have been organized for several years. Glastonbury is the most popular music festival in England. A lot of high quality free music festivals are celebrated across England including Scar bough’s Acoustic Gathering Festival. The most popular free music festival in England is Basingstoke Live. Arts festivals in England are mainly the exhibition of arts and which date varies every year. Sports festivals in England are the organization of different games & sports including cricket, football, and table tennis. The date for the sports festivals in England also vary each year and decided by the organizing committee of the concerned sports.
England Celebrations 2012
Celebrations in England are great way to get relaxed from a long working schedule. England celebrates a lot of festivals and hosts many other happenings besides the festivals of the country. We at this page are going to mention those festivals with date which are celebrated across the country:
| Festivals | Place | Date |
| New Year | National | 1 January |
| Straw Beer Festival | Cambridgeshire | 13th January- 15th January |
| Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race | Putney to Mortlake | 7th April |
| Jorvik Viking Festival | Yorkshire | 11 February - 19 February |
| Contemporary Music Festival | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | 12 February |
| Midgley Pace Egg Play | Calder Valley, Yorkshire | 6 April (Good Friday) |
| Nutters Dance | Lancashire | Easter Sunday |
| Easter Parade | London | Easter Monday |
| Harness House Parade | West Sussex | 9th April |
| Shakespeare’s Birthday | Stratford-upon-Avon | 23 April |
| Garland Day | Abbotsbury, Dorset | May 13 |
| Bath Festivals of Arts | Bath | 30 May – 10 June |
| Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship |
Wimbledon, London | 25 June - 8 July |
| Christchurch Medieval Festival |
Town Quays, Christchurch, Dorset |
7 June |
| Victorian Festival | Llandidrod Wells, Powys | 18th August - 26th August |
| Festival of Carols and Lessons |
King's College Chapel, Cambridge |
December |
| Christmas Eve | 24 December | |
| Christmas | 25 December |






