May 1, 2015 Rochester Chimney Festival
Annually in the UK, the Rochester swirl festival is celebrated on May 1 with a colorful procession with dances. It is headed by "milord", followed by a procession with "Jack-in-the-Green" - a boy decorated with green leaves and branches.
May 24, 2015 Birthday of the Queen of Great Britain
It's amazing that the day in which millions of people celebrate the birthday of the Queen of Britain does not actually coincide with the real date of her birth. Usually it is celebrated on the first, second or third Saturday of June.
June 24, 2015 - June 28, 2015 Glastonbury Festival
The festival is invariably accompanied by torrential rains and mud, which have already become a visiting card of Glastonbury. The fact is that on the territory of the farm on which the fest passes, two streams flow, together with precipitation they give an unthinkable amount of dirt.
July 3rd 2015 - July 05, 2015 Sonisphere Festival
The Sonisphere music festival is one of the most anticipated summer events for fans of the good old rock in all its variations. Here you can see and hear the performers of many genres, ranging from punk rock and rap cort, to representatives of the Big Four of thrash metal.
July 5th 2015 Formula-1
Formula-1 - the most important and most prestigious event in the world of racing, rightfully called the "queen of motorsport", has long become the dream of almost every rider in the world, and, in addition, is also the most expensive kind of motorsport.
July 11, 2015 - July 12, 2015 Festival T in the Park
A hot July weekend can be held at the main Scottish music festival T in the Park. For three days in Balado Park (the former airfield), you will get impressions for a year ahead, this is really a crazy musical marathon with a 20-year history!
July 21, 2015 - July 24, 2015 Festival on the Isle of Wight
The music festival, taking place on one of the widely known islands of Britain, has many spots on its history. In 1968, the headliner of the festival was the American cult band of the hippie era Jefferson Airplane, who made her name the hit White Rabbit.
August 02, 2015 Fringe Festival
Operas, musicals, shows, comedies, ancient Greek and modern tragedies, art performances, children's performances - more than 30 thousand performances in just three weeks! All this - in one Scottish city of Edinburgh at the festival of arts called Fringe.
August 4, 2015 - August 08, 2015 The Great Beer Festival in London is
A large beer festival takes place in the exhibition center "Olympia" in London. Every year, here you can taste more than 350 varieties of real English ale, almost 60 varieties of cider and enjoy first-class beer from Belgium and Germany.
August 25, 2015 - August 29, 2015 Porterboro
The festivities at the beer festival in Porterboro, England, last until the morning. At the festival, besides several varieties of local beer, guests are offered to taste products of world famous producers, as well as traditional English cider.
October 31, 2015 Halloween
The international gathering of evil spirits takes place every year on October 31, immediately after dark. It is on the night of November 1 that Halloween is celebrated all over the world, dressing up in witches and ghouls, putting on masks of dead and vampires and walking around in the streets or dancing in nightclubs.
October 31, 2015 Samain
Not to be confused with Halloween! Samhain is an ancient Celtic festival, but now the inhabitants of the British Isles do not celebrate it as before, there are only a few traditions - for example, baking special bread in the form of horns to appease the god of winter. It's still done by the Irish.
05 November 2015 Guy Fawkes Night
November 5, 1605 Guy Fox ... and could not bring in the building of the British Parliament barrels of gunpowder to blow it up during the speech of the king and to deprive him of life, and all the higher lords of the kingdom. This is perhaps the most widely celebrated failure, if not in the world, then in the UK accurately.
November 21, 2015 - January 04, 2016 German Christmas Market in Hyde Park - $
The tradition of Christmas markets has spread throughout the world from the now French Alsace, and Germany was the first to accept it. Now the German Christmas markets are famous for the whole world much more French.
December 25, 2015 Christmas in England is
An incredibly wonderful gift that can be received on the eve of the most anticipated and delightful holiday in the world is a Christmas vacation in the UK, the birthplace of this magical event. To become a witness of how the English are preparing and celebrating Christmas is an unforgettable experience.
December 31, 2015 New Year's Eve in London
There is an opinion that the British are reserved, prim and even boring people. However, New Year's London is able to spread this stereotype to the nines. Rapid preparation for the winter celebration the British are starting already at the end of November.
When Russians celebrate May Day, the people of the United Kingdom are hosting a festival of chimney sweeps in Rochester. Yes, modern heating systems still did not eradicate this profession, rather, on the contrary, raised its prestige.
The English like May, there are many festivals and festivals this month: in May they celebrate chimney sweeps, arrange a whiskey festival or simply celebrate May Day, choosing the king and the queen of the month.
So, on the first of May in England there is a colorful procession with dances in honor of the dirty, but never discouraged people with stairs, ropes and panicles. The "milord" procession leads, followed by Jack-in-the-Zeleny, a boy adorned with leaves and branches, teen clowns tumbling in front of him, followed by lords and ladies. In the end, there is "milady", which collects "treasury." Jack-in-the-Green represents the spirit of spring and forest.
In addition to Easter, Christmas and New Year, all holidays in the UK fall on Monday. That's how diplomatically the British solved the problem of a "hard day."
In May, in Scotland, there is a whiskey festival: before ordinary people, the doors of factories open, where normally, of course, do not get .And most importantly, during the festival, tastings of the drink, which the Scots are so proud of, are conducted .In May Day, a medieval carnival is being staged in the streets, the king and the queen rule - they are chosen by the residents themselves .On the last Monday in May, UK residents have a spring holiday: everything is decorated with fresh flowers, people dance and sing on the streets..Every year during the three August weeks, the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, hosts guests and participants of the world's largest festival of arts - "Frindge" .
At the festival "Fridge" 32 thousand performances and more than 2 thousand different shows are played, for which more than 250 venues are equipped throughout the city.
Another curious holiday, celebrated in Britain, is the day of the apple. It is celebrated on October 21 or in the nearest to this date the weekend. On this day, you can try hundreds of different varieties of apples, some of them are not sold in regular stores. Also among the festive dishes - apple pies, fruit and vegetable seasonings, cider. And, of course, the holiday can not do without games and competitions. For example, you can shoot arrows on apples or try your hand at the contest for the longest strip of peel.
The longest apple peel is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. American Katie Wolfer was cleaning the apple for 11 hours and 30 minutes and received a peel length of 52 meters 51 centimeters. The record was set October 16, 1976 in New York.