1. The Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
Did you know that London is the location outside of Asia that hosts the most lavish Cultural celebrations of the Chinese New Year? The New Year’s celebrations will include a procession that will travel from Charing Cross Road to Shaftesbury Avenue, a multitude of activities that will take place in Trafalgar Square (including puppet shows, music, and speeches), and a Magic Lantern Festival to cap off the festivities. All of these events will take place in London.
2. The carnival in Notting Hill.
This gigantic event is undoubtedly one of the greatest street festivals that can be witnessed anywhere in Europe, and it is typically held on the Sunday and Monday of the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of August. A woman by the name of Rhone Laslett was the first person to create it in 1964. She did so all by herself.
Rhaune Laslett had the goal of bringing together people from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and cultural backgrounds who lived in the city. It became a large celebration of Caribbean culture in London very fast, and since then, it has continued to grow to an astounding degree. This lively gathering has a ton of dancing, wonderful music, and delectable cuisine!
3. A Night Spent Around the Campfire
On November 5, 1605, a man known as Guy Fawkes plotted to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate King James I of England. He was unsuccessful in both of these endeavors. Now, on this day of every year, people in the UK remember his failed attempts at gaining independence.
The people who live in the city are going to have a party and celebrate by holding bonfires and setting off fireworks in various locations around the city. Regardless of where in London one could be located, they are never too far from a pleasant viewing location that is conveniently located nearby.
4. Tuesday of the Lent, also known as Pancake Day
From the Wednesday before Ash Wednesday to the Sunday after Easter, the period of time known as Lent is a season of fasting in the Christian religion. People in the United States often refer to the day before Lent as “Fat Tuesday,” which is the day before Lent begins. This day is the day before Lent begins. On this day, you should stuff yourself with all of the foods that you have decided to give up eating for the following forty days in order to stick to your resolution. Pancake Day and Shrove Tuesday are two variations of the same holiday that celebrate the tradition of eating pancakes.
On the day before the start of the season of fasting, there was a long-standing practice among the people of London to use up the last of their pre-Lenten provisions, such as eggs, sugar, and milk, in preparation for the season of abstinence. As a fortunate coincidence, those are the three major components of pancakes; thus, a lot of people would eat pancakes on this specific day because of this happy coincidence.
As a result of the widespread acceptance of this tradition, holding pancake races has become a customary practice not just in London but also in many other cities across the United Kingdom. The participants in these contests had to run through the streets while simultaneously flipping and catching pancakes on a cooking pan. Put us down as participants!
5. The Totally Thames Festival, which is also often referred to as the Mayor Thames Festival
This festival is a significant celebration for, you guessed it, the River Thames, and it takes place all during the month of September in London, United Kingdom. The Totally Thames festival is essentially a celebration that lasts for an entire month and is filled with races along the river as well as other artistic, cultural, environmental, and athletic events all all along the river. The festival is named after the River Thames, which runs through the heart of London.
