Month
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
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17th
New Years' Day
Dry January launches
Veganuary campaign asking people to go vegan for January launches
Football transfer window opens
First PL football fixtures of 2017
Film adaption of 'Assassin's Creed' starring Michael Fassbender released in cinemas
Martin Scorsese's new film 'Science' released in cinemas
Sherlock returns for fourth series on BBC One
Bank Holiday
RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch
PDC World Darts Championship Final
Costa Book Awards category winners announced
London Stock Exchange opens for first day of trading of new year
BA commences direct flights to Santiago de Chile from Heathrow
Dippy the Diplodocus on display in London for final time before going on UK tour
Golden Globes
Duchess of Cambridge celebrates 35th birthday
BAFTA nominations announced
What Car? Car of the Year Awards
La La Land film - Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone opens in cinemas
BRIT Awards nominations announced on ITV
UCAS application deadline for 2017 intake
2017 Masters snooker tournament begins
Australian Open begins
Blue Monday
Davos opens
Stonewall announces Top 100 employers in Great Britain
Glasgow Film Festival programme announced
Oscar nominations announced
National Television Awards
Burns Night
Unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft launched to Mercury
Sequel to Trainspotting released in cinemas
Denial, starring Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall released in cinemas
Mel Gibson's WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge released in cinemas
The Stage Awards
Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster)
Gary Barlow & Tim Firth's musical 'The Girls' transfers to the West End
75th anniversary of Desert Island Discs!
HMRC self assessment tax deadline
Costa Book of the Year
Critics' Circle Theatre Awards
Time to Talk Day
Harry Potter Book Night
Harry Redknapp 70th birthday
Six Nations begins
World Cancer Day
Super Bowl
Muslim Council of Britain stage the third annual 'Visit My Mosque Day'
Children's Mental Health Week
National Sickie Day
Oldie Awards
New York Fashion Week
Imagine Children's Festival
Sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey in cinemas
EE BAFTA Film Awards
Grammy Awards
Valentines' Day
Glasgow Film Festival
NME Awards
London Fashion Week
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
WhatsOnStage Awards
V Festival lineup announced
Milan Fashion Week
BRIT Awards
Oscars
Mobile World Congress begins
Pancake Day
St David's Day
Ash Wednesday
National Offer Day sees secondary school places announced
Paris Fashion Week opens
Manchester Film Festival
Wolverine sequel starring Hugh Jackman released in cinemas
National Careers Week
National Apprenticeship Week
International Women's Day
No Smoking Day
Crufts 2017 opens
Glasgow International Comedy Festival
King Kong remake released in cinemas
British Science Week
FA Cup quarter-finals begin
London Design Week
Crufts Best in Show presented
Commonwealth Day
Cheltenham Festival opens with Champion Day
Cheltenham Festival - Ladies Day
St Patrick's Day
Disney musical Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson released in cinemas
Details
16th-29th January
Encouraging people to speak out about mental health
Traditionally sees the highest number of workers calling in sick
Celebrating this year's deserving 'Oldies'
9th-17th February
17th-21st
22nd-28th
1st-8th
9th-12th
Coral are going big - Worth pitching a multi deal to all relevant bookies
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
17th
18th
19th
20th
20th
20th
24th
24th
25th
26th
26th
26th
31st
1st
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3rd
6th
7th
8th
9th
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10th
10th
10th
13th
14th
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20th
21st
22nd
22nd
23rd
23rd
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26th
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27th
28th
28th
28th
29th
30th
1st
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5th
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13th
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17th
18th
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25th
25th
27th
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28th
29th
29th
29th
1st
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
4th
Cheltenham Gold Cup day
Screen Nation Film & TV Awards
Jameson Empire Awards
Advertising Week Europe
National Salt Awareness Week
Shakespeare Week
Comic Relief Red Nose Day
Ideal Home Show
English Tourism Week
Mothering Sunday
British Summer Times begins
The Oxford vs Cambride Goat Race
Article 50 triggered by today
April Fools Day
New company tax year
National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rises take effect
The Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race
Football League Trophy Final at Wembley
Olivier Awards
US Masters Golf begins at Augusta
Grand National meeting begins
Grand National - Ladies Day
Grand National
Palm Sunday
2017 County Championships cricket season starts
RHS National Gardening Week
British Swimming Championships 2017
Chiropractic Awareness Week
Maundy Thursday
Schools break up for Easter
Good Friday
British GT Championship
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Man Booker International Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
The Queen celebrates 91st birthday
Shakespeare's Globe season opens
The Emirates FA Cup semi-final fixture
St George's Day
Shakespeare's birthday observed
The Emirates FA Cup semi-final fixture
2017 London Marathon
Allergy Awareness Week
London Sci-Fi Film Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
BBC Food & Farming Awards
On Your Feet Britain national day to prevent heart disease
Marvel's sequel to 'Guardians of the Galaxy' in cinemas
Ed Balls Day
Will & Kate wedding anniversary
International Opera Awards ceremony
May Day, Bank Holiday
LoCo London Comedy Film Festival
Hedgehog Awareness Week 2017
Action on Stroke month
Princess Charlotte 2nd Birthday
UK local & mayoral elections
Brighton Fringe Festival
Brighton Festival
British Sandwich Week
RBS British LGBT Awards
Championship play-offs begin
9th annual London Tweed Run
BAFTA Television Awards
Cannes Film Festival opens
Ivor Novello Awards
National Work from Home Day
Glyndebourne Festival opera season opens
League One play-off final
Final 2016/17 Premier League football fixtures
Chelsea Flower Show
Hay Festival
40th anniversary of Star Wars
English Wine Week
Ramadan begins
FA Cup Final at Wembley
Aviva Premiership Rugby final
Radio 1's Big Weekend
British Soap Awards
French Open begins
Morrison's Great Manchester Run
Edinburgh Marathon
Spring Bank Holiday
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Festival
Championship play-off final
Sundance London Film Festival
64th Anniversary of Queen's coronation
Investec Derby Festival opens with Ladies Day
The Derby
Field Day, London music festival
Champions League Final held in Cardiff
Tax Freedom Day in the UK
Whitsun
23rd-27th
25th-4th June
27th-25th June
28th-11th June
1st-4th
JUNE
JULY
7th
7th
8th
9th
10th
10th
10th
10th
10th
10th
11th
13th
15th
15th
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17th
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21st
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27th
28th
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30th
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12th
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20th
20th
20th
20th
21st
21st
24th
27th
27th
1st
3rd
4th
4th
4th
Hampton Court Palace Festival
Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme announced
Isle of Wight Festival opens
Download festival at Donington
FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying fixtures including Scotland v England
The Queen's Birthday Honours List announced
Prince Philip celebrates 96th birthday
Triathlon World Championship Series event in Leeds
Capital FM Summertime Ball
World Naked Bike Ride London
The Queen's 91st official birthday
The Stone Roses begin UK tour
Man Booker International Prize for Fiction winner announced
US Open
End of mobile phone roaming charges in the EU
Trooping the Colour
Stop Cyberbullying Day
West End LIVE theatre showcase
Sir Cliff Richard begins UK tour
London Football Marathon
BHF London to Brighton Bike Ride
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World final
City of London Mile
Father's Day
Learning Disability Weel
Armed Forces Week
Royal Ascot horse race meeting begins
BNP Paribas Tennis Classic begins
Boodles Tennis tournament
Glastonbury Festival opens
Summer Solstice
70th Anniversary of BAFTA
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Prince William celebrates 35th birthday
East End Film Festival
Ladies Day & Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
Goodwood Festival of Speed
British Cycling Time Trial Championships race
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
The Telegraph Festival of Education opens
Gelato Festival
Wallace & Gromit's Wrong Trousers Day
Wimbledon draw announced
Armed Forces Day
Royal Ascot concludes with The Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Eid
20th Anniversary of Harry Potter
Women's Cricket World Cup begins in England
50th Anniversary of the world's first cash machine
178th Henley Regatta
Manchester International Festival
Adele headlines Wembley Stadium
80th anniversary of 999
London Art Week
Phil Collins opens Barclaycard British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park
Canada celebrates 150th anniversary of Confederation
Green Day headline Barclaycard British Summer Time festival
Adele headlines second night at Wembley Stadium
Tour de France begins
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show press preview day
Wimbledon Tennis Championships begin
Shoppers encouraged to visit independent shops for Independents' Day
Independence Day USA
British Insurance Awards
Somerset House Summer Series opens
Education Britain Summit
G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany
Wireless Festival
World Chocolate Day
Pride in London Parade 2017
London Anniversary Games
Battle of the Boyne
UK monthly unemployment figures
Latitude Festival
2017 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Bastille Day
Lovebox weekend
St Swithins' Day
Family Friendly Museum Award shortlist announced
Liverpool International Music Festival
British Open golf begins
UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg matches
Many UK schools break up for the summer holidays
Christopher Nolan's WWII drama 'Dunkirk' released in cinemas nationwide
National Tequila Day
50th anniversary of homosexuality legalised in UK
Edinburgh Art Festival
Qatar Goodwood Festival begins
Wilderness Festival
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Brighton Pride Festival
IAAF World Championships begin in London
8th-11th
15th-18th
20th-24th
21st-25th
Touring festival and showcase of Italian gelato
Raising money for sick and terminally ill children in hospitals and hospices around the UK
1st - 23rd
3rd-16th July
7th - 8th
13th - 16th July 2017
14th - 16th
14th - 15th
20th - 23rd
27 July – 27 August 2017
1st - 5th August
3rd - 6th
4th - 28th August
4th - 6th August
4th - 13th August
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
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8th
8th
10th
12th
12th
17th
19th
19th
23rd
23rd
24th
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25th
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27th
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28th
28th
28th
31st
1st
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4th
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7th
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11th
15th
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28th
30th
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27th
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29th
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30th
31st
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5th
7th
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9th
10th
11th
12th
12th
12th
13th
13th
13th
16th
17th
National Allotment week
International Cat Day
Great British Beer Festival at Olympia
Leefest
Glorious 12th
34th Edinburgh International Book Festival
A-level Results Day
V Festival
Bros begin their UK reunion tour
Edinburgh International Television Festival
International Beatle Week Festival in Liverpool
GCSE Results Day
Creamfields Festival
Reading Festival
Leeds Festival
Challenge Cup Final
Notting Hill Carnival
MotoGP British Grand Prix
34th MTV Video Music Awards
German Elections
World Gravy Wrestling Championships
Summer Bank Holiday
US Open
Salon Prive Luxury Super Car Event
British Heart Foundation launches 'Bag it. Beat it'
England, Scotland and Northern Ireland continue FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns
New '67' GB licence plate numbers
Many UK schools return from summer holidays
Organ Donation Week
New York Fashion Week
Goodwood Revival
Last Night of the Proms
Royal Opera 2017/18 season opens
Recycle Week
London Fashion Week September 2017
Prince Harry celebrates 33rd birthday
One-day cricket season finale at Lord's
Apple Music Festival in London
Milan Fashion Week
Raindance Film Festival
World's Best Steak crowned in London
Labour Party National Women's Conference 2017
British Food Fortnight
Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Toronto
UK's 'coolest' brands revealed
Radio Festival
School Transport Safety Week
Royal Ballet 2017/18 season opens
National Poetry Day
50th anniversary of BBC Radio 1, 2, 3 & 4
Go Sober For October
Stoptober
London Literature Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Book trade celebrates 'Super Thursday'
Glastonbury coach and ticket packages on sale
75th anniversary of Oxfam
UK Theatre Awards
BMI London Awards
Britain's Smart Cities conference
National Transport Awards
English Language Day
Women of the Year Lunch and Awards
Oktoberfest begins
Diwali
UK Music Video Awards
Man Booker Prize
BAFTA Breakthrough Brits announced
Lonely Planet's 'Best in Travel 2018' published
Festival of Film at Royal Albert Hall
Michelin Pub of the Year revealed
British Pub Week
Living Wage Week
British Summer Time ends - clocks go back one hour
Pride of Britain Awards
Big Energy Saving Week
Halloween
Tony-winning Broadway musical 'Hamilton' begins previews in the West End
Collins Word of the Year announced
Guy Fawkes Night
Cartier Racing Awards
The Telegraph Festival of Business
John Lewis Christmas ad debuts online
Equal Pay Day
Armistice Day
Remembrance Sunday
London Evening Standard Theatre Awards
I'm A Celebrity...' returns for a new series
Kindness Day UK
Anti-Bullying Week
Alcohol Awareness Week
UK City of Culture winner announced
Children in Need night on BBC
7th - 13th
8th - 12th August
10th - 13th August
Glorious Twelfth - opening day of grouse shooting season
12th - 28th August
19th-20th
24th - 27th
25th - 27th
25th - 27th
27th - 28th
German Elections must take place sometime between 27 August and 22 October
28th August - 11th September
7 - 15th
8th - 10th
15th - 19th
20th - 27th
20th - 1st October
23rd - 8th October 2017
24th - 30th
NOVEMBER
18th
18th
19th
19th
20th
21st
21st
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
27th
27th
27th
30th
National HIV testing week
London Global Gift Gala
ATP World Tour Finals conclude
International Mens day
National Road Safety Week
Costa Book Awards shortlists announced
UK Film Festival 2017
UK Championship snooker begins
British Travel Awards Gala Night
Thanksgiving
Black Friday
BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist announced
British Curry Awards
Cyber Monday
St Andrew's Day