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CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS - 2006
JANUARY 1st New Year's Day
(Hogmanay)
2nd New Year's Bank Holiday
(Jan 1st is on a Sunday)
25th Burns' Night
31st
Last Tuesday in Jan.		 Up-Helly-Aa
FEBRUARY 14th Saint Valentine's Day
28th
(Moveable Feast) 		Shrove Tuesday - "Pancake Day"

MARCH

 

 1st
 Saint David's Day
17th Saint Patrick's Day
26th
4th Sunday in Lent		 Mothering Sunday
APRIL 1st April Fool's Day
13th
(Moveable Feast) 		Maundy Thursday
14th
(Moveable Feast) 		Good Friday
16th
(Moveable Feast) 		Easter Sunday
17th
(Moveable Feast) 		Easter Monday -
Bank Holiday
21st the Queen's (real) birthday
23rd Saint George's Day
MAY 1st May Day Bank Holiday
29th Spring Bank Holiday
JUNE 4th
(Moveable Feast)		 Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
10th
2nd Saturday in June		 The Queen's Official birthday
and Trooping the Colour
18th Father's Day
21st Midsummer's Day, Summer Solstice
JULY 15th St. Swithun's Day
AUGUST 7th Bank Holiday in Scotland
12th "The Glorious 12th"
28th
Last Monday in August
(Not Scotland)		 August Bank Holiday Monday
SEPTEMBER Various Harvest Festivals
OCTOBER Various Travelling Fairs
31st Hallowe'en
NOVEMBER 5th Bonfire Night
11th Armistice Day
12th Remembrance Sunday
30th Saint Andrew's Day
DECEMBER 6th Advent
24th Christmas Eve
25th Christmas Day
26th Boxing Day
31st New Year's Eve

For more about Bank Holidays, click here.

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