Make sure you don’t miss those all important dates in 2016 with our Special High Days and Holidays Calendar. There certainly are plenty of reasons to celebrate this year!
January
1st New Year’s Day
25th Robert Burns’ Night
18-31st Australian Open Tennis, Melbourne
February
8th Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)
9th Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)
14th Valentine’s Day
17th Random Acts of Kindness Day
18th Ash Wednesday
29th Leap Year Day
March
1st St. David’s Day
6th Mother’s Day UK
8th International Women’s Day
9th Commonwealth Day
17th St. Patrick’s Day
20th Spring Equinox
20th Palm Sunday
25th Good Friday
27th Easter Sunday
27th British Summertime Begins (clocks go forward)
April
1st April Fool’s Day
7-10th US Masters Golf, Augusta
9th Grand National Horse Racing, Aintree
23rd St. George’s Day
May
2nd May Bank Holiday
21st FA Cup Final, Wembley
22nd-Jun 5th French Open Tennis, Paris
30th Spring Bank Holiday
June
6th Ramadan Begins
10th–July 10th Euro 2016 Football
11th Trooping the Colour
16-19th US Open Golf, Oakmont
19th Father’s Day UK
19th National Kissing Day
20th Summer Solstice (Longest Day)
27-July 10th Wimbledon Tennis
July
2-24th Tour de France Cycling
5th Ramadan Ends
6th International Kissing Day
14-17th British Open Golf, Troon
30th International Day of Friendship
August
1st Summer Bank Holiday
2nd National Sister’s Day
5-21st Summer Olympics, Rio de Janiero
29th August Bank Holiday
29th-September 11th US Open Tennis, New Year
September
7-18th Paralympic Games, Rio de Janiero
22nd Autumn Equinox
30th-2nd October Ryder Cup, USA
October
2nd Grandparents’ Day
2-4th Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
5th National Teachers’ Day
11-12th Yom Kippur
25th Mother-in-Law Day
30th Diwali
30th British Summertime Ends (clocks go back)
31st Halloween
November
1st All Saints Day
5th Bonfire Night
11th Armistice Day
13th Kindness Day UK
13th Remembrance Sunday
25th Thanksgiving (USA)
30th St. Andrew’s Day
December
21st Winter Solstice
24th Christmas Eve
24th Hanukkah Begins
25th Christmas Day
26th Boxing Day
31st New Year’s Eve / Hogmanay
Have we forgotten anything? Do let us know what days you celebrate!