There is something to do in London every single weekend of the year. This is a city that truly does not rest. Whether you like art, sports, music or history, you can find something to do in London throughout the year. Some of the London events that take place each year include the Spring Festival and Kew Gardens, the Maypole Dancing in Hyde Park, Regents Park Book Festival and the St. John’s Wood Art Festival.
Spring Festival in Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens is one of the most beautiful public gardens in London and hosts a variety of events throughout the year. In the Spring, Kew Gardens comes alive with a flower show that is truly put on by Mother Nature. The Spring Festival in Kew Gardens starts at the end of April each year and lasts through the end of May. The flowers are in full bloom during this time and on the weekends, refreshments are served and there are talks about how to grow different types of flowers. Anyone who visits England in the Spring should visit Kew Gardens so that they can see the flowers in bloom.
Maypole Dancing In Hyde Park
Hyde Park is the largest park in London and is the central hubbub for everything going on in this city during the summer months. Hyde Park is open all year long and is a park where people can spout off political opinion and often do so in various areas of the park. Maypole dancing in Hyde Park is a tradition that takes place on the first of May each year. Everyone who wants to enjoy this event can join in the festivities and grab onto the Maypole and dance around. Maypole dancing in Hyde Park is an annual event in London that occurs every May first.
Regents Park Book Festival
Regents Park is close to the upscale St. Johns Wood and hosts a book festival in the summer months that is ideal for new authors as well as anyone who wants to buy used books. You never know what type of antiquity you can find when you peruse the book festival at Regents Park during the last weekend of May in London. Anyone who enjoys reading books can enjoy the books festival that is open to the public and totally free of charge. The late spring is an ideal time to walk around Regents Park and the book festival is the ideal place to find books.
St. Johns Wood Art Fair
The Regents Park book festival is in conjunction with the St. Johns Wood Art Fair that takes place the first weekend of June in this area of London. New and existing artists visit this area so that they can enjoy the art from new and well known artists. The art that is displayed in St. Johns Wood is displayed in art galleries and shops that are located in this upscale London neighborhood.
There is plenty to see and do in London, no matter what your tastes. During the summer, you can spend just about any weekend enjoying art, music, books or theater in London as the London events calendars are filled with fun things to do.
