Events Diary For The season

 April

09th -11th Apr -Grand National see here

11th Apr -The boat race see here

16th – 19th Apr - The Chelsea Art Fair see here

23rd -26th Apr Harrogate flower show see here

29th Apr – 4th May Cheltenham Jazz Festival see here

30th Apr -4th May Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival   see here

23rd Apr 17th Oct Shakespeare Globe Season see here

May

29th Apr – 4th May Cheltenham Jazz Festival see here

30th Apr -4th May Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival   see here

23rd Apr 17th Oct Shakespeare Globe Season see here

2nd -24th May Brighton Festival see here

6th -10th May Badminton Horse Trials see here

7th May Boodles May Festival see here

13th-24th May Cannes film festival see here

 

13th-17th May Royal Windsor show see here

15th-30th May Glyndebourne festival see here

15th May – 29th Sep London's Open Air Theatre see here

19th -23rd May- The Chelsea flower show see here

19th May Audi Polo Awards see here

20th May - 15th June -The Cartier Queen's Cup see here

24th May 7th June French Open see here

 

23rd May Silverstone classic auctions see here

22nd -23rd May- The LDF International Polo Weekend see here

June

23rd Apr 17th Oct Shakespeare Globe Season see here

20th May - 15th Jun The Cartier Queen's Cup see here

24th May 7th Jun French Open see here

15th May – 29th Sep London's Open Air Theatre see here

3rd Jun Royal Academy of Art preview Show see here

5th - 7th Jun Polo in the Park  see here

5th – 7th Jun Epsom derby see here

20th Jun Warwickshire Cup Polo see here

16th – 20th Jun Ascot see here

14th Jun The Cartier Queen's Cup see here

20th Jun Eton Vs  Harrow Match see here

21st Jun Summer Solstice see here

23rd 27th Jun Boodle Tennis Match see here

24th - 28th Jun Glastonbury see here

25^th Jun- The Serpentine Gallery Summer Ball see here

29th Jun-12th Jul Wimbledon see here

July

15th May – 29th Sep London's Open Air Theatre see here

23rd Apr 17th Oct Shakespeare Globe Season see here

 

29th June-12th July Wimbledon see here

1st -5th Jul Royal regatta see here

4th Jul Independence see here

14th Jul Bastille day see here

17th Jul 1st Night of the proms see here

20 Jun- 19th Jul Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup see here

25th Jul AUDI International Polo see here

28th Jul -1st Aug Glorious Goodwood see here

Aug 

23rd Apr 17th Oct Shakespeare Globe Season see here

15th May – 29th Sep London's Open Air Theatre see here

28th Jul -1st Aug Glorious Goodwood see here

 17th Jul - 12th Sep The proms see here

12th Aug the glorious twelfth see here

13th Aug – 13th Sep US open see here

28th – 30th Aug Hamptons classic see here

Welcome To The New British The Social Season..

Welcome to the modern British social calendar

Well according to me anyway....

The social season, or Season, 

Evokes visons of an Austen heroine and I sadly know Northanger Abbey (also set in the season) back to front.

so back to the really serious business of celebrating the season’s most important social events, debutante balls, dinner parties and large charity events.  

In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, whole Households decamped from the country to take residence at London's finest address for the season

The Season was the only thing that mattered.

Fast forward to the twenty- first century the new social calendar has evolved, it is no longer a totally British affair, it’s the international set, and today’s lightning speed travel means we can all enjoy the season wherever you are in the world,

It’s contemporary, diverse, international, more exciting, the calendar has evolved.

Today’s bright young things (although most are not that young) like to mix it up from Ascot to the East End and Glyndbourne to Glastonbury,

 and as was then as is now some private balls and, garden parties dinners

The traditional social season runs from April to August

The 'official' start of the season is the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge with Ball in the evening and ends with the glorious twelfth both events are still attended today

stay tuned tomorrow to see the list of events for 2015