July
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Coming Events In Britain
Some highlights of the next few months 1974
May
Chichester Festival Theatre Season Chichester, Sussex, early May to mid September. 4 FA Cup Final. Wembley, London. 4 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London, to 29 July. 5 Motoring: World Cup Rally Wembley, London/Munich, Germany, to 25 May. 7 Brighton Festival Brighton, Sussex, to 19 May. 9 Royal Windsor Horse Show Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire, to 12 May. 10 Sir Winston Churchill Centenary Exhibition Somerset House, London to end September. 11 Rugby Football; Ru£y League Challenge Cup Final Wembley, London. 18 Lyme 1200 (Anniversary of town) Lyme Regis, Dorset, to 1 June. 22 Chelsea Flower Show Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, to 24 May (Private view —2lst) (provisional). 23 Glyndebourne Festival Opera Glyndebourne, Sussex, to 5 August 25 Sealed Knot —Siege of Warwick Castle Warwick Castle, Warwick, to 27 May.
June
1 International TT Motorcycle Races Isle of man, and 3,5, 7 June. 5 Horse Racing; Epsom Summer Meeting Epsom, Surrey, to 8 June (provisional) (The Derby—sth; the Oaks —Bth). 7 Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts Aldeburgh, Suffolk, to 25 June 7 International Antiques Fair Earls Court, London, to 18 June. 8 Clyde Fair International Ayrshire, Bute Renfrewshire, Dunbarton shire, Argyll, Lanarkshire and Glasgow, to 23 June (provisional). 11 Three Counties Agricultural Show. Malvern, Worcestershire, to 13 June. 15 The Queen's Official Birthday: Trooping the Colour. Horse Guards Parade, London. 18 Horse Racing; Royal Ascot Ascot, Berkshire, to 21 June (pro visional). 18 Royal Highland Agricultural Show Inglisten, near Edinburgh, to 21 June.
21 Bath Festival Bath, Somerset, to 30 June. 24 Lawn Tennis Championships Wimbledon, London, to 6 July. 26 Royal Norfolk Agricultural Show. Showground. New Costessey*' Norwich, Norfolk, and 27 June. 28 Royal National Rose Society's Show. Royal Horticultural Halls, London, and 29 June (provisional).
July
City of Belfast International Rose Trials Dixon Park, Belfast, to September. 1 British Jousting Society Tower of London, to 6 July. 1 City of London Festival. London, to 13 July, 2 Llangollen International Eisteddfod Llangollen, Denbighshire, to 7C July. 4 Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, to 7 July. 5 Cheltenham International Festival of Music Cheltenham, Gloucester shire, to 14 July. 9 Great Yorkshire Agricultural Show. Great Yorkshire Showground*!
Harrogate, Yorkshire, to 11 July. 10 Royal Tournament: Displays by the Armed Forces Earls Court/ London, to 27 July. 10 Open Golf Championship Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire tm 13 July. 13 Son et Lumiere Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, to 5 October (excluding Sundays). 14 Start Tall Ships Feeder Race Dartmouth, Devon/Corunna, Spain 17 World Show Jumping Championships. Hickstead, near Bolney/ Sussex, to 21 July. 19 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Royal Albert Hall, London tOJ 14 September, provisional. 20 The Daily Telegraph and BP Round-Britain Power Boat Race. Start!' and finish London, to 3 August. 23 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Breconr shire, to 25 July. 26 County Landowners Association Game Fair Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, near Reading, Berkshire, to 27 July.
August
4 Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences. Harrogate, Yorkshire, to 17 August. 4 Tall Ships Parade of Sail Solent, Isle of Wight. 5 Royal National Eisteddfod, Carmarthen, to 10 August. 16 Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh, to 7\ September. 17 Royal Scottish Academy Festival Exhibition. Royal Scottish!
Academy, Edinburgh, to 15 September (provisional). 18 Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh, to 7 September. 18 Three Choirs Festival Gloucester, to 23 August.