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Sweeps Festival, RochesterThe Sweeps Festival is one of the biggest May Day festivals in England and celebrates the traditional May Day holiday that chimney sweeps used to enjoy.
Location: Rochester Jack-in-the-GreenTraditional Jack in the Green festivities in Hastings (East Sussex, England) on the May Day bank holiday: bogies, giants, sweeps and morris dancers.
Friday 1 May to Monday 4 May
Location: Hastings May DayThis English festival marks the beginnings of Spring. People traditionally celebrate by dancing around a May Pole and choosing a May Queen.
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Sweeps Festival, RochesterThe Sweeps Festival is one of the biggest May Day festivals in England and celebrates the traditional May Day holiday that chimney sweeps used to enjoy.
Location: Rochester Brighton FestivalIt is the largest multi-art form festival in England.
Saturday May 2, 9, 16, 23 2009
In 2009, Brighton Festival Fringe will once again transform the Pavilion Gardens, Jubilee Square and New Road into Fringe City, with a wide range of performances including music, dance, comedy and theatre. Fringe City is a free, outdoor, open-access arts festival organised by the Brighton Festival Fringe to showcase and promote Fringe events.
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Sweeps Festival, RochesterThe Sweeps Festival is one of the biggest May Day festivals in England and celebrates the traditional May Day holiday that chimney sweeps used to enjoy.
Location: Rochester
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Sweeps Festival, RochesterThe Sweeps Festival is one of the biggest May Day festivals in England and celebrates the traditional May Day holiday that chimney sweeps used to enjoy.
Location: Rochester International Firefighters' Day
Jack-in-the-Green, HastingsTraditional May Day celebrations in Hastings. Bank HolidayPublic Holiday
... Deaf Awareness weekSupported by over one hundred deaf charities and organisations under the umbrella of the UK Council on Deafness, Deaf Awareness Week involves a UK wide series of national and local events.
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VE Day1945 - VE (Victory in Europe) Day
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Europe DayEurope Day, May 9, marks the anniversary of the day in 1950 when the European Union was conceived. Brighton FestivalIt is the largest multi-art form festival in England.
Saturday May 2, 9, 16, 23 2009
In 2009, Brighton Festival Fringe will once again transform the Pavilion Gardens, Jubilee Square and New Road into Fringe City, with a wide range of performances including music, dance, comedy and theatre. Fringe City is a free, outdoor, open-access arts festival organised by the Brighton Festival Fringe to showcase and promote Fringe events.
... Buddha Day - Visakha Puja (Wesak ) (Buddhist)Theravadin Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing into nirvana. Theravada New Year (Buddhist) Jersey National Day
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Christian Aid WeekChristian Aid helps root out poverty in practical ways. It does whatever is needed to support poor people and their communities, regardless of their religion. Westminster Day of Dance, LondonTraditional Morris dancing in various locations across Westminster in London.
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Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale born 1820 Lag B'Omer (Jewish)Jewish Year 5769: sunset May 11, 2009 - nightfall May 12, 2009
Jews count the days from Passover to Shavu'ot. This period is known as the Counting of the Omer. An omer is a unit of measure.Every night, from the second night of Passover to the night before Shavu'ot, Jews recite a blessing and state the count of the omer in both weeks and days.The counting is intended to remind us of the link between Passover, which commemorates the Exodus, and Shavu'ot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah. It remi
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Israel National Day
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Brighton FestivalIt is the largest multi-art form festival in England.
Saturday May 2, 9, 16, 23 2009
In 2009, Brighton Festival Fringe will once again transform the Pavilion Gardens, Jubilee Square and New Road into Fringe City, with a wide range of performances including music, dance, comedy and theatre. Fringe City is a free, outdoor, open-access arts festival organised by the Brighton Festival Fringe to showcase and promote Fringe events.
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Rogation Sunday (Christian)On Rogation Sunday, it was traditional to walk, or beat, the boundary of the parish. Norway National Day
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Noise Action Week
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Chelsea Flower Show, LondonA famous flower show in London. There are TV programmes about the show on BBC television each day this week.
The dates for the 2009 show are 19-23 May (19 & 20 May RHS members only).
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Cameroon National Day
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Ascension Day (Christian)Commemorates the last earthly appearance of the Risen Christ, who, according to Christian belief, ascended into heaven in the presence of many witnesses.
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Brighton FestivalIt is the largest multi-art form festival in England.
Saturday May 2, 9, 16, 23 2009
In 2009, Brighton Festival Fringe will once again transform the Pavilion Gardens, Jubilee Square and New Road into Fringe City, with a wide range of performances including music, dance, comedy and theatre. Fringe City is a free, outdoor, open-access arts festival organised by the Brighton Festival Fringe to showcase and promote Fringe events.
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New Moon Bermuda National Day
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Cheese Rolling, GloucestershireA strange (and dangerous) local tradition on Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire Spring Bank HolidayA public holiday. Memorial DayMemorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service to their country. Argentina National Day
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Ian FlemmingIan Flemming, creator of the character 'James Bond' was born in 1908.
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ShavuotShavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel. Shavuot, is held exactly seven weeks after Passover.
In this year, 2009, it lasts from sunset May 28th to nightfall May 29th.
... Oak Apple DayOak Apple Day was a holiday celebrated in England on 29 May to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy in Britain and Ireland, in May 1660.
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FA Cup FinalThe FA Cup Final is the last game of a knockout competition between football clubs in England and Wales. Anguilla National Day
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Pentecost /WhitsunPentecost is also known as Whitsunday and is a major festival in the Christian church. It is celebrated on the Sunday which falls on the 50th day after the Easter festival.It marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar and celebrates thedescent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.
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