January 2020
1.New Year’s Day (UK bank holiday)
2. Bank holiday (Scotland only)
18. Club Soda Mindful Drinking Festival (to 19 January)
25. Burns Night
25. Chinese New Year (year of the rat)
26. Australia Day
February 2020
1. Six Nations Championship (to 14 March)
1. Peruvian Pisco Sour Day
2. Super Bowl LIV
4. Pub 20 (to 5 Feb)
6. New Zealand Waitangi Day
9. World Chocolate Day
10. Wine Paris (to 12 February)
12. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Strategy Congress, Munich (to 13 February)
14. Valentine’s Day
14. London Fashion Week (to 18 February)
19. Craft Beer Rising, London (to 21 February)
22. National Margarita Day
25. Shrove Tuesday
26. Ash Wednesday
26. Bourbon Classic, Kentucky (to 29 February)
March 2020
1. St David’s Day
3. HRC (Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Show) (to 5 March)
5. National Absinthe Day
8. International Women’s Day
7. Whisky Birmingham Festival
10. The Cheltenham Festival (to 13 March)
11. Beer X UK, Liverpool (to 12 March)
17. St Patrick’s Day (Ireland bank holiday)
17. Northern Restaurant and Bar (to 18 March)
20. Spring Equinox
22. Mother’s Day
24. London Wine Competition
25. Casual Dining Show, London (to 26 March)
29. British summer time begins
April 2020
1. April Fool’s Day
4. Grand National
2. The London Coffee Festival (to 5 April)
12. Easter Sunday
13. Songkran (Thai New Year) (to 15 April)
10. Good Friday (UK bank holiday)
13. Easter Monday (bank holiday except Scotland)
19. National Amaretto Day
22. Earth Day
23. St George’s Day
15. The Whisky Exchange Cognac Show
May 2020
2. Kentucky Derby
5. Cinco de Mayo, Mexico
5. International Beer Strategies Conference (to 7 May)
8. Early May bank holiday (UK)
9. Europe Day
15. Miami Rum Renaissance Festival (to 16 May)
16. Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final
18. World Whisky Day
18. London Wine Fair (to 20 May)
19. European Coffee Expo, London (to 20 May)
18. French Open (to 7 June)
19. RHS Chelsea Flower Show (to 23 May)
20. Lisbon Bar Show
21. Monaco Grand Prix (to 24 May)
24. Bermuda Day
25. Spring bank holiday (UK)
June 2020
4. Brighton Cocktail Week (to 7 June)
5. Epson Derby (to 6 June)
6. Junipalooza, London (to 7 June)
8. Winchester Cocktail Week (to 14 June)
13. World Gin Day
14. National Bourbon Day (USA)
16. Royal Ascot (to 20 June)
19. National Martini Day
20. Summer solstice
21. Father’s Day
27. Tour de France (to 19 July)
29. Imbibe Live, London (to 30 June)
29. Wimbledon Championships (to 12 July)
29. Henley Royal Regatta (to 3 July)
July 2020
1. Canada Day
4. American Independence Day
10. National Pina Colada Day
10. Birmingham Cocktail Weekend (to 12 July)
13. Orangemen’s Day (Ireland bank holiday)
14. Bastille Day
14. Formula 1 British Grand Prix
16. British Open (to 19 July)
19. National Daiquiri Day
21. Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans (to 26 July)
24. National Tequila Day
28. Peruvian Independence Day
28. International Bulk Wine & Spirits Show, San Francisco (to 29 July)
31. Black Tot Day
August 2020
1. Yorkshire Day
3. Summer bank holiday (Scotland only)
4. International Beer Day
6. Jamaican Independence Day
7. London Craft Beer Festival (to 9 August)
7. Edinburgh Festival Fringe (to 31 August)
15. Ferragosto
31. Summer bank holiday
September 2020
6. Speciality & Fine Food Fair, London (to 8 September)
8. Restaurant and Bar Tech Live, London (to 9 September)
8. Restaurant & Bar Design, London (to 9 September)
8. Takeaway & Restaurant Innovation Expo, London (to 9 September)
8. Coffee Shop Innovation, London (to 9 September)
8. The International Drinks Expo, London (to 9 September)
16. Mexican Independence Day
20. Rugby World Cup (to 2 November)
25. Ryder Cup (to 27 September)
October 2020
1. World Sake Day
2. The Whisky Exchange Whisky Show (to October 4)
5. London Cocktail Week (to 11 October)
5. Independent Hotel Show (to 6 October)
12. Bar Convent Berlin (to 14 October)
14. Edinburgh Cocktail Week (to 20 October)
18. ICC World Twenty20 (to 15 November)
19. International Gin & Tonic Day
21. Trafalgar Day
25. British summer time ends
31. Halloween
31. Dia de los Muertos (Mexico’s Day of the Dead) (to 2 November)
November 2020
2. Caffe Culture (to 3 November)
5. Guy Fawkes Night
11. Armistice Day
11. Leisure Food & Bev Show, Birmingham (to 12 November)
14. Diwali
20. St Andrew’s Day(Scotland bank holiday)
26. US Thanksgiving
December 2020
5. Repeal Day (Prohibition anniversary)
24. Christmas Eve
25. Christmas Day (UK bank holiday)
26. Boxing Day
28. Boxing Day (substitute day) (UK bank holiday)
31. New Year’s Eve
Suggestions for additions to the events calendar should be emailed to zoe@tgmpublishing.co.uk.
Last updated December 2019
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