More St Georges Day events
The following events have been provided courtesy of CEP supporters:
| Deal, KentThe Royal British Legion (Downs Branch) Club in Deal are having a lunch time event, free buffet, disco and a happy hour for all English men and women and for those who have the good fortune to live in England. |
| Upnor (Nr Rochester), Kent.
Wednesday 23rd April. A St. George’s Day Celebration at The Kings Arms from 17.00 (ish) to 23.00. Food, music and ale in honour of St George. For those with the stamina a beer festival on Friday PM and all day on Saturday will follow. |
| Weybridge, Surrey.
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April. Brooklands Restaurant at Brooklands College offer a special St. George’s Day menu.Three courses, roast beef and yorkshire pudding, plus much more. Reservations 01932 797879. Further details at www.brooklands.ac.uk/facilities/restaurant.asp. £18.95 per person. |
| London, Central.
Saturday 19th April. The London picnic and party games group has a St. George’s Day fancy dress party at the Knights Templar pub in Chancery Lane. Evening start. More details at http://parkgames.meetup.com/8/calendar/7540960 |
| London, Whitechapel.
Wednesday 23rd April. At the Brady Arts Centre, Tower Hamlets Council offers a St. George’s Day Tea Dance for the over fifties. 13.00 to 16.30. Free admission by ticket/advance booking. For tickets and info telephone 020 7364 7916 or e-mail festivalsandevents@towerhamlets.gov.uk. |
| New York.
Saturday 19th April New York City Expat Brit Meetup Group has arranged a St George’s day get together from 21.00 at Solas, 232 East 9th Street. More details at http://brit.meetup.com/4/calendar/6786098. |
| Chester, Cheshire.
Wednesday 23rd April. Chester City Council advertises “A St. George’s Day Mystery”. Telephone 01352 733 292 or e-mail tours@jonescoaches.co.uk. A real enigma this one – your guess is as good as ours. |
| London, Lords Cricket Ground.
Wednesday 23rd April English Wine Producers have chosen St. George’s Day for their annual trade tasting. Not one where general access is available, but good to see this growing English industry linking with St. George. |
| London, Chiswick.
Friday 25th April. The sixth St. George’s Day Lunch will be held at Frankie’s Bar and Grill in aid of The National Autistic Society (sorry folks, all tickets already taken!). |
| London, Central.Wednesday 23rd April.
A Gala Concert for St. George’s Day at the Royal Albert Hall. Commences at 19.30. Tickets £12.50 to £43.50. Traditional music from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and poetry from English poets. Bookings 020 7589 8212. |
| London, Trafalgar Square.21st to 25th April.
In the National Gallery, The National Dining Rooms are offering St. George’s Day Lunches with a traditional English menu. Available from 10.00 to 18.00. Cost £22.50 to £ 27.50. Bookings 020 7747 2525. |
| Marchington, Staffordshire.Friday 18th and Saturday 19th April.
The Bulls Head in Marchington has its 4th Annual St. George’s Day Celebrations. This year in aid of the British Heart Foundation and the Staffordshire Air Ambulance. 18th April: Live Music, including Shamus O’blivion & the Megadeath Morrismen. Tickets £3. Bookings 01283 820 358. 19th April: The Bulls Head Bed Race and much more. |
| Bracknell, Berkshire.Saturday 26th April.
Bracknell Royal Naval Association has its St. George’s Day Dinner at Honies Restaurant in Bracknell. Tickets, £16 per head, from Paul Bidwell, Bracknell RNA, telephone 01344 422016 or Gary Williams 01344 646306. |
| Tamworth, Staffordshire.Saturday 19th April.
Tamworth Lifeboat Branch is presenting a St. George’s Day Concert featuring the Newhall Brass band, at Tamworth Assembly Rooms. Commences at 19.00. Tickets £10. Bookings 01827 709618. Proceeds towards a new inshore lifeboat for Barrow-in-Furness. |
| Maldon, Essex.Saturday 19th April.
Maldon st. George’s Day club has arranged 3 hours of patriotic entertainment at The Swan Hotel, Maldon. Food , comedy and music. £15 per ticket (by advance booking only) available from The Swan Hotel or telephone 01621 853 170. Proceeds to Shabie’s Blind Charity & The British Retinitis Pigmentosa society. Further details at www.stgeorges-day-club.co.uk. |
| Solihull, West Midlands.Sunday 20th April.
The worlds largest unofficial St. George’s Day Parade. Starts at 6 PM from Tesco/Nottcuts (Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull) after a pre-parade meeting at The Rose and Crown, Portway, Birmingham. More information at www.1066-mcc.co.uk. |
| Sheffield (Wisewood).Friday 25th April.
At Wisewood Methodist Church, Ben Lane, Wisewood , Sheffield, S6 4SB, a St. Georges Day Programme of traditional English music from the Brass Players, supported by Melanie Mastrotataro and Christopher Elliot. Commences at 7.30 PM. Tickets £5. available from the church and from Wirrall Post office. Further details: 0114 286 2511. |
| Manchester (Stretford).Sunday 20th April.
The annual St.George’s Day Parade will be started by Manchester’s Lord Mayor at 12.00. Begins at Varley Street, Miles Platting. St. George’s Knights and dragons, morris men, samba bands and much more. Further details at www.jackstgeorge.bravehost.com. |
| Epsom, Surrey.Saturday 26th April.
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council offer a St. George’s Day Gala Charity Concert at Epsom Playhouse. Featuring the Band of The Royal Yeomanry and Leatherhead Operatic Society it commences at at 19.30. Tickets £19.50. E-mail bees.harding@ntlworld.com or telephone 020 8337 8181. Proceeds to Epsom medical equipment fund. |
| Braintree, Essex.Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th April.
Cressing Temple has a St. George’s Day Joust and Fayre. Mounted knights, jousting, sideshows, and a medieval market. Quality catering with a real ale bar. Adults, £10, Concessions £6, Family ticket £30. Telephone 01376 584903/585046. Further details at www.cressingtemple.org.uk. |
| Thurlaston, Leicestershire.Wednesday 23rd April.
Poacher’s Bistro offers a 3 course traditional English meal for St. George’s Day. £20 per head. Reservations: 01455 888227. |
| London, Central.Wednesday 23rd April.
The Royal British Legion will celebrate St. George’s Day with a concert at St. George’s Church in Hanover Square. Music and celebrity readings led by th St. George’s Choir. Champagne reception afterwards – the English don’t make champagne, but we did teach the world to appreciate it. Tickets, concert only, £25. Concert and reception £55. Tickets from Rebecca Pride, telephone 020 7302 7122 or e-mail rpride@britishlegion.org.uk. |
| Ironbridge, Shropshire.Wednesday 23rd April.
The White Horse, Lincoln Hill, Ironbridge will be serving English beer and have two shire horses decked out in patriotic gear. |
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Well, Google have once again decided to ignore St George. For the last couple of years St Patrick and St David have been acceptable for celebratory Google logos. But St George and St Andrew are still not fit to celebrate!
Let’s celebrate anyway – happy St George’s Day everybody!
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 amHappy ST GEORGES DAY all, have a good one !
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 amP.S I see that Brown has condescended to fly the English flag on government buildings today, subservient the the union flag, not much changed there then.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 amYes , if bloody Brown accepts flying the English flag even for adat it is a major step. He is both a sly politician and foreigner who dislikes us and yet he knows the ground is shifting under his feet.
We must keep up the presure.
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