{"id":431,"date":"2019-05-30T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2020-03-04T17:14:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T17:14:44","slug":"the-best-events-in-london-in-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washington-mayfair.co.uk\/blog\/the-best-events-in-london-in-june-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST EVENTS IN LONDON IN JUNE 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

June is an exciting time to visit London. The city welcomes the warm weather and the events calendar is packed with the most famous royal events, as well as outdoor festivals, sports, free entertainment and more. In this month, make sure you explore London\u2019s beautiful parks and green spaces, and stop by a pub with a beer garden or a rooftop bar to enjoy a drink outside on a sunny day.<\/p>\n

Here at the Washington Mayfair Hotel, we have picked some of the greatest events to get you out when you stay with us on these warm summer days this June!<\/p>\n

UNDERBELLY FESTIVAL IN SOUTH BANK<\/strong> – until 29th September 2019<\/p>\n

Enjoy a fun-packed festival of live entertainment and al-fresco eating and drinking at Underbelly Festival in South Bank. Stretching throughout the summer, the festival stages affordable circus, theatre, cabaret, comedy, music and children\u2019s shows on the south bank of the Thames.<\/p>\n

TROOPING THE COLOUR<\/strong> – 8th June 2019<\/p>\n

Watch troops from the Household Division honour the Queen\u2019s official birthday with a fantastic military parade that has taken place in London for two centuries. This impressive display of pageantry takes place on a Saturday in June by Her Majesty\u2019s personal troops, the Household Division, on Horse Guards Parade, with Her Majesty the Queen herself attending and taking the salute. Over 1400 officers and men are on parade, together with two hundred horses.\u00a0 Over four hundred musicians from ten bands and corps of drums march and play as one. The parade route extends from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall and back again. If you do not have tickets for the Trooping the Colour ceremony\u00a0on Horse Guards Parade, you can join the crowds of spectators on the edge of\u00a0St James\u2019s Park\u00a0overlooking Horse Guards Parade or\u00a0along\u00a0The Mall\u00a0for the parade.<\/p>\n

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PRIDE IN LONDON<\/strong> – from 8th June to 6th July 2019<\/p>\n

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Every year thousands of people of all genders, sexualities, races and faiths come together for\u00a0Pride in London<\/strong>. This celebrates\u00a0the capital’s LGBT\u00a0(lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans) communities with a programme of events showcasing\u00a0LGBT culture, including theatre, dance, art, cinema, parties and activities across the city. The month-long festival culminates in\u00a0the colourful\u00a0Pride in London Parade\u00a0<\/strong>in central London, as well as free performances in\u00a0Trafalgar Square\u00a0and the\u00a0West End. This year the parade takes place on 6 July. Join the celebrations to see more than 300 floats and groups performing, singing and dancing through the streets of London.<\/p>\n