Key dates calendar 2020: What are the key dates and festivals next year?
NEW YEAR is approaching fast, with the world preparing to progress to 2020 with a host of new dates to remember. What are key festival dates in 2020?
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New Year's Day is fast approaching, now just four days away. Billions of people will be preparing for another year of celebration and key events, and Express.co.uk has prepared all the need to know occasions for the coming year.
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Here is the list of 2020 public holidays and key festivals observed in the UK.
Local and national bank holidays:
January 1 (Wednesday) - New Year’s Day
January 2 (Thursday) - Local Bank Holiday - Scotland
March 17 (Tuesday) - St Patrick’s Day - Northern Ireland
April 10 (Friday) - Good Friday
April 13 (Monday) - Easter Monday
May 8 (Friday) - Early May bank holiday (VE day)
May 25 (Monday) - Spring Bank Holiday
July 12/13 (Sunday/Monday) - Battle of the Boyne/day of observance
August 31 (Monday) - Summer Bank Holiday
November 30 (Monday) - St Andrew’s Day - Scotland
December 25 (Friday) - Christmas Day
December 28 (Monday) - Boxing Day (substitute day)
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Main religious festivals
January 6 (Monday) - Epiphany - Christian
February 10 (Monday) - Tu B’Shevat (Arbor Day) - Jewish
February 21 (Friday) - Maha Shivaratri - Hindu
February 25 (Tuesday) - Shrove Tuesday / Carnival
February 26 (Wednesday) - Ash Wednesday / Carnival
March 10 (Tuesday) - Holi - Hindu
March 10 (Tuesday) - Purim - Jewish
March 22 (Sunday) - Isra and Mi’raj
April 5 (Sunday) - Palm Sunday - Christian
April 9 (Thursday) - Maundy Thursday - Christian
April 9 (Thursday) First day of passover - Jewish
April 11 (Saturday) - Holy Saturday - Christian
April 12 (Sunday) - Easter Sunday - Christian
April 16 (Thursday) - Last day of passover - Jewish
April 21 (Tuesday)- Yom HaShoah - Jewish
April 24 (Sunday) - Eid ul Fitr - Muslim
May 29 (Friday) - Shavout - Jewish
May 31 (Sunday) - Pentecost
July 30 (Thursday) - Tisha B’Av - Jewish
August 3 (Monday) - Raksha Bandana - Hindu
August 11 (Tuesday) - Janmashtami - Hindu
August 20 (Thursday) - Muharram/Islamic New Year
August 22 (Saturday) - Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu
August 29 (Saturday) - Muslim
September 19 (Saturday) - Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
September 28 (Monday) - Yom Kippur - Jewish
October 3 (Saturday) - First day of Sukkoth - Jewish
October 9 (Friday) - Hoshana Rabbah - Jewish
October 10 (Saturday) - Shemini Atzeret - Jewish
October 11 (Sunday) - Simchat Torah - Jewish
October 17 (Saturday) - Navaratri - Hindu
October 25 (Sunday) - Dussehra - Hindu
October 29 (Thursday) - Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) - Muslom
November 1 (Sunday) - All Saints’ Day - Christian
November 2 (Monday) - All Souls’ Day - Christian
November 14 (Saturday) - Diwali/Deepavali - Hindu
December 11 (Friday) - First day of Hanukkah - Jewish
December 18 (Friday) - Last day of Hanukkah - Jewish
Cultural observances
January 25 (Saturday) - Burns Night
January 25 (Saturday) - Chinese New Year
February 14 (Friday) - Valentine’s Day
March 1 (Sunday) - St David’s Day
March 22 (Sunday) - Mothering Sunday
April 22 (Wednesday) - Stephen Lawrence Day
April 23 (Thursday) - St George’s Day - England
October 31 (Saturday) - Halloween
November 5 (Thursday) - Guy Fawkes Day
November 8 (Sunday) - Remembrance Sunday
December 24 (Thursday) - Christmas Eve
December 31 (Thursday) - New Year’s Eve
