Calendar

Jun
1
Mon
2020
Dorset Day: Feast of St Wite
Jun 1 all-day

St Wite (or St Candida) is known only from a shrine in the parish church of Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Pembrokeshire Day
Jun 1 all-day

Jun
4
Thu
2020
Devon Day: Feast of St Petroc
Jun 4 all-day

St Petroc (c.468–c.564) ministered throughout southwest England.

Jun
5
Fri
2020
Wiltshire Day
Jun 5 all-day

Wiltshire Day takes place annually on 5 June.

It commemorates the first raising of the Wiltshire Flag at County Hall, Trowbridge (2007).

Jun
16
Tue
2020
Sussex Day: Feast of St Richard
Jun 16 all-day

Sussex Day takes place annually on 16 June, the feast of St Richard of Chichester (1197–1253), the patron saint of Sussex.

Also known as Richard de Wych, the saint was bishop of Chichester.

Jun
21
Sun
2020
Shetland Day: Midsummer Day
Jun 21 all-day

Shetland Day takes place annually on 21 June.

Shetland Islands Council chose this date simply because it it the longest day of the year.

Suffolk Day: Midsummer Day
Jun 21 all-day

Suffolk Day takes place annually on 21 June.

Former BBC radio presenter Mark Murphy created the event in 2016.

It has since become a staple in the Suffolk calendar, hosted by towns across the county.

https://www.suffolkday.co.uk/

Jun
22
Mon
2020
Mercia Day: Feast of St Alban
Jun 22 all-day

Mercia Day takes place annually on 22 June, the feast of St Alban.

St Alban is the first recorded British Christian martyr, by tradition beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) during the third or fourth centuries.

Jul
14
Tue
2020
Black Country Day: Anniversary of the Newcomen Engine
Jul 14 all-day

Black Country Day celebrates the installation of the first practical steam engine by Thomas Newcomen (1712).

https://www.blackcountryfestival.co.uk/

Jul
15
Wed
2020
Hampshire Day: Feast of St Swithun
Jul 15 all-day

Hampshire Day takes place annually on 15 July, the Feast Day of St Swithun.

St Swithun was Bishop of Winchester (852–63) and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral.