23 April is St George's Day, the day of England's patron saint (not to mention patron saint of Catalonia, Ethiopia and various other regions worldwide). Legend has it that he slayed a dragon, although let's face it, he didn't. Take a look at these St George's Day 2025 events in London.
St George's Day Festival 2025, Trafalgar Square
Known in previous years as the Feast of St George, there's a free St George's Day festival on Monday 21 April (that's Easter Monday), painting the town red (and white). The annual shindig brings live entertainment — both traditional and modern — to Trafalgar Square, including a Morris dancing lesson and a chance to write your own sea shanty.
St George's Day in Trafalgar Square, 21 April 2025. FREE to attend.
St George's Day 2025 at Leadenhall Market
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As always, the resplendent Leadenhall Market in the City of London is throwing a shindig to celebrate. Ewell St Mary’s Morris Men give free performances at 11am and 1pm, hosted by the Lamb Tavern.
St George's Day at Leadenhall Market, 23 April 2025, FREE to attend.
St George's Day concert at The Guards' Chapel
The Band of the Coldstream Guards presents a free concert to mark St George’s Day, in The Guards' Chapel on Birdcage Walk. They perform pieces from their recent concert tour to Japan, as well as to commemorate the Guards' Chapel bombing of 1944.
St George's Day concert, 23 April 2025, FREE.
St George's Day English whisky tasting
Raise a glass to St George at a whisky tasting event, where you can sample your way through five different varieties of English whisky, overseen by Matt Chambers, whisky and spirits writer, and co-founder of North London Whisky Club.
Learn about each whisky and the distilleries where they are made, and get an overview of the fast-growing English whisky industry, at the Haverstock Tavern in Belsize Park. No previous whisky knowledge is needed.
English whisky tasting, 23 April 2025.
St George's garden party
Everyone's welcome at the free garden party taking place at St George's Garden in Waterloo (at the southern end of Blackfriars Road). Cross your fingers for good weather and head there at lunchtime for complimentary cocktails, mocktails and sweet treats provided by local businesses, and take part in a free gardening workshop led by community gardener Frances Ward.
St George's garden party, 23 April 2025, FREE
St George's Day lunch at The Lanesborough
If you really fancy pushing the boat out to celebrate our dragon slayer, fancy hotel The Lanesborough lays on a St George's Day lunch in its St George's Room. The menu consists of a three-course meal paired with wines.
St George's Day lunch, 23 April 2025, £135 per person.
Royal Society of St George Parade
Cadet forces from the Navy, Army and RAF, and the Police, parade through central London on Saturday 26 April, culminating in the laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph to commemorate 'The Fallen' of past conflicts, to salute those who have served or are currently serving in our Forces, and to demonstrate loyalty to Nation, Kingdom and Commonwealth.
The parade is an annual event organised by The Royal Society of St George — ‘the premier patriotic society of England’ founded in 1894.
Royal Society of St George Parade, 26 April 2025, free to watch.
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