Events Calendar 2018

2018 is an even year which means a big sporting event is coming up in summer, in this case, the FIFA World Cup taking place in Russia. We also have the Winter Olympics in South Korea and the Invictus Games in Australia and loads of other sporting attractions. However, 2018 also promises to be a huge year for the Royal family, with an eagerly anticipated wedding between the world’s most eligible bachelor and a glamorous American actress and the birth of the fourth in line to the throne. Listed below are some sporting and other interesting events in chronological order: start booking those days off well in advance or prepare events for your customers: Jan 15-28           Tennis Australia Open, Melbourne, Australia Jan 15                 World Religion Day Jan 25                 Burns Night Jan 25-28           Extreme Sports Winter X Games 22, Aspen, Colorado, USA Jan 26                 Australia Day Feb 4                  Gridiron/Football, Super Bowl , Minneapolis, Minnesota Feb 9-25            Multi-sports, Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, South Korea Feb 13                Shrove Tuesday Feb 14                Ash Wednesday, Lent begins Feb 16                Chinese New Year , Year of the Dog Feb 28 – Mar 4  Cycling World Track Championships , Apeldoorn, The Netherlands March 1               St David’s Day, Wales March 9-18         Multi-sports, Winter Paralympics, Pyeongchang, South Korea March 17             St Patrick’s Day, Ireland March 21             International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 30             Good Friday Apr 1                    Easter Sunday Apr 5-8                Golf Masters, Augusta, USA April 4-15            Multi-sports Commonwealth Games , Gold Coast, Australia Apr 14                  Horse Racing, Grand National, Aintree, Liverpool Apr 23                 St George’s Day, England May 16                Ramadan begins May 19                Royal Wedding , Windsor May 19                Football FA Cup final. Wembley Stadium, London May 26                Football UEFA Champions League Final, Kiev, Ukraine May 27-Jun 10   Tennis French Open, Paris, France 14 Jun -15 Jul     Football FIFA World Cup, Russia 15 Jun                  Eid al Fitr, end of Ramadan Jul 7-29                Cycling, Tour de France Jun 14–17            Golf, US Open , New York Jul 2                      Tennis, Wimbledon Jul 19-22              Golf, British Open , Carnoustie, Scotland July 20-22            Rugby World Cup Sevens, San Francisco, U.S.A. Jul 21-Aug 5        Hockey World Cup, Women, London, England Aug 4-12              Multi-sports, Gay Games, Paris, France Aug 16-19            Golf, US PGA, Town and Country, Missouri Aug 18-Sep 2       Multi-sports, Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia Aug 27                  Tennis, US Open, New York, USA Sep 1-9                 Rowing 2018 World Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Sep 9                     Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year Sep 11-23             Multi-sports, Summer Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires, Argentina Sep TBC                Multi-sports, Invictus Games, Sydney, Australia Sep 28-30             Golf, Ryder Cup , Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Oct 25 – Nov 3     Gymnastics, World Championships (Artistic), Doha, Qatar Nov 6                     Horse Racing, Melbourne Cup, Victoria, Australia Nov 7                     Deepavali (also known as Diwali), Festival of Lights Nov 24-Dec 16     Hockey (Field) World Cup – Men, Bhubaneswar, India Dec 7-11                Swimming, World Swimming Championships, Hangzhou, China Don’t forget that while this is the World Events Calendar 2018, there are lots of local events and celebrations around which to create a theme.