March
Cheltenham Festival (10th - 13th March)
Whilst we won't be in attendance this year, Cheltenham Festival is the countryside's cheerful curtain-raiser to the social season. A much-anticipated fixture for the Cotswolds set, where tweed and champagne are on parade in equal circulation.
April
The Boat Race (April 4th)
The iconic race between Oxford and Cambridge, sponsored by Chanel.
May
Badminton Horse Trials (6th - 10th May )
The Badminton Horse Trials remain one of the most exhilarating fixtures of the year, punctuated by mud, stamina and excellence in equal measure. A cherished one for the whole family to join in on.
Royal Windsor Horse Show (14th – 17th May)
Windsor carries polish without pomp. An occasion that bridges the summit of elegant equestrian sport and with generational society.
Goodwoof (16th - 17th May)
Goodwood’s celebration of dogs is a delightfully modern addition to the calendar. Family-forward, beautifully designed, quietly philanthropic for our furrier friends.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show (19th – 23rd May)
Preview Day or Members’ Day is a cherished marker in the season. The event is an annual reminder that Britain's cultural authority has long been cultivated in the garden, literal and otherwise.
Glyndebourne (May to August)
The summit of the summer opera season, the Glyndebournce Festival is where performances unfold amid black-tie picnics on Sussex lawns. The cultural fixture of the Season which marries champagne, gardens and intervals.
June
Cartier Queen's Cup, Guards Polo Club (14th June)
The final in mid-June is one of the most important afternoons in polo. Linen suits and an air of summer nonchalance.
Royal Ascot (16th – 20th June 2026)
The crowning event of the season which we are already counting down to. We favour a three-day ticket. Arrangements for one's dresses and appointments with the milliner should be in the diary no later than March.
July
Wimbledon Championships (29 June – 12 July 2026)
Centre Court remains one of the most civilised theatres in the world. Debenture seats, strawberries, and a certain London understatement.
Henley Royal Regatta (30th June – 5th July 2026)
The Stewards’ Enclosure is its own universe of rowing appreciation — blazers, boaters, and an unhurried high summer days alongside the Thames.
Cowdray Gold Cup (late June – mid July 2026)
Polo at Cowdray is international, sunlit and relaxed. The Brooks Enclosure offers the rarifried balance of summer glamour without performance.
August
Glorious Goodwood - Qatar Goodwood Festival (28th July – 1st August 2026)
Goodwood’s Sussex light lends everything a golden ease, a day that celebrates the very best of summer British horseracing.
Exodus to the Continent (Until the weekend before the Michaelmas term resumes for our children)
We all know it well.
September
Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace (2nd - 6th September)
Britain's most elegant automotive garden party, the Salon Prive at Blenheim Palace is a concours d'elégance of rare supercars and classic motorcars set against baroque splendour.
