June

This article is a travel topic This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of June. Global 16 June 2007 Escape into the Park [1], Singleton Park, Swansea, UK. An annual pop and dance extravaganza. Capacity 25,000. Mid-day to midnight. £34:50. 19 June 2007 Dragon Boat Festival, Taiwan and Hong Kong China Dragon Boat festival, in China and Taiwan Finland Mid June: Midnight Sun Film Festival, [2] in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland Hungary Mid-June: Tiszavirágzás, the natural spectacle of emerging mayflies, happens on the Tisza River Italy 2nd: festival to mark the founding of the Republic (Italian: Festa della Repubblica) in Italy South Africa Mid June: Comrades Marathon,[3], Durban to Pietermaritzburg (or downhill the other way round on odd numbered years) 16th: Youth day (Public holiday) Late June: National Arts Festival, +27 (0)46 603-1103, (email:info@nafest.co.za[4]) [5], Grahamstown Sweden Late June: Midsummer Solstice (Swedish: Midsommar) celebrations held in Stockholm United Kingdom Mid June: Isle of Wight Festival, [6] on the Isle of Wight Late June - early July: Wimbledon Tennis Championships [7] in London Late June: Midsummer Solstice Neo-pagans and druids gather at the ancient site of Stonehenge Late June: Glastonbury Festival, [[8] a huge weekend music festival in Glastonbury Late June: Royal Highland Show, [9] in Edinburgh Trooping the Colour, in London Escape into the Park [10], Swansea - one of Europe's largest urban dance and rock festivals. The Three Peaks Yacht Race[11], starts in Barmouth and visits Caernarfon, Whitehaven and Fort William. Runners from each boat ascend the highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland en route. United States of America Early June: Portland Rose Festival, [12] in Portland, Oregon Mid June: North Beach Festival, [13] in San Francisco, California Calendar of events and festivals January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December