March
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This is a events and festivals calendar in March.
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- Carnival: as it is a moving date in some years it occurs in March, see in the month of February.
- Mid-March: Cape Argus Cycle Tour, 27 (0)21 685-6551 (email:[email protected][1]), [2]. - Participation costs R250 for Africans or the equivalent €50 for the rest of the people. It is a 109 km bike ride. It starts in downtown Cape Town, following the east side of the peninsula, passing through Simon's Town and back along the west side of the peninsula.
- Mid-March: Two Oceans Marathon, [3], Cape Peninsula.
- Mid-March: Splashy Fen Music Festival, [4], Close of underberg, in KwaZulu-Natal.
- March 21st: Human Rights Day - Public holiday.
- End of March to Beginning of April: Rand Show, 27 (0)11 661-4000 (email:[email protected][5]), [6], Nasrec, Johannesburg.
- End of March: OppiKoppi[7], Close of northam - Music Festival.
- End of March: Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, [8], Oudtshoorn.
- End of March: Jazz Festival of Cape Town, [9], Cape Town.
- End of March to beginning of April: Cape Epic Mountain Bike Race, [10], bicycle race in the Western Cape.
- Early March: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras[11], sydney.
- March 17: Saint Patrick's day (English: Saint Patrick's Day) - Patron of Ireland - There are celebrations in places all over the world, but especially in Dublin, London, New York, Boston and sydney.
- End of March: Royal Easter Show, [12], sydney.
- Beginning of March and/or end of April: Holy Week - A religious festival of great importance in Spain. It commemorates the last days of Christ and His sacrifice. All over Spain you can see parades with scenes relating to this time in His life.
- Around the second week of March: Malaga Spanish Film Festival, Malaga. - The most important Spanish film festival.
- Early March: Zilker Parrot Festival, [14], austin, Texas.
- Mid-March: West Festival, [15], phoenix, Arizona.
- March 17: Saint Patrick's day (English: Saint Patrick's Day) - Patron of Ireland - There are celebrations in places all over the world, but especially in Dublin, London, New York, Boston and sydney.
- March 21st: Independence Day
- End of March and/or beginning of April: Braga Holy Week, Braga - The Holy Week festivities are the city's tourist attraction. They include several solemn processions, and their main itinerary is Rua do Souto. The parades are given a special touch by barefoot penitents playing rattles.
- March 1: St. David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gwyl Dewi), [16] - Patron of Wales. big stop in Cardiff.
- March 17: Saint Patrick's day (English: Saint Patrick's Day) - Patron of Ireland - There are celebrations in places all over the world, but especially in Dublin, London, New York, Boston and sydney. In London, Trafalgar Square is the main stage for celebrations with dancing, music, food and drink stalls, always on the Sunday closest to the 17th. Many pubs organize themed parties.
- Head of the River Race Regatta, in London, England. - boat race, with around four hundred teams, over 7km on the River Thames, from Mortlake to Putney.
- Mid-March: Affordable Art Fair, in London, England - Exhibition for the sale of works of art with more than one hundred participating galleries. The event takes place in Battersea Park and charges admission. The works have different prices, from the cheapest to the most expensive.
- Three weeks before Easter Sunday: Mothers Day - Almost always in the month of March, but it can occur in the beginning of April. Book restaurants and pubs in advance for the famous Sunday Roast in family.
- Last Saturday of March or First Saturday of April: The Cancer Research UK Boat Racesor "Oxbridge Boat Race", in London, England - Thames rowing competition between the two most famous universities in the England, Oxford and Cambridge. The route is almost 7km and starts around 6pm in Putney and ends in Mortlake.
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