Inter livery sport, social and other events (incl church services grouped at the foot of this page)
This page seeks to provide a “one stop shop” for all liverymen and clerks seeking information about any of the many sporting or other inter livery activities arranged, and as listed below. If you are an event organiser, and you have additions/ corrections/suggestions, please send details to this webmaster. 2025 dates would be especially welcome.
And now also includes City civic events and elections - scroll to foot of page (Dec 2024)
Introduction
There are an increasing number of annual (or sometimes occasional) inter livery sporting contests, or other activities, exhibitions etc. They are usually organised by one livery company, but open to all others (though this may not always be the case).
The list below shows links to a specific page for that event, which in turn gives the date, venue, contact and event URL.
Selected “livery” church services at St Paul’s are listed separately at the foot of this page.
Archery organised by the Bowyers' & Fletchers' Companies (a bilateral contest just for these two companies)
Art exhibitions organised by the Painter-Stainers’ Company
Backgammon a new (2025) initiative from the Haberdashers’ Company
Beerfest organised by the Brewers’ Company (first Thursday in July)
Bridge organised by the Makers of Playing Cards Company (first Monday in
March at Drapers’ Hall)
Brigantes events organised in the north of England for those who live or come from anywhere deemed “the North”.
Cart Marking organised by the Carmen's Company (July in Guildhall Yard)
Cask Race organised by the Coopers' Company (June/July in Guildhall Yard)
Chess organised by the Tax Advisers’ Company
Christmas Market at Guildhall (biennially in late November)
Crazy Golf organised by the Entrepreneurs’ Company
Cricket organised by the Haberdashers’ Company
Croquet organised by the Glovers’ Company
Curling (suspended in 2022)
Curry Lunch (see Lord Mayor’s below)
Cycling organised by the Communicators’ Company
Doggetts Coat & Badge Race organised by the Fishmongers' Company (only for Watermen on the Thames)
Five-a-side Football organised by the Leathersellers’ Company
Goldsmiths’ Fair organised by the Goldsmiths' Company (Sept/Oct)
Golf organised by the Coachmakers' Company (usually on the third Thursday in May), the ‘Prince Arthur’ at
Walton Heath GC. Many other golf days are also arranged, including the Marketors’ Golf Day in July.
Crazy Golf - see above
Livery Halls Walk organised by the Environmental Cleaners' Company
(September)
London Craft Week, each May
Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch at Guildhall, usually in April
Magical Taxi Tour to Disneyland Paris organised by the Hackney Carriage Drivers'
Company (masters invited to “send-off” in September from Canary Wharf)
Padel Tennis Tournament organised by the Saddlers’ Company at the Lawn Tennis Association in Roehampton (May)
Paint-balling organised by the Paviors' Company
Pancake Races organised by the Poulters' Company (Shrove Tuesday in Guildhall Yard)
Petanque organised by the Distillers’ Company at the London Pétanque Club (July)
Pewter Live organised by the Pewterers' Company (May)
Quiz for young freemen/liverymen organised by the Guild of Young Freemen
Quiz open to livery company teams of all ages, organised by the Tax Advisers’ Company (February)
Real Tennis (late October/early November at Queen’s Club)
Red Cross Christmas Market at Guildhall (biennially in late November)
Sailing organised by the City Livery YC (offshore) and Framework Knitters' Company (dinghies, but dormant).
Sailing Challenge at Seaview Isle of Wight in September
Great XII Sailing Challenge at Seaview Isle of Wight in May/June
Sheep Drive organised by the Woolmen's Company (last Sunday in September on [a] London Bridge)
Shooting (clays) organised by the Environmental Cleaners’ and Fishmongers’ Companies (May at the West London Shooting School)
Shooting (rifle) organised by the Bakers' Company (usually on the first Friday in June, at Bisley)
Skiing organised by the Ironmongers' Company (January in Mayrhofen)
Tacitus Lecture organised by the World Traders' Company (fourth Thursday
in February at Guildhall)
Tennis organised by the Feltmakers' Company (September at Queen’s Club)
(see also Real and Padel Tennis above)
Walk, around all livery halls, organised by the Environmental Cleaners' Company (September)
Wizardry in Wood organised by the Turners' Company (every four years, as in 2025)
Church Services
United Guilds' Service organised by the Fishmongers' Company (two Fridays before Good Friday at St Paul’s)
Clergy Support Trust Festival - at St Paul’s (usually the second Tuesday in May)
Bart’s View Day - at St Bartholomew the Great (usually the second Wednesday in May)
Evensong organised by the Musicians' Company (October at St Paul’s)
Garden of Remembrance at St Paul’s Churchyard (Monday before Remembrance Sunday)
A more comprehensive list of “livery” church services is elsewhere in the Church folder of the Almanac.
The “entry fee” for many of these events includes a contribution to the Lord Mayor’s Appeal or other charity.
City of London civic events and elections
listed chronologically
Common Hall to elect the Sheriffs at Guildhall at Midsummer (24th June or nearest weekday)
Installation of the Sheriffs at Guildhall on Michaelmas Eve (28th September or nearest weekday)
Common Hall to elect the Lord Mayor at Guildhall at Michaelmas (29th September or nearest weekday)
Quit Rents Ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice (October)
Silent Ceremony to install the Lord Mayor at Guildhall on the Friday before the LM Show
Lord Mayor’s Show on the second Saturday in November
Remembrance Sunday, usually but not always, the Sunday following the LM Show
Lord Mayors Banquet at Guildhall on the Monday following the LM Show
Nigel R Pullman
11th June 2025
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