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There is usually a long series of events to planned for each year in Jersey. These Jersey events consist of a wide variety of activities. There is no shortage of activities or excuse to get bored. Jersey events range from sporting tournaments, sight seeing, shows, and music among others.

Some of the popular sporting Jersey events include golf and football. The Muratti is a football event that occurs once a year in Jersey. But due to poor television coverage, the event doesn’t attract a huge crowd as it once did. Commonwealth sporting events also takes place in Jersey. During these events, citizens from other Islands come together to compete in various sporting activities.

Some of the seasonal events include the flower shows which are usually held in March of every year. This is usually organized by the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 
May is the month that sees the occurrence of most Jersey events. These events include the Spring Rally, Spring Walking week and the Liberation Festival. In the Gorey fete de la Mer, you can sample some entertainment as you eat in the shade of the Mount Orgueil Castle.

In June, the masses in Jersey and from around the world are drawn to the Island by the motoring event. Included in the activities are treasure hunts, displays and processions. There is also the Solstice which takes place on June 20th every year. In this Jersey event, participants get to burn a huge wicker man. It usually takes place on the beach.

‘Out of the Blue’ Marine Festival is usually held in July in Saint Helier Harbour. It usually involves street dances, eating and carnivals. The Battle of the flowers carnival is another one of the most well known Jersey events. It usually consists of parade of floats and dried flowers used as decorations.

There are also dog walking, dancing and other festivals to participate in.

Clubbing, Theatre and Dinners in Jersey

The social scene in Jersey is very captivating. There are a number of clubs to attend and some clubs even offer dancing lessons on certain days of the week. Restaurants also provide live dance floors. There are two cinemas The Odeon and Cine Centre which show the most recent movies. There is an Opera House and the Jersey Arts Centre where community shows and events are held. There are also parish halls and other places used for social events.

If your looking for evening entertainment, there are many night clubs and pubs to explore. Most of these are in the main towns, but there are others in the countryside too. Most pubs are required by law to close by eleven o’clock in the evening. You may however proceed to a club to continue your night if you have not had enough by then. Some of the most popular pubs include the Lamplighter Pub and Bohemia. Most of these pubs usually have beer gardens in summer and firesides in winter. Some of these pubs offer live entertainment on selected days.

Jersey Events - Jersey Battle of Flowers 

 People started tearing the flowers away from their decorations and throwing them from one side to the other, and so the battle took birth. The inhabitants liked the Battle of Flowers so much that they decided to have it every year on the same date.

There has been an interruption during World War I but Jersey started organising this event again in year 1926. After the war, the battle had less success than before it, but it was still maintained as a tradition of Jersey. The Battle of Flowers took place annually in a discrete mode up to World War II. Afterwards some of the local business locals figured that this Jersey event might be the solution to improve the tourism situation of the island, and so it proved to be. In 1951, the Battle of Flowers returned and it was more beautiful than ever. 

The year after the amazing returning of the Battle it so happened that the Golden Jubilee of the Battle of Flowers took place in the same day as the coronation of Queen Elisabeth. This was one of the reasons why it was important that the new Battle should be improved up to 100 motorised floats. The Jersey event became bigger and much more impressive. 

Between the 60’s and the 70’s the Battle of Flowers became very popular among other countries of the Continent as well and it became a total success once its audience reached 60,000 people, in 1969. Due to such a large crowd, the Battle became uncontrollable and it turned into a real battle, so in year 1964, it was decided that it would be better to stop the tradition. A new ending to the Battle of Flowers was introduced that year: Petals from Heaven (airplanes were dropping paper flower petals) but the results were disturbed due to the wind conditions. 

You can still take part to the Jersey’s most important event, the Battle of Flowers, every year. There are around 30,000 people world wide participating to this event every second Thursday of August in the Channel Island of Jersey.

The whole parade looks like a carnival and has music, dancers, funfairs, street entertainers and the famous parade of flower floats. Every year, Miss Battle of Flowers rides her specially arranged float and during the years, the maid of honour that used to accompany her turned into Mister Battle of Flowers that rides the float together with the Miss.   

The latest concern regarding the Jersey Battle of Flowers is the provenience of some foreign flowers, some of them exotic ones that are considered harmful. Apparently, they tend to increase the amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and this leads to global warming.