When is Glasgow fair 2014?

Answer 1

1) The Glasgow Fair always starts on the 2nd Monday of July. For the 2008 holidays, the Glasgow Fair officially starts on Fair Monday, the14th of July but people here unofficially say it starts on Fair Friday, the 11th of July.

2) The holiday is calculated using this formula to find the Saturday of the holiday week:

It follows the first Saturday after the second Monday in July is Glasgow Fair Saturday.

This can cause the holiday dates to be as much as a week different each year

Glasgow fair , or fair friday, is always the first Friday after the second Monday in July. so this year Fair Monday will be the 21st of July. Fair Friday will therefore be the 18th.

If you look on Glasgow City Council site, you will see the dates - Monday 21 July.

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The answer - or these 2 answers above - is/are contradictory: the 2nd is correct - Fair Friday is after the 2nd Monday of July: the proof is this year it is Fri 15 Jul 2011.

Answer 2

The Glasgow Fair is a holiday during the last fortnight in July in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. 'The Fair' is the oldest of a number of similar holidays, dating from the 12th century. The name derives from the actual fair staged on Glasgow Green during the period, full of keeks, menageries, freak shows, waxworks and whiskey booths. Until as recently as the 1960s, most local businesses and factories would close on 'Fair Friday' and workers and their families would crowd railway stations, such as St Enoch's, and the steamer terminals on their way to holiday destinations, often only 20 miles away on the Firth of Clyde.

Nowadays, fewer local businesses close down for the Fair but Glasgow City Council has attempted to re-introduce the fair on the Green, albeit with more modern attractions.

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Answer 3

Glasgow Fair dates back to the 12h century and is traditionally the Friday and then Monday after the second Monday in July and in 2010 this is the 16th of July.

In modern times it is a four day weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday) for most of the office workers and also the University's in Glasgow.

Recently there has been the return of festivity to accompany the Glasgow fair. This year these will be on Monday 19th July at Glasgow Green.

Answer 4

Glasgow Fair Fortnight is usually the second fortnight in July (week starting 20/07/08)

Answer 5

Starts on the Friday after the second Monday in July.

Answer 6

Friday July, 13th is Fair Friday and the 16th is Fair Monday.

Answer 7

During the Roman times, Frye burg Fair in Maine its starts sometimes in October ,

Starts on the Friday after the second Monday in July.

Answer 8

The Glasgow Fair fortnight always starts on the 3rd Monday in July each year

Answer 9

The third Monday in July