St George's Day is on 23 April each year. Public celebrations are usually on the nearest weekend.
This is England's national day (Wales, Scotland and Ireland celebrate their own national days)

Some of the events related to St George's Day in London in 2010 include:
St George's Day event in Trafalgar Square: http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/art-culture/festivals-and-events/st-georges-day
St George in Southwark Festival: http://www.stgeorgefestival.org.uk

The photos below were taken at the Festival for St George in Covent Garden, organised by the Royal Society of St George.
Most of the pictures were taken at the 2008 event (a few at the bottom are from 2004).
This event has not taken place since 2008.

TOWN CRIER & PEARLY KINGS AND QUEENS

The Town Crier Peter Moore opened the 2008 Festival for St George and introduced the entertainment.

The Town Crier opened the event

Pearly Kings and Queens attended - helping to raise money for charity

MORRIS DANCING

The Moulton Morris Men demonstrated various styles of traditional English Morris dancing.

Moulton Morris Man

It is common for Morris groups to include a fool

The youngest member makes a high jump

Dances with sticks ...

... or handkerchieves

Please spare some money for our charity, governor

PUNCH & JUDY

Robert Styles performed a Punch and Judy show.
This is a traditional form of entertainment that is still always popular with children.

Punch often gets in trouble with the law

Punch with Judy and their baby

Watch out for the crocodile. It's behind you!

MUSIC & SONG

There is always a wide range of musical entertainment.
The performers below all appeared in the 2008 festival.

Brass Band of the London Royal Yeomanry

Kas sings songs associated with wartime or the armed forces

Cody Smart: a young, talented keyboard player and singer

Jive Aces gets the crowd dancing ...

... with their energetic music and style of playing

The Royal British Legion Youth Band Brentwood ...

... and their drumming brigade

STREET ENTERTAINMENT

The 2008 event included performaces from a street entertainer.
This kind of entertainment is popular around Covent Garden.

The audience helps this juggling tightrope walker

It is traditional for these St George's Day celebrations to include a Mummer's play called "The Play of Saint George". The photos below show Moulton Morris Men performing in 2004.

The 2004 festival also included a special re-enactment of the legendary fight between Saint George and the dragon.

This fight had special rules, however - the dragon couldn't use its fire, and St George wasn't allowed to use his sword!