The spring bank holiday is a chance to take an extra day off to catch up with friends, spend a long weekend away, or just enjoy some rest and relaxation. However, this year’s spring bank holiday took place on June 2, 2022, in order to coincide with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Over the long weekend small community events like street parties and gatherings have taken place, as well as big formal celebrations like the Platinum Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace. The latter saw performances from Diversity, Craig David, George Ezra, Duran Duran, Andrea Bocelli, and Queen with Adam Lambert.
The spring bank holiday usually takes place to coincide with the religious date of Whitsun. As the name suggests, Whitsun takes place on a Sunday and the bank holiday usually takes place on the following Monday. But this year the public holiday was moved to Thursday, June 2 to align with the Platinum Jubilee.
