Dates and booking information for 2012 ceremonial events will be found here:
Ceremonial Events Calendar
Ceremonial Events Calendar

The Queen's Birthday Parade will be held on Saturday 16th June 2012 on Horse Guards Parade.
The Colour will be trooped by 1st. Battalion Coldstream Guards.

The postal ballot for tickets to attend The Queen's Birthday Parade opens in January 2012 and closes at the end of February.

Applications to attend the Parade in the seated stands should be sent in January and February 2012 only to:
The Brigade Major
Headquarters Household Division
Horse Guards
Whitehall
London SW1A 2AX

Applications should state how many tickets are required (max. 3 per application) and include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for acknowledgement. (Overseas applicants should provide an International Reply Coupon). Do not send payment at this stage. Applications are entered into a ballot to be drawn in early March 2012. Successful applicants will be notified and payment of £25.00 per ticket will then be requested.

There are also two reviews prior to the Queen's Birthday Parade:

Major General George Norton CBE, Major General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District, will take the salute at
The Major General's Review on Saturday 2nd June 2012. There is no charge for seats at this parade but tickets must be obtained.

and

The Colonel’s Review on Saturday 9th June 2012. Ticket price is £10.00 per seat.

The application process for the Reviews is the same as above stating how many tickets are required. Applicants will be notified and any payment will then be requested.

Children must be in possession of a ticket. There are limited wheelchair spaces for all the parades. Separate applications are required for this facility.

No refund can be given if the events are cancelled for reasons beyond the control of the organiser.

The processions can also be seen from from the Mall. Events begin at approximately 10am.
The Queen's Birthday Parade is also broadcast live on BBC television in the UK with the fly-past at 1pm.

PROVISIONAL FORECAST OF CEREMONIAL AND MILITARY EVENTS IN LONDON AND WINDSOR.

2012  
JANUARY  
Tue 31st The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Combined strings of the Guards and the Royal Air Force featuring works by Corelli, Sibelius, Warlock and also Vivaldi’s Concert for Two Trumpets. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
FEBRUARY  
Mon 6th

Accession Day. Anniversary of HM The Queen’s Accession to the Throne in 1952. A 41- Royal Gun Salute by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park at 1200 hours and by the Honourable Artillery Company (62 Gun Salute) at the Tower of London, Gun Wharf at 1300 hours.
Mon 6th The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery leaves St. John’s Wood Barracks
Tue 7th

The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery marches into new Barracks at Napier Lines, Woolwich.
Tue 28th The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Nick Walkley, Bb Cornet (Irish Guards), with piano & guests; Europe by Cornet: Music by Vassily Brandt, Debussy, Ravel and Bellstedt. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
MARCH  
Thu 1st St. David's Day celebrated at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow
Sat 10th

Royal Yeomanry Homecoming and Freedom Parade: The Borough of Kensington and Chelsea timings TBC.
Sun 11th

Royal Yeomanry Homecoming and Freedom Parade London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Wed 14th Silver Bugle Competition
Wed 21st Major General's Inspection of Public Duties Incremental Companies
Sat 17th St Patrick’s Day Parade celebrated at Mons Barracks, Aldershot
Tue 27th The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Guards Wind Soloists; programme includes music by Saint-Saëns, Arnold & Cimarosa. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
Wed 27th Major General’s Inspection of 1st. Battalion Irish Guards
Thu 28th Major General's Inspection of 1st. Battalion Coldstream Guards
Thu 29th

HM The Queen’s visit to North London: Harrow, Waltham Forest and Redbridge Jubilee Event. For further information please call Buckingham Palace Press Office on 0207 930 4832 or visit The British Monarchy website.
Thu 29th Major General’s Inspection of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
APRIL  
Sun 1st 24 hour Guards commence at Windsor
Wed 4th Guards Chapel Easter Choral Concert at 19.15hrs.
Thu 12th - Sat 14th Mountbatten Festival of Music at The Royal Albert Hall, London. Features the Massed Bands of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines. Tickets on sale at 9.00 am on Monday 9th January 2012 from the Royal Albert Hall Box office 0845 401 5018 or www.royalalberthall.com
Mon 16th First Guard Mount of Royal Gibraltar Regiment at 1100 hours.
Thu 19th Major General’s Inspection of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Mon 23rd

HM The Queen’s Birthday. 41- Royal Gun Salute By The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park at 1200 hours and a 62-Gun Salute by the Honourable Artillery Company at Gun Wharf, Tower of London at 1300 hours .
Mon 23rd St. George's Day celebrated at Victoria Barracks, Windsor
Tue 24th The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Guards String Quintet; programme includes Dvorak String Quintet in G Major. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
MAY  
Tue 1st 24 hour Guards commence in London
Thu 3rd Coldstream Guards Presentation of Colours
Wed 9th State Opening of Parliament (to be confirmed)
Thu 10th, Fri 11th and Sun 13th The Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place in the evening in Her Majesty’s private grounds of Windsor Castle. Tickets will be on sale from 9am on Tuesday 1st November. There are 3,000 public tickets available for each performance. Call Ticket Factory on 0844 581 4970 or book online at www.diamond-jubilee-pageant.com. Please be advised that the full Diamond Jubilee Pageant website will be live on 31st October 2011.
Tue 15th

HM The Queen to visit South London: Merton, Bromley and Richmond. For further information please call Buckingham Palace Press Office on 0207 930 4832 or visit The British Monarchy website.
Fri 18th Olympic Torch Relay Begins
Sat 19th Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces muster in Windsor
Sun 20th Cavalry Sunday in Hyde Park
Sun 20th - Tue 22nd Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mount The Queen’s Life Guard
Tue 29th The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Guards Flute Ensemble; Fauré, Doppler, Gershwin, Kuhlau and Tchaikovsky. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
JUNE  
Sat 2nd The Major General's Review of Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade at 11am.
Tickets on application, from January 2012, to Brigade Major, HQ Household Division, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London SW1A 2AX
Sun 3rd Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_197517
Mon 4th BBC Concert at Buckingham Palace and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons: A network of 2,012 Beacons will be lit by communities and individuals throughout the United Kingdom, as well as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Commonwealth.
Mon 4th

Coronation Day Gun Salute. The Anniversary of HM Queen’s Coronation in 1953. A 41- Gun Salute by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park at 1200 hours and 62- Royal Gun Salute by the Honourable Artillery Company at Gun Wharf Tower of London at 1300 hours.
Tue 5th Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral and Carriage Procession
Wed 6th and Thu 7th Royal Marines Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade.
Sat 9th The Colonel's Review of Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade at 11am.
Tickets on application, in January and February 2012 only, to Brigade Major, HQ Household Division, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London SW1A 2AX
Mon 11th

Birthday of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. 41 Royal Gun Salute by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park, Park Lane at 1200 hours and 62-Gun salute by the Honourable Artillery Company at Gun Wharf, of Tower of London at 1300 hours
Wed 13th and Thu 14th

Household Division Beating Retreat. A floodlit Music Spectacular on Horse Guards Parade. http://www.guardsbeatingretreat.co.uk
Sat 16th The Queen's Birthday Parade, Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade at 11am. The Colour will be Trooped by 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.
A 41-Gun Royal Salute by the King’s Troop RHA in Green Park at 1252 hours and 62-Guns by the HAC at the Tower of London at 1300 hours.
Mon 18th Garter Service at Windsor Castle
Thu 21st Birthday of His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge
Mon 25th Coldstream Colours to be laid up in Eton College Chapel
Tue 26th The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. The Guards Jazz Ensemble ‘Division Horns’; Varied selection of Jazz greats - Bebop to soul and funk to Latin! Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
Sat 30th Armed Forces Day
JULY  
Tue 31st The Guards Chapel Lunchtime Recital at 13.10 Guards Chapel, Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Combined wind ensemble of The Guards & Royal Air Force; Beethoven Octet & Enescu Dixtuor. Free admission - retiring collection. For more information please contact the Coldstream Guards Band on 020 7414 3299.
NOVEMBER  
Sat 10th Lord Mayor's Show Procession, City of London
Sat 10th Festival of Remembrance at The Royal Albert Hall
Sun 11th Remembrance Service at The Cenotaph
Fri 30th St. Andrew's Day
DECEMBER  
Tue 11th Household Division Carol Service at The Guards Chapel at 11.00hrs and 18.00hrs