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DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270103
SUMMARY:St. Barts New Year's Eve — New Year peak
LOCATION:Port de Gustavia and the bay\, Gustavia\, Saint Barthelemy
DESCRIPTION:The Caribbean yachting season's peak week: Gustavia's harbou
 r and bay full to the horizon\, a round-the-island regatta\, and firewo
 rks at midnight.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/st-barts-new-ye
 ars-eve\nDates: This is a seasonal peak rather than an organized event\
 , so its timing is fixed by the calendar: the island fills between Chri
 stmas and the first days of January and reaches its maximum on 31 Decem
 ber\, when the Collectivite stages fireworks over Gustavia at midnight.
  The one scheduled fixture within it is the St. Barth Yacht Club's New 
 Year's Eve Regatta on 31 December. The window given here is the period 
 during which the harbour\, the villas\, the restaurants and the airport
  all run at capacity.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/st-barts-new-years-eve
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-565@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208
SUMMARY:Teatro alla Scala Opening Night — 2026-27 season opening
LOCATION:Teatro alla Scala\, Milan\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:La Scala opens its season on 7 December every year\, the fea
 st of Milan's patron saint - one performance that the whole city\, and 
 Italian television\, watches.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/la
 -scala-opening-night\nDates: Fixed by tradition rather than announced: 
 the Scala season always opens on 7 December\, the feast of Sant'Ambrogi
 o\, which falls on a Monday in 2026. The theatre announced in May 2026 
 that the 2026-27 season would open with Verdi's Otello\, directed by Da
 miano Michieletto and conducted by Myung-Whun Chung in his first openin
 g night as music director\, in a season of thirteen operas.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/la-scala-opening-night
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-585@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271207
SUMMARY:Teatro alla Scala Opening Night — 2026-27 season opening (expe
 cted)
LOCATION:Teatro alla Scala\, Milan\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:La Scala opens its season on 7 December every year\, the fea
 st of Milan's patron saint - one performance that the whole city\, and 
 Italian television\, watches.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/la
 -scala-opening-night\nDates: Not yet announced. Projected from the 2026
  dates (December 7)\; the organizer's pattern usually holds.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/la-scala-opening-night
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-566@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271208
SUMMARY:Teatro alla Scala Opening Night — 2027-28 season opening
LOCATION:Teatro alla Scala\, Milan\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:La Scala opens its season on 7 December every year\, the fea
 st of Milan's patron saint - one performance that the whole city\, and 
 Italian television\, watches.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/la
 -scala-opening-night\nDates: Fixed by tradition: 7 December\, Sant'Ambr
 ogio\, which falls on a Tuesday in 2027. The date is certain by its nat
 ure. Italian press reported in May 2026 that the theatre had announced 
 the operas opening both the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons and that the 20
 27 opening would again be a Verdi title\; the specific work is not stat
 ed in this record because it was not verified.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/la-scala-opening-night
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-508@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270205
SUMMARY:Vienna Opera Ball
LOCATION:Wiener Staatsoper\, Vienna\, Austria
DESCRIPTION:One night a year the Vienna State Opera is rebuilt as a ball
 room for some five thousand guests\, opened by debutantes and broadcast
  live across Austria.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/vienna-ope
 ra-ball\nDates: Thursday 4 February 2027\, the Thursday before Ash Wedn
 esday (10 February 2027). The date appears on the Vienna State Opera's 
 own February 2027 calendar. The date of this ball is fixed by the carni
 val calendar rather than announced\, so it is confirmed by its nature\;
  ticket and box sales open in the autumn preceding.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/vienna-opera-ball
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-396@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270705
SUMMARY:Henley Royal Regatta
LOCATION:Henley Reach\, River Thames\, Henley-on-Thames\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Six days of knockout rowing on a straight mile of the Thames
  at Henley\, run by its own Stewards since 1839 and unchanged in shape 
 ever since.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/henley-royal-regatta
 \nDates: Published on the regatta's own site as Tuesday 29 June to Sund
 ay 4 July 2027. Tickets for the Regatta Enclosure were listed as going 
 on sale in spring 2027.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/henley-royal-regatta
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-415@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270523
SUMMARY:RHS Chelsea Flower Show
LOCATION:Royal Hospital Chelsea\, London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Horticultural Society's May show at the Royal Hosp
 ital Chelsea: five days\, an eleven-acre site\, and the opening fixture
  of the British season.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/rhs-chel
 sea-flower-show\nDates: Published by the RHS as 18-22 May 2027. The soc
 iety lists RHS Members' Days on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 May\, publi
 c days Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 May\, gates open 08:00 to 20:00 with 
 a 17:30 close on the Saturday\, a late-night event on Friday 21 May fro
 m 17:30 to 22:00\, and the plant sale on Saturday 22 May from 16:00 to 
 17:30. Tickets were marked 'on sale soon' when this page was read.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-498@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270922
SUMMARY:Metropolitan Opera Opening Night — 2027-28 season opening (exp
 ected)
LOCATION:Metropolitan Opera House\, Lincoln Center\, New York\, United S
 tates
DESCRIPTION:The Metropolitan Opera opens its season each September with 
 a gala performance at Lincoln Center: black tie\, a new production\, an
 d a benefit dinner.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/met-opera-op
 ening-night\nDates: Not yet announced. The Met opens its season with a 
 gala performance on a weekday evening in the second half of September a
 nd announces the following season\, including the opening-night product
 ion\, in February. Applying that pattern gives Tuesday 21 September 202
 7. The date and the opera should both be taken from the Met's season an
 nouncement when it appears.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/met-opera-opening-night
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-493@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261129
SUMMARY:Le Bal des Debutantes
LOCATION:Announced each year\; recent editions have been staged at the S
 hangri-La Paris\, Paris\, France
DESCRIPTION:A private Paris ball each November at which about two dozen 
 young women are presented in haute couture\, run since 1992 in aid of c
 harity.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/le-bal-des-debutantes\nD
 ates: Given as 28 November 2026 on the ball's own site\, which lists it
  as the next edition. The venue is not stated on the site's front page\
 ; recent editions have been held at the Shangri-La Paris.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/le-bal-des-debutantes
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-494@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271128
SUMMARY:Le Bal des Debutantes (expected)
LOCATION:Announced each year\; recent editions have been staged at the S
 hangri-La Paris\, Paris\, France
DESCRIPTION:A private Paris ball each November at which about two dozen 
 young women are presented in haute couture\, run since 1992 in aid of c
 harity.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/le-bal-des-debutantes\nD
 ates: Not yet announced. The ball is held on a Saturday at the end of N
 ovember - 29 November 2025\, 28 November 2026 - and the organizer publi
 shes the following year's date and the participating debutantes in the 
 months beforehand. The last Saturday of November 2027 is 27 November.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/le-bal-des-debutantes
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-434@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270613
SUMMARY:Trooping the Colour — The King's Birthday Parade (expected)
LOCATION:Horse Guards Parade\, London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:The Household Division marks the sovereign's official birthd
 ay on Horse Guards Parade: 1\,400 soldiers\, 200 horses\, ten bands\, a
 nd a flypast over the Mall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/troo
 ping-the-colour\nDates: Not yet published. The parade has been held on 
 a Saturday in June since 1959 and in recent years on the second Saturda
 y of the month - 13 June 2026\, 14 June 2025\, 15 June 2024. Applying t
 hat pattern gives Saturday 12 June 2027\, with the Major General's Revi
 ew on 29 May and the Colonel's Review on 5 June. The Household Division
  confirms the following year's dates in the autumn and opens the ballot
  in the new year.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/trooping-the-colour
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Society
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UID:gss-659@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173445Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
SUMMARY:Sydney New Year's Eve
LOCATION:Sydney Harbour and foreshore\, Sydney\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Fireworks over Sydney Harbour at nine and at midnight\, watc
 hed from 48 free vantage points - the first major New Year the world se
 es.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/sydney-new-years-eve\nDates:
  Fixed by its nature: 31 December every year. The City of Sydney produc
 es the event and publishes the programme - a Welcome to Country ceremon
 y\, fireworks over the harbour at 9pm and at midnight\, 48 free vantage
  points and a smaller number of ticketed ones - on its own site each ye
 ar\, with vantage-point ballots and sales typically opening in the spri
 ng.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/sydney-new-years-eve
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
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