>> You should really check your calendar, 1st May is not the start of summer, not in Europe and neither in Boston. It is the 21 June.

According to your calendar, The first day of summer is also that of the Summer Solstice or Midsummer day, which is why I tend to ignore modern calendars.

Mayday was a traditional date in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of Spring, May 1 was the first day of summer; hence, the summer solstice on June 25 (now June 21) was Midsummer.

I have stood many cold, chilly Mayday mornings at the Couldron Long Barrow in Kent, waiting for the first rays of the sun to creep over the horizon at 5.32am. Sunlight bursting through the treeline, reflecting off the neolithic stones, music filling the air to greet the first Summer Sun.

That's the real first day of Summer..

But if Turbine are using some daft Calendar in Boston, at least that explains why all the festivals seem to over run by a week or so.