8th Brierley Hill Market 1940s Day
DY5 3AP
10th Chesterfield Market VE DAY CELEBRATION
Market Pl, Chesterfield S40 1AR
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11-13th Kelham Hall Vintage Festival
NEWARK, NG23 5QX
Lets us take you back to the golden age of Jazz to the rock n roll years of the 1950s. An excellent weekend of shopping, music and dancing awaits. Over 40 high quality traders will be on site selling original and reproduction clothing and accessories. We now have camping pitches at Kelham Hall available which can a brought from - https://kelhamhallvintagefestival.co.uk/april-2025-camping For anybody wishing to have extra options like showers etc there is a campsite two miles away at Smeaton Lakes - http:/www.smeatonslakes.co.uk
Tickets for the Kelham Hall Vintage Festival - April 2025 are now available at early bird prices - https://kelhamhallvintagefestival.co.uk/april-2025-tickets
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12-13th No Mans Land
Bodrhyddan Hall, LL18 5SB Dyserth, United Kingdom
Join us for our exciting Living History Weekend! This is a family event with plenty to see and do. Under 16's are free!
Come and join us for our Multi-Period Living History Weekend! This is a family event with plenty to see and do across the weekend. Over 600 re-enactors will be on site throughout the weekend as part of bringing to life over 2000 years' worth of History. They will be displaying authentic period uniforms, original and replica equipment and weapons from a wide range of historical eras.
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19-21st Sandtoft 1940s Easter Event
Belton Rd, Sandtoft, Doncaster DN8 5SX
Join us for a fun packed 3 Days, With live music, displays, Shopping and more
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26-27th The helicopter Museum
Locking Moor Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PP
The weekend will see the area around the Museum brought to life by re-enactors, living history camps and historic military vehicles.
Plus tank driving and live firing demos, live 1940's music, WWII small arms talks and live firing displays on both days!!
3rd Bolsover Blitz
Castle St, Bolsover, Chesterfield S44 6PR.
Lots of re-enactor displays, crafts stalls, vintage and wartime vehicles throughout the town including the Bolsover Castle too.
Food and drink on offer and 1940’s music and entertainment.
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3-4th RAF Hibalstow
Loverose Wy, Hibaldstow, Gainsborough DN20 9NN
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3-4th Harborough market 1940s
Northampton Rd, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9HB
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4-5th Staveley Hall 1940s and WW2 Event
Church St, Staveley, Chesterfield S43 3TN
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3-5th May Sandtoft Vintage Event
: The Trolleybus Museum, Belton Rd, Sandtoft, Doncaster DN8 5SX
(3 days), 10:30am-4:30pm
Let us take you back to the Swinging 60s
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4-5th Fort Paull 1940S weekend
Battery Road, Kingston-upon-Hull HU12 8FP
We are super excited to announce that Fort Paull 1940s Weekend returns on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May 2025.
The event will be set within the historic battery which has history dating back to Henry VIII and was used as a training base between the two world wars as well as a magazine during WWII.
The organisers will be looking for re-enactment groups for the event and forms will be available in September. This can include groups from both sides of WWII but no SS.
Camping will be available for the reenactment groups just outside the main fort.
The event will also be looking for traders and entertainment for the weekend. Please email fortpaull1940s@hotmail.com
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9-11th Brougham Hall Wartime Weekend VE Day Special
Brougham Hall, Brougham, Penrith CA10 2DE
Our aim is to commemorate the service and sacrifice of all those whose lives were effected by the Second World War and to further understanding of the conflict and its lasting legacy.
We offer something for all ages and welcome people from all over the country.
The event is held within the walls of the historic hall and showcases authentic allied living history and military vehicle displays, and commemorates the Hall's WW2 heritage; the Hall was home to the 79th Armoured Division who secretly developed a “Hobart’s Funny” tank modification known as
Canal Defence Light (CDL) or “Monty’s moonlight”.
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10th Poppylands 1940s Tearoom V E Day 80
Delph Farm Waxham Rd, Horsey, United Kingdom
Experience a nostalgic journey back to the 1940s at Poppylands. Immerse yourself into wartime England. Featuring many sights, sounds and even tastes of the past! Engage in a variety of activities, including vintage fashion shows, classic car displays, live music, dance performances and explore an array of stalls offering all kinds of 1940s and vintage treasures! We've already got an exciting evening last night of the proms-like show planned for the saturday evening! (MORE INFO TO FOLLOW) This event promises an authentic and captivating experience that transports you to a bygone era making it an unforgettable occasion
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10th Eastleigh VE Day 80
Leigh Road Recreation Ground Leigh Rd, Eastleigh SO50 9FH
We are back for another spectacular vintage extravaganza in Eastleigh in 2025.
After the success of "Revelry On The Rec" a celebration and commemoration for 80 years of D Day, Eastleigh VE Day 80 will be bigger and better than before.
Expect to see a whole host of vintage vehicles, entertainment and activities, as well as vintage/retro and modern day stalls. We will also have a focus on military charities too
We will have entertainment on the bandstand, a licensed bar, hay bales seating area and lots to keep the kids entertained too such as face painting, bouncy castle and vintage fair ground rides and side show games.
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10-11th Spirit of Wartime Sherwood
Thoresby Park, The Courtyard, Thoresby park, Newark NG22 9EP
Set in the beautiful grounds of Thoresby Park be taken back to WW2.
Experience life in military camps, from the view of both Allied and Axis.
See how life on the Homefront was and vehicles that would have graced our roads.
Treat yourself to something Vintage from the traders in the Vintage Village.
As if this wasn't enough, take a seat and enjoy listening to songs from the 40s sung by the wonderful entertainers.
Bring a picnic and enjoy a day out with family, friends or by yourself and make new friends
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10-11th Melton Mowbray 1940s
Park Ln, Melton Mowbray LE13 0PW
1940 weekend melton Mowbray will be celebrating be day May 10th 11th 2025 We promise to deliver on entertainment , and this year all through the streets of melton town centre and the streets with some amazing names like
miss lily lovejoy,
lady Mary kingsworth,
jeep Johnson ,
Beau Norton ,
kyle, and Rebecca,
loads of shopping,
groups and displays
and loads of things for families .
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10-11th Temple at war
CRESSING TEMPLE BARNS, WITHAM RD, CRESSING, BRAINTREE CM77 8PD
Temple At War 10-11 May 2025
Welcomes You In Commemorating The 80th Anniversary Of Victory In Europe Day (8 May 1945).
Temple at War is a brilliant two-day military and vintage show that offers the best immersive historical re-enactment experience in the south-east of England.
2025 being the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, the show will be going all out to commemorate the event so why not join us in celebrating this landmark event in European history. The whole package will be family-friendly, accessible to everyone and super interactive as our reenactors welcome you with a wealth of historical knowledge.
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17-18th Foxfield - War Wheels 2025
Caverswall Road, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
various military vehicles, re-enactors, live music, steam train rides, vintage stalls and food / drink. We will also be joined by the 69th Field Regiment Display with live firing demonstrations of both the 6Pdr and 25Pdr anti tank guns.
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17-18th The Wartime Village Skegness
Church Road South , Skegness, United Kingdom
The Village is a Victorian farm museum, within the seaside town of Skegness in Lincolnshire.
Once a year we take a historical step back in time, where visitors can immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of life during World War 2.
With some of the finest living history groups in the UK, visitors can find out about the life of British and Commonwealth soldiers in Europe, North Africa and Burma;
Take a trip in a time machine as you enter the sites original Victorian farmhouse, keeping the home fires burning until our soldiers come home to their loved ones in good old Blighty.
Know your enemy! You can also get to grips with the German army, see their uniforms and equipment from the deserts of North Africa through to the final defense and fall of Berlin.
The Wartime Village is about bringing alive the history of World War 2 and educating the public in a period setting within the museum grounds.
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23-25th The IronBridge WWII Weekend
Dale End Park Coalbrookdale Telford TF8 7EG
A community charity fundraising event in the historic Ironbridge Gorge, proudly supporting military charities by staging a World war 2 re-enactment event the last bank holiday weekend in May. We re-create the experience of life during the war on the Home Front and in occupied Europe, with Allied and Axis re-enactors and much more.
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24th Lanc, Tanks & Military Machines
The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre,
East Kirkby Airfield Nr Spilsby Lincolnshire PE23 4DE
Experience a military event including an M36 Jackson tank destroyer and an M5 Stuart tank, Lancaster and Mosquito taxy runs, military vehicles, reenactors, trade stands and warbird flying displays!! Soak up the 1940's atmosphere at this our biggest reenactment weekend in our events calendar.
You will be able to see tanks, firepower demonstrations and a Lancaster back here at East Kirkby
With 1940's entertainment from Jayne Darling, Miss Sarah-Jayne, and the Festival Swing Dance Society
For reenactor and vehicle application forms please email enquiries@lincsaviation.co.uk
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24-25th The WARAG Festival
Middlezoy Aerodrome, Middlezoy, Aerodrome, Bridgwater TA7 0JS
The WarAg Festival was founded in 2016 and returns each year with our unique celebration of life on the former airfield at Westonzoyland during its operational era. We are coming back in 2025 at Middlezoy Aerodrome with military armour and vehicles on the move...It is an opportunity to learn of the airfield's long history from the 1920's through to the nuclear age with illustrated talks and a marquee exhibition. Food stalls and entertainment all weekend. You will see our resident aircraft and learn all about our wartime veteran Auster "Louis" and its fascinating history, Steam & Thrashing display, vintage tractors and Women's Land Army. It will be a chance to relax in our authentic 1940`s tearoom and view vintage aircraft and motor vehicles. As in 2024 we will be joined by re enactors from many different periods of history, including Napoleonic, Crimean, Western, First and Second World War (both combatants), Vietnam era, Falklands and BAOR. Come and join us
7-8th Operation Ashbourne
7-8 & 13-14th Severn Valley - Step Back to the 1940s, 7-8 & 14-15 June
13-15th Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - (Wirksworth, 1940s
14th Ropergate 1940s
14-15th Lotherton hall 1940s Weekend ~
14-15th Dig for Victory Show
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21-22nd Metheringham 1940s
The Visitor Centre Westmoor farm, Metheringham, Lincoln LN4 3WF
Take a trip back in to the 1940s
Just a few Miles away from Woodhall spa
We have Music and Dancing in the Day and an Evening Dance
we Also have traders, the cafe inside the muesum will have the cafe open and a Bar will be with us day to supply your favourite tipple,
Due to limited car parking spaces we are selling pre book tickets only for the day time event and Evening Dance,
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21-22nd Crowland and Thorney 1940s Weekend
Park farm, Thorney, Peterborough, PE6 0TF
Join us for a fabulous 40s weekend at Thorney near Peterborough. The Crowland and Thorney 1940s weekend will bring people together to remember past times, share memories, and give you a chance to meet the living history groups and re-enactors who keep history alive.
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21-22nd Maldon Promenade Park 1940s ~
21-22nd Damhouse 1940s event
Astley Hall Drive, Astley Manchester
M29 7TX
27-29th Springwell 1940s
28-29th 1940s weekend celebrating 80 years of Brief Encounter
5-6th Peak Rail 1940s Event
Rowsley South Station
DE4 2LF
4-6th Ingleton 1940s
5-6th Thorpe Camp 1940s
5-6th Bottisham Airfield Museum
Cambridge CB25 9BU
10-4pm
10-14th VINTAGE FOR VICTORY - Vintage Festival Wales 2025
12-13th Black Country Living Museum 1940s
Discovery Wy, Dudley DY1 4AL
11-13th Woodhall Country Park 1940s
19-20th southern at War Bluebell Railway 1940s Event
19-20th We will meet Again
19-20th Rails to victory
19-20th Clipstone at war
25-27th Boughton House vintage Festival
26-27th Military Festival
27th Stepping back to the 40s Wythenshawe Hall
1-3rd Battle of Britain Display
8-10th Yorkshire Wartime Experience
9-10th Salute to the 1940s
15-17th White Horse Military Show
16-17th Lytham 1940s Weekend
16-17th Sleap Airfield 1940s
Shrewsbury, SY4 3HE
16-17th Chasewater railway 1940s
Brownhills west Station
WS8 7NL
16-17th Ramsey 1940s weekend
PE26 2XB
22-25th Twinwood Festival
29-31st The Victory Show
6-7th Milton Keynes Museum 1940s Event
McConnell Drive, off H2 Millers Way, Wolverton, MK12 5EL
Pack up your kit bag, and bring your family and friends together to enjoy a step back in time to the era dominated by World War II.
Watch displays and re-enactors who will preserves and promotes the memory of those who volunteered during the conflict.
Join in with a good old sing-song and boogie and show off your Lindy Hop or dance the Jitterbug or, if that sounds a bit too energetic, simply pull up a chair and enjoy a nice hot brew.
There will be plenty to keep the kids entertained, including arts and craft activities and the opportunity to hunt for the spy who will be hiding in the grounds!
Remember, pay once and visit for free all year!
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6-7th Avro Heritage Museum 1940s Weekend
13th Desborough 1940s
13-14th RAF Snaith Museum 1940s
19-21st Lee Victory Festival
19-21st Sheringham Back to the 40s
20-21st West Somerset Railway Forties Weekend
26-28th Welshpool 1940s Weekend
4-5th Battles Through History Military Show
4-5th Wallingford - Back to the 40s
5th Dogdyke Pumping Station 1940s ~
11-12th A Victory Harvest - 1940s Weekend
11-12th Eden Camp Back to the 1940s
18-19th Papplewick Pumping Station 1940s
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