Events

Nuneaton’s Armed Forces Day & Family Gala 2019 Event is hosted again by The Veterans Contact Point and follows the successful format used for several years but with a new venue nearer to the town centre. This year they are planning AFD 2019 to follow a “Party in the Park” theme with music provided by local bands, market stalls/traders, amusements & rides for...

Armed Forces Day will be celebrated in High Town, Hereford, from 10.00am. There will be displays and information from local charities of their work in support of the military, both serving and veterans. The day will culminate with The Rifles exercising their Freedom of Hereford.  Details TBC.

A special Armed Forces Day is taking place in Coventry to celebrate the Armed Forces and its diversity. Attendees can relax and enjoy games, music, picnics and a BBQ, and also watch the parade of veterans, cadets and serving personnel. To find out more view the event page here.

A public celebration event for our Armed Forces, with a parade carried out by current serving personnel and veterans followed by a fun day with entertainment and stalls. Parade starts at 11:00am in Dartmouth Park. Details here.

The whole community will get the chance in celebrating our armed forces by participating in the Warwick District Armed Forces Community Fun Day. The activities at the event will include a climbing wall, World War II, Cookery demonstration, a bouncy castle, a display of bomb disposal equipment by Kineton Station, music by Regimental Band, Craft stalls and a range of military and cadet...

Oldbury Army Reserve Centre (ARC) are holding an open day on Armed Forces Day this year. You will be able to find out more about what 225 Field Squadron do during their training and see some of the equipment they use.

Malvern Armed Forces Day will include a military parade, retro music performances, historical reenactments, food and drink stalls, and a general celebration of our past and present Armed Forces. For more information visit the Armed Forces Day website's events page here.

Join Wolverhampton Council for a celebration in West Park on Saturday 29th June. There will be something for everyone as they kick off with a parade featuring local serving personnel at 12pm led by RAF Cosford Voluntary Band. This family-fun event will host a fun fair, food, bars as well as exciting and interactive activities for all to enjoy. See performances from The Bluebird...

To mark Armed Forces Day, the Chase Jazzmen will be playing at Coventry’s newly created Peace Orchard as part of the Coventry’s summer Bands in the Park programme. The Peace Orchard is the brainchild of 96 year-old Coventry D-Day veteran, Dennis Davison, and has been created by local school children and local residents as a permanent legacy to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day....

Standards will be paraded at a special concert with Cinderford Academy Band & Allegra Ladies Choir. Nibbles and wine/soft drinks are provided at the Interval. The second half of the concert will have more music before the finale with Jerusalem, Land of Hope & Glory, and finishing with The National Anthem.  Standards are then marched out. More details here.