Immerse yourself in history and heritage with our 2025 calendar of UK events. From vintage fairs/vintage festivals to military reenactments, there's something for everyone. Keep an eye on this page for the latest updates as dates are confirmed.
If you do find or know of any events ongoing that are not shown below, please contact help@revivalvintage.co.uk and we will add it to the list.
Are any of the following events up your street and would like to know more about them, click the link for more information for the organisers. If you do choose to go to one of these events, don't forget to dress up and enjoy yourselves!
December 2025
Fri 5th December - Rhythm Joint - 54 Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk. CB8 0AB
Sun 7th December - Jingle Bell Jive - National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT
Sat 13th - Sun 14th December - Festive Forties Christmas Weekend - National Emergency Services Museum, The Old Police/Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, S3 8PT
Past Events
January 2025
Sat 25th January - Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair - Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS
February 2025
Sat 15th February - Guisborough Vintage Fair - St Nicholas Church Hall, Bow St, Guisborough, North Yorkshire TS14 6BP
March 2025
Sat 29th - Sun 30th March - Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair - Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS
Sat 15th March - Saltburn Vintage Fair - Saltburn Arts Community Hall, Albion Terrace, Saltburn by the Sea TS12 1JW
April 2025
Fri 11th - Sun 13th April - Kelham Hall Vintage Festival - Kelham Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX VISIT REVIVAL HERE!
Sat 19th - Mon 21st April - Sandtoft 1940s Weekend - The Trolleybus Museum, Belton Road, Sandtoft, Doncaster DN8 5SX
May 2025
Sat 3rd May - Guisborough Vintage Fair - St Nicholas Church Hall, Bow Street, Guisborough, North Yorkshire TS14 6BP
Sat 3rd - Sun 4th May VE Celebration 1940s Weekend - Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EB
Sat 3rd - Mon 5th May VE Day at the Piece Hall - The Piece Hall, Blackledge, Halifax HX1 1RE
Sat 10th May - Sun 11th May - 1940s Melton Mowbray Weekend - Play close park, Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom
Sat 10th May - 80th Anniversary of VE Day Charity Event - Ulley Rd, Kennington, Ashford TN24 9HX
Sat 10th May - Sun 11th May - Wartime Britain 2025: VE Day 80 - REME Museum, Calne Road, Lyneham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX
Sat 17th May - Sun 18th May - 1960s Weekend - Black Country Living Museum, Discovery Way, Dudley, DY1 4AL
Sat 17th May - Sun 18th May - 1940s Weekend - Station Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HE
Fri 23rd May - Sun 25th May - Ironbridge WW2 Weekend - 8 The Courtyard Ironbridge TF8 7EG
Fri 30th May - Sat 31st May - Dear Loll: A Wartime Marriage in Letters - Wilton’s Music Hall, Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
Fri 30th May - Sun 1st June - Vintage Nostalgia Festival - Stockton Park, Stockton, Wiltshire BA12 0SQ
Sat 31st May - Sun 1st June - Retro Rendezvous - Ulverston Town Centre
June 2025
Sat 7th June - Sun 8th June - Brighouse 1940s Weekend - Brighouse Town Centre
Sat 7th June - Sun 8th June - Walled Garden Baumber Vintage Festival - Lincoln Road, Baumber, LN9 5NL
Fru 13th June - Sun 15th June - Harvey 1940s Comedy Show - Doddington Village Hall, PE15 0TG
Sat 14th June - Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair - Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS
Sat 14th June - Sun 15th June - Vintage and Victory Weekend at the Farm - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6QN
Sat 21st June - The Blitz – 1940s Event - The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY
Sat 21st June - Sun 22nd June - Wartime in the Vale - Ashdown Farm, Badsey, Nr. Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 7EN
Sat 21st June - Sun 22nd June - Damhouse 1940s Weekend - Damhouse, Astley Hall Dr, Manchester M29 7TX
Fri 28th June - Sat 29th June - Springwell Village 1940s Weekend - Springwell Village, Gateshead
July 2025
Sat 5th July - Sun 6th July - 1940s Experience - The Railway Station, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, PO33 4DS
Thurs 10th July - Sun 13th July - Vintage For Victory - Whitchurch Library Gardens, Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, CF14 7XA
Sat 12th July - Sun 13th July - 1940s Weekend - Black Country Living Museum, Discovery Way, Dudley, DY1 4AL
Sat 12th July - Sun 13th July - Kirkby Stephen in the 1940's - Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4LA
Sun 13th July - Burwell Museum 1940's Song, Dance & Re-enactors - Burwell Museum, Mill Close, Burwell, CB25 0HL
Sat 19th & Sun 20th July - The Great Seaside Vintage Fair - Whitby Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3EN
August 2025
Fri 1st - Sun 3rd August - Battle Of Britain Weekend - We'll Meet Again Museum, Shore Road, Freiston Shore, Boston, Lincolnshire PE22 0LY
Fri 1st - Sun 3rd August - Operation Market Harborough - Market Harborough Showground, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7WB
Sat 2nd - Sun 3rd August - Mid-Norfolk Railway 1940s Weekend - Dereham Railway Station, Station Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DF
Sun 3rd August - 1940s Tea Dance - Memorial Hall, Market Place, Kirkbymoorside YO62 6AY
Fri 8th - Sun 10th August - Retro Festival - Priors Court, Hermitage, Thatcham RG18 9QZ
Fri 8th - Sun 10th August - Yorkshire Wartime - Willows Farm, Kirkhouse Green, Doncaster DN7 5TA
Sat 9th - Sun 10th August - Salute To The 1940s Weekend - International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Avenue, Lincoln LN4 2HQ
Fri 15th - Sun 17th August - White Horse Military Show - Neston Park Estate, Melksham, Wiltshire BA15 2RL
Sat 16th - Sun 17th August - Lytham 1940s Weekend - Lytham Green, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire FY8 5LD
Sat 16th - Sun 17th August - Chasewater Railway 1940s Remembered - Brownhills West Station, Pool Lane, Brownhills, Staffordshire WS8 7NL
Sat 16th - Sun 17th August - RAF Harrowbeer 1940s Weekend - Crapstone Road, Yelverton, Devon PL20 6BT
Fri 22nd - Mon 25th August - Twinwood Festival - Twinwood Road, Clapham, Bedford MK41 6AB VISIT REVIVAL HERE!
Sat 23rd August - Guisborough Vintage Fair - St Nicholas Church Hall, Bow St, Guisborough, North Yorkshire TS14 6BP
Fri 29th - Sun 31st August - The Victory Show - Foxlands Farm, Cosby, Leicestershire LE9 1SG
September 2025
Sat 6th - Sun 7th September - Duxford Battle Of Britain Air Show - IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR
Fri 12th - Sun 14th September - Goodwood Revival - Goodwood Motor Circuit, Chichester PO18 0PH
Sun 14th September - World War Two Love Letters - Theatre at the Tabard, Chiswick, W4 1LW
Sat 20th - Sun 21st September - Salute To The 40s - The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
Sat 20th - Sun 21st September - Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair - Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS
Sat 27th September - Peaky Blinders Night - Black Country Living Museum, Discovery Way, Dudley, DY1 4AL
Sat 27th September - Dear Loll, A Wartime Marriage in Letters - Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, HR1 2NG
October 2025
Sat 4th October - Saltburn Vintage Fair - Saltburn Arts Community Hall, Albion Terrace, Saltburn By The Sea TS12 1JW
Sat 4th & Sun 5th October - Harry's 40s Day - BDKS Sports Association, Doncaster Road, DN3 1SR
Sat 4th & Sun 5th October - Back to the 40s - Wallingford Station, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford OX10 9GQ
Fri 10th - Sun 12th October - Pickering 1940s Weekend - Pickering Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering YO18 8AA
Sat 11th - Sun 12th October - A Victory Harvest - 1940s Weekend - Kent Life, Lock Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3AU
Sat 11th - Sun 12th October - Back to the 1940s - Eden Camp Modern History Museum,
Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 6RT
Sat 18th - Sun 19th October - 1940s Steam Event - Papplewick Pumping Station, Rigg Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9AJ
November 2025
Sun 9th November - Dear Loll, A Wartime Marriage in Letters - Jewry St, Winchester SO23 8SB
Sat 15th November - Saltaire Vintage Home & Fashion Fair - Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3JS
Hi There – could you please add the following to your list of 1940’s events for the coming 2025 season:
Salute to the 40’s: 20th & 21st September 2025
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Back for its 18th year, Salute to the 40’s is one of the UK’s most spectacular vintage festivals. Held at the iconic Historic Dockyard Chatham, this event provides the perfect back drop for re-enactments and wartime displays – this year with some special features for VE80.
For more visitors information and re-enactor/military vehicle booking forms please visit:
https://thedockyard.co.uk/events/salute-to-the-40s
Thank you :)
Here’s another one you could add to the list
https://wicksteedparkvintagefestival.co.uk/
Would it please be possible to include our No Man’s Land Multi-Period Living History Event at Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth Road, Rhyl, North Wales, LL18 5SB on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April 2024?
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/288162400587291
Online tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-mans-land-tickets-630358036857?fbclid=IwAR2cVxMXhJ_YHUYj1f297qCDukQkqNHrlxV27n4KUJhq2LT_Vpf9yyyG2Ks
Event Description: 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 displaying authentic period uniforms, original equipment and weapons from a wide range of historical eras.
For our 2024 event we are once again expanding our multi-period aspect even further with a plan to recruit even more historical eras and impressions to provide you with an unmissable historical experience.
This is the perfect opportunity to experience hands-on history, while getting up close to and speaking to our experts. Be sure not to miss the chance to walk alongside Ancient Greeks, witness the power of Roman artillery and hear the clash of Viking swords. There’s plenty to see and do as part of an action-packed weekend that we have lined up with some exciting additions to the event this year.
As well as the chance to talk to our re-enactors, there will also be much more each day, including:
- Firing displays and arena demonstrations
- Military Vehicles
- Trade stalls
- Refreshments
- Beer tent
- Live music
- & much more!
Our event will be held at Bodrhyddan Hall, Dyserth, North Wales on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April 2024 from 10am until 4pm each day.
This one is missing from your list too. Which is a pity, as it is wholly under cover, and a lovely winter event :
https://www.re-museum.co.uk/events/wartime-christmas-2/
Many thanks,
John Wickham.
This one appears to be sadly mising from yuor list ??
https://www.betteshanger-park.co.uk/event/we-will-meet-again-1940s-military-show/
John Wickham.