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COUNTDOWN TILL THE
LEE VICTORY FESTIVAL 2021
Lee Victory Festival
Held on the South Coast in
Lee on the Solent, Hampshire
over the weekend of the
September 24th -25th -26th
With the disappointment of the nation's planned 75th VE Day anniversary being cancelled due to Covid-19, please come and join us at our Lee Victory Festival to commemorate and celebrate the 75th and now the 76th anniversary of
both VE & VJ Days, it's going to be a spectacle for all to remember.
We have over 30 Musical performances with dancing, a Spitfire Display, Military Parade, Living History with over 150 WWII / 1940's Re-enactors together with a static Spitfire & Hurricane on display and vehicles. There's a Fun Fair, a Themed High Street, Stalls & Eateries.
After the difficult period we have all had over the last 18 months, here's an ideal opportunity to come and have a great and enjoyable time.
This is our theme tune - called '6years & 1 Day'
See what a ticket will be giving you!
Tickets are limited so buy to today.
Adult 1 day ticket £12.00 Snr Citizen 1 day ticket £10.00
Child 1 day ticket £8.00 Children u5 go FREE
Click here to see all the event tickets prices & available discounts.
Each day ticket allows re-entry throughout the day and gives you access to all the entertainment planned for that day. Save money with a three day event ticket...
We hope you will come and join us over the weekend, the weather is looking promising. Take a look at who's entertaining you
Day tickets are also available to purchase from The Bookshop located in the High Street, Lee on the Solent.
Please plan your journey...
Over the event weekend we have been advised by Hampshire Highways that the M27 motorway will be closed between junction 9 to 11 from Friday 9pm till Monday 6am.
The diversion will be via the A27, which is part way towards Lee on the Solent, this means that traffic may be busier than normal around this area. Please build some extra time to your journey as it will be better to arrive earlier than late! We look forward to seeing you.
Timetable Overview
Friday 24th from 16.00 (Ticketed)
Recreation Ground off Salisbury Terrace,
Lee on the Solent, Hampshire
Opening Event in the Recreation Ground with Living History, Spitfire & Hurricane static displays, Funfair* stalls and music through to 23.00 to open the event.
Saturday 25th from 10.00 (Free, open to all)
High Street and Marine Parade, Lee on the Solent, Hampshire
40's Music and dancing, in a Themed High Street will see the Military Parade leaving what was HMS Daedalus at 11.20 for a 1.5 mile march where the Rear Admiral Iain Henderson CB CBE DL, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire will take the salute from HMS Sultan and HMS Collingwood platoons and many others; we're hoping to have over 300 marching. A Spitfire from the Boultbee Air Academy will deliver an Air Display at 12 noon with WWII Motor Guns Boats on the Solent.
Saturday 25th from 10.00 (Ticketed)
Recreation Ground off Salisbury Terrace, Lee on the Solent, Hampshire
40’s Music and Dancing throughout the day, WWII Living History Groups & Re-enactors, Spitfire & Hurricane Static Display and Vehicles, Stalls and Funfair* with Music Through the Eras Evening starting at 18.00 through till 23.00.
Sunday 26th from 10.00 (Ticketed)
Recreation Ground off Salisbury Terrace, Lee on the Solent, Hampshire
40’s Music and Dancing throughout the day, WWII Living History Groups & Re-enactors, Spitfire & Hurricane Static Display and Vehicles, Stalls and Funfair* climaxing with our Pomp & Circumstance Finale starting at 19.00 with the event closing at 22.00
Sunday 26th from 10am (Free)
St Faiths Church Service, Victoria Square.
followed by Tea and Choir Performance
Listen to the sound of a Spitfire
And now on the Water as well !
This 1940’s themed event is being held in Lee on the Solent, Hampshire, a village by the sea overlooking the Solent thus giving the event a coastal backdrop. The event will be held in various areas including the High Street, Recreation Ground, Seafront and Church across the weekend.
Originally called LEE VE75, which was to be held to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day on May 8th 2020., but like many others had to be cancelled because of COVID-19.
The organisers vision is to establish the Lee Victory Festival as a bi-annual event.
Click on the tiles below & see what
is happening at Lee Victory Festival
With it's planning and secured sponsorship the event has been renamed to 'Lee Victory Festival' (LVF) so enabling future events to take place. The event is now going to be delivered over the weekend of the 24th, 25th and 26th September using several areas around the outdoor venue of Lee on the Solent.
We have the presence of Rear Admiral Iain Henderson CB CBE DL, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire on the Saturday who will take the salute from HMS Sultan and HMS Collingwood in the main parade and on Sunday for the Church service we have The Lord-Lieutenant being represented by Major General James Balfour CBE DL.
Have a listen of the HM Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson VJ Day speech which was purposely written for LVF and delivered on the 15th August 2020.
To help with the awareness of the event and to remember those fallen heroes we are promoting the musical track called 'Reverie' composed by Robby Toner (https://www.facebook.com/pg/robbytonermusic) who's given LVF the permission to use the track as its theme tune for the event. We are very honoured to be able to use this such amazing and relevant song,
The event organisers are looking to attract re-enacting WWII groups who deliver living history and vintage stalls and traders all to come and be part of this inaugural event, which is aiming to become synonymous for both VE & VJ Day remembrance and celebrations.
If you would like to help us with the event, either through taking up a paid stall; providing entertainment or volunteering on the day; please contact us. We need you! Why not come a join our ever growing Facebook Group! Click here to join
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