Everyone loves a good vintage event! From vintage car racing to World War 2 re-enactment weekends, there’s a 1940s-themed weekend for everyone around the UK this year.

 

We’ve put together a small list of some events taking place in 2024 across the UK - but please comment below if there’s any we’ve missed!

 

These dates and events aresubject to change so please check with the event organiser before you travel, and The Seamstress of Bloomsbury is not affiliated with any of these events.

 

 

 

 

MARCH 2024

 

2nd

• The Spring Collection Fair, Bridgnorth, WV15 5NS [Facebook event page]

Vintage shopping experience with 1940s-themed entertainment

 

 

31st March - 1st April

• 1940s Weekend at The Trolleybus Museum, Doncaster, DN8 5SX [website]
  Vintage attractions, vintage traders, 40s-themed entertainment

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2024

 

6th - 7th

 

• No Man’s Land Period Event, Wales, LL18 5SB [Facebook event page]
  Multi-period event, re-enactment and entertainment
  
  

 

11th

 

• Chesterfield 1940s Market, Derbyshire, S40 1PB [website]
  
  

 

27th - 28th

 

• Kelham Hall Vintage Festival, Newark, NG23 5QX [website]
  Vintage entertainment and shopping

 

 

 

 

 

MAY 2024

 

13th - 14th

 

• Melton Mowbray’s 1940s Weekend, Leicestershire, LE13 0PW [website]
  
  

 

17th - 19th

 

• Haworth 1940s Weekend, West Yorkshire [website]
  Re-enactments, music, dancing, costume, vintage vehicles
  

 

18th - 19th

 

• Spirit of Wartime Sherwood, Newark, NG22 9EP [Facebook event page]
  Re-enactments, music, dancing, costume, vintage vehicles
  

 

25th- 26th

 

• Ironbridge WW2 Weekend, Telford, TF8 7EG [website]
  WW2 displays, entertainment, vintage vehicles, vintage traders
  

 

31st May - 2nd June

 

• Vintage Nostalgia Festival, Stockton Park, Wiltshire, BA12 0SQ [website]
  Vintage vehicles, fashion, dance, music
  

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 2024

 

31st May - 2nd June

 

• Glossop Heritage Weekend, Derbyshire [website]
  Re-enactment, entertainment, vintage fashion, fun fair and vintage cars
  

 

14th - 16th

 

• Hingham 1940s Weekend, Norwich, NR9 4HD [Facebook event page]
  Live music, military displays, and entertainment
  

 

15th - 16th

 

• Ashby Parva Vintage Revival, Lutterworth, LE17 5JD [website]
  Vintage fashion, live music, dance lessons, and vintage traders

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 2024

 

5th - 7th

 

• Ingleton 1940s Weekend, Ingleton, LA6 3HG [Facebook event page]
  Live music, entertainment, fashion shows, and history displays
  
  

 

12th - 14th

 

 

• Vintage for Victory, Cardiff, CF14 7XA [website]
  Live entertainment, vintage fashion, camping, vintage cinema
  
  

 

13th - 14th

 

• Metheringham 1940s Experience, Lincolnshire, LN4 3WF [Facebook event page]
  Live music, entertainment, RAF airfield history
  
  

 

20th - 21st

 

• Clipstone at War, Mansfield, NG21 9EH [Facebook event page]
  Displays, entertainment, vintage traders

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2024

 

3rd - 4th

 

• Morecambe 1940s Revival, Lancashire, LA4 5PZ [website]
  Vintage entertainment, dance lessons, vintage market, and Tweed cycle ride

 

• Operation Market Harborough, LE16 7WB [website]
  Re-enactment, live entertainment
  
  

 

9th - 11th

 

 

• RetroFestival, Newbury, RG18 9QZ [website]
  Live entertainment, shopping village, airshows, dancing
  
  

 

23rd - 26th

 

• Twinwood Festival, Bedford, MK41 6AB [website]
  Vintage festival with live music and dance, shopping, and museums
  
  

 

24th - 25th

 

• Telford Steam Railway 1940s Weekend, TF4 2NF [website]
  Vintage traders, re-enactments, classic vehicles, steam locomotives

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2024

 

6th - 8th

 

• Goodwood Revival, Chichester, PO18 0PX [website]
  Vintage motorsport, fashion, dancing, and music
  
  

 

14th - 15th

 

• RAF Snaith 40s Weekend, Pollington, DN14 0DF [Facebook event page]

 

• West Somerset Railway 40s Weekend, TA24 5BG [Facebook event page]

 

 

27th - 29th

 

• Welshpool 1940s Event, SY21 7NB [website]
  Re-enactments, entertainment, traders
  
  

 

28th - 29th

 

• Wallingford Back to the Forties, Oxfordshire, OX10 9GQ [Facebook event page]
  Re-enactment, live entertainment, vintage vehicles and trains