Join fellow residents on Lion Green to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day!

To mark the occasion there will be a full-sized replica Spitfire on the Green plus WW2 military vehicles, stages, stalls, Festival bar and marquees.

Musical entertainment will be provided by Rhythm & Groove Big Band (in the style of Glen Miller), Music Works Choir, Blue Ray swing/jazz band, Sarah Prescott and a local Ukulele Band. There will also be talks to reflect the period, including Haslemere During the War, Queen’s Royal Surrey Brigade, Why We Fought The War In Europe, The Role of the Land Girls, Important Allies and Recollections of VE Day. The event will be opened by the Mayor of Haslemere and His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.

In the lead up to the event on Lion Green, the lamp posts of Haslemere will be bedecked with Commonwealth flags and we are asking local businesses to dress their windows to reflect VE Day. leading us up to the spirit of the occasion from the beginning of May.

Local schools are also making poppies for two giant VE Day wreaths that will adorn the tower of St Christopher’s Church.

This event is sponsored by Haslemere Town Council, Haslemere Events, Shottermill Great War Memorial Trust, Haslemere Festival, Burley Geach and St Ives School.

Free Entry