VE Day 80 Street Party events
The 8th May 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day and communities around the country are being encouraged to mark the anniversary by holding VE Day 80 street parties.
To register your street party event and to add the details to our online map, please complete a copy of our event notification form.
Please note: For any street parties that require a road closure, a separate online application form to KCC Highways will also need to be completed and submitted to them before Saturday 22nd March 2025. Please find a link to the form below:
Street parties for Victory in Europe (VE) day celebrations - Kent County Council
For more information on activities to celebrate VE Day 80, please visit https://www.veday80.org.uk/
Community Funding
Register a beacon lighting event.
Community Funding
From April to August, Arts Council England will work with arts organisations across the country using culture to tell the stories of our towns, cities and villages during the Second World War. Funding will also be made available through the NationalLotteryCommunityFund for organisations across England to bid for grants to host community events, activities and exhibitions to help tell the stories of the Second World War at a local level, ensuring the legacy of the war and its impact on individuals and communities across the country is not forgotten. The Big Lunch will develop street party packs to help communities with accessible resources and these will be uploaded to the VE/VJ Day 80 website - ve-vjday80.gov.uk.