A rough guide to what’s on where over the weekend. Programmes will be available at the event with correct times and venues, as well as any updated information.
FRIDAY 1ST JULY
7pm – Miss Marina Mae, live entertainment at The Wheatsheaf, FREE EVENT
SATURDAY 2ND JULY
From 10am to 5pm –
Road closure is in place on Main Street from the Rake up to the Square and onto High Street. Visit trade stalls at the Community Centre car park and The Three Horseshoes car park. See living history displays from Northern WW2 Assosciation in the park. WW1 & WW2 Family Research display at the Community Centre. Childrens games in St Marys Church yard. Inside St Marys you can see various artifacts from the decade along with a display from Ilkley Toy Museum. Throughout the day you can dance to your favourite tunes with DJ Dapper Dan in the Square and enjoy live entertainment from Colin Bourdiec (as George Formby) and Blimey Charlie. At The Three Horseshoes car park you can hear the wonderful voices of Harri Deane and Rachel Mercer. At the Community Centre car park youcan dance along to DJ Fat Cat or even have your hair syled by our vintage hairstylist, Hepcat Kitten! See our tribute to RAF Fighter Pilots with our Bronze Statue located by the Cenotaph in front of St Marys Church.
3pm- Helen Howard School of Dance perform in the Square.
7.30pm- “Saturday Night Dance” with the fabulous Mike Brown Swing Band. Located inside the Community Centre, tickets cost £10. Please note tickets are only available on the door, we are not able to reserve any or sell them in advance this year.
SUNDAY 3RD JULY
From 10am to 5pm:
Road closure is in place on Main Street from the Rake up to the Square and onto High Street. Visit trade stalls at the Community Centre car park and The Three Horseshoes car park. See living history displays from Northern WW2 Assosciation in the park. WW1 & WW2 Family Research display at the Community Centre. Childrens games in St Marys Church yard. Inside St Marys you can see various artifacts from the decade along with a display from Ilkley Toy Museum. Throughout the day you can dance to your favourite tunes with DJ Dapper Dan in the Square and enjoy live entertainment from Colin Bourdiec (as George Formby) and Blimey Charlie. At The Three Horseshoes car park you can hear the wonderful voices of Harri Deane and Rachel Mercer. At the Community Centre car park youcan dance along to DJ Fat Cat or even have your hair syled by our vintage hairstylist, Hepcat Kitten! See our tribute to RAF Fighter Pilots with our Bronze Statue located by the Cenotaph in front of St Marys Church.
10am & 12 midday – Learn to dance with The Swing Cats in the Square
10.45am – A short Rememberance parade led by The Yorkshire Corps of Drums, from The Three Horseshoes to the Cenotaph. Re-enactors are welcome to join this parade, we ask that there are no weapons carried and no Axis uniforms as a mark of respect. If you wish to join please meet at the Three Horseshoes at 10.30am.
12.45pm – The “Big Parade”. Open to ALL re-enactors (both Allied & Axis military re-enactors as well as civillians). We also encourage all vintage vehicles to join in too! If you would like to be involved meet at the Community Centre at 12.30. Parade will finish in the Square where our ver own Churchill will inspect the troops.
2pm – 4pm – Tea Dance at the Community Centre with Hep to the Jive. The Swing Cats will be there dancing their socks off and getting everyone involved, a great way to learn some period dance moves! Tickets £3 on the door.
Don’t forget to support our fundraising efforts, donation buckets will be available at various locations throughout the village. We also have our pop-up cafe in the Community Centre and Bar “The Regiment” in the Square, all proceeds from which go back into our future events!
Ingleton 1940s Weekend is run by a very small but dedicated Team of volunteers who work incedibly hard all year to keep this event going! None of us get paid for doing this, we just love seeing our wonderful village busy and full of visitors and re-enactors! Every penny made at the event goes back into making the next years event even bigger and better. We thank everyone for their support (and over the past few years, your patience and understanding)!
I would personally like to say an extra thank you to our committee and those who volunteer at the event, this is only possible because of your hard work, time & energy!
Chloe