Gloucester — 28 June 2025

Gloucester Armed Forces Day

When

12:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location

The Docks
England
GL1 2HE
United Kingdom

This event is a joint venture between the Gloucester Armed Forces Day Committee and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, a group of volunteers.

There will be a military parade marching through the city (permissions and licenses inc road closures for this are being dealt with separately through GCC) and terminating outside of the museum. There will then be a bar within the museums footprint.

The event will run from 12:00 until 17:00, and involve a series of stalls from a variety of military charities, military units, cadets, the police, fire brigade and RNLI. We will also have a few military vehicles on site whilst respecting the Docks weight limit. We shall also be installing portaloos on site to cover the expected numbers of people attending.

There will be live music between the hours of 13:10 and 17:00 at various times. Outline programme:

• 12:10. Parade Assemble and Form Up
• 12:30. Parade Starts
• 12:45-13:00. Parade arrives at the Docks
• 12:45. VIPs escorted to the North Warehouse for the Civics Flag Raising.
• 13:00. Civics AFD Flag Raising at the North Warehouse
• 13:10-13:30. Live music
• 13:30. Welcome speeches .
• 13:45-17:00. Live music, various groups
• 17:00 – end