# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Southport Armed Forces Festival 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: 🌟🇬🇧 SOUTHPORT ARMED FORCES DAY 2026 – WE NEED YOU! 🇬🇧🌟

📅 Sunday 28 June 2026 – King’s Gardens, Southport
Southport… get ready! 🎉

Armed Forces Day 2026 is on the way — and this year we’re going BIGGER, LOUDER and MORE SPECTACULAR than ever before! 💥💂‍♂️🎶

Our event is already the BIGGEST Armed Forces Day in the North West 🌍🔥 and brings HUGE footfall into our town — brilliant for our community and fantastic for local businesses.

But this year is EXTRA important…
👉 2026 is our DRESS REHEARSAL
👉 We’re preparing our bid for SOUTHPORT to host the National Armed Forces Day in 2027 🇬🇧🎉
To win, we need to show the Ministry of Defence just how incredible our town is — and that means MAKING 2026 MASSIVE! 🚀

💥 CALLING ALL COMMUNITY GROUPS, CRAFTERS & VOLUNTEERS! 💥

We want YOU to be part of it! 🙌

We’re looking for:
🎪 Community groups who want to get involved
🛍️ Craft groups & makers who’d love a stall
🎭 Groups that can perform, display or demonstrate what they do
🤝 Volunteers to help make the day amazing
🎉 ANYONE with a skill, talent, idea or passion to showcase!
Whether you're a choir 🎶, art group 🎨, martial arts club 🥋, dancers 💃, heritage group 🏛️, charity ❤️, historical reenactors ⚔️, knitters 🧶 or ANY other organisation —
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

⭐ WHY GET INVOLVED?
✔ HUGE visibility in the biggest AFD event in the NW
✔ A chance to entertain, inspire and meet new members
✔ Help boost footfall for local shops & businesses
✔ Support Southport’s bid to host NATIONAL AFD 2027
✔ Be part of an unforgettable town‑wide celebration 🎊

📩 INTERESTED? GET IN TOUCH TODAY!

📧 nick.mcentee@armedforceshub.org.uk
📬 Or send us a message right here on Facebook!

Let’s show the UK what Southport can do! 💙
Let’s make AFD 2026 the most exciting, vibrant and community‑powered event EVER! 🇬🇧🔥
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/southport/southport-armed-forces-festival-2026/200029878338449
- **Event Categories**: Art, Festivals, Music, Entertainment, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029878338449?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=southport-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Southport
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Kings Gardens, Lower Promenade, PR8 1QX Southport, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 53.64864
- **long**: -3.01055
- **full address**: Kings Gardens, Lower Promenade, PR8 1QX Southport, United Kingdom, Southport, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Southport Armed Forces Festival 2026 (https://allevents.in/org/southport-armed-forces-festival-2026/21687791)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Kings Gardens, Lower Promenade, PR8 1QX Southport, United Kingdom, Southport, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Southport Armed Forces Festival 2026
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, Festivals, Music, Entertainment, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Southport Armed Forces Festival 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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