Welcome to the 3rd Ongar Town Festival. The festival this year is on Friday the 8th May 2020 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day. With this important date in mind, VE day will be our festival theme; so get your costumes at the ready! There will be a whole host of fun things to do throughout the town, and we will bring you all the information right here! Plans are in place for re-enactments at Ongar Sports Club; a 1940’s dance in Budworth Hall; Evacuees returning home on the Epping Ongar Railway; Displays in our Churches; A March of Honour; a Giant Street Party and many more activities. Our Annual Petanque Tournament will be going ahead with all the Pubs and Restaurants joining in the VE Day Celebrations, as well as lots of stalls and children’s activities. Be sure to grab a copy of our Ration Bookstyled brochure for lots of great offers from local businesses and to find out more about what’s going on. Join in and be part of a great day!
Date: Friday 8th May 2020 Time: 9:45am to late Location: High Street, Ongar, Essex
info@ongartownfestival.co.uk
VE 75TH Anniversary When VE Day dawns on 8th May 2020 it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. Years of carnage and destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets and pubs to celebrate peace, mourn their loved ones and to hope for the future, but not forgetting those still in conflict until the 15th August when it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II.
