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Wheelfest ‘25 & 1940’s Ropergate
- Contact Name:
- Sarah Colley
- Venue:
- Pontefract Town Centre
- Address:
-
Market Place
Pontefract - County:
- West Yorkshire
- Postcode:
- WF8 1AU
- Event Start Date:
- 14-06-2025
- Event End Date:
- 14-06-2025
- Email:
- events@pontefractcivicsociety.org.uk
Description:
This will be our fourth annual classic and vintage vehicle display held in the town centre. It is run by Pontefract Civic Society and is licensed by Wakefield Council, with support from their markets team and KLH Events. This is an event with a difference, as it sits alongside the usual Saturday market, and will include at least four local charity stalls in the heart of the town centre.
As it’s a Saturday, all shops, bars and cafes are open for business; there’s a 40-stall craft fair in St Giles Church, numerous other activities, plus a pop-up stage with local entertainment and live radio broadcasts from Rhubarb Radio at the Buttercross. It is very much a family day with exhibits, entertainment, children’s rides and a costumed character parade. What’s more, it’s FREE to vehicle exhibitors and FREE for the public to attend.
For 2024, we expanded the event still further using Ropergate as a 1940’s celebration zone, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day bringing in more military vehicles, exhibitions and music to Ropergate, alongside the car displays in other parts of town. Ropergate businesses dressed their windows in a 1940-style, and we welcomed visiting reenactment groups. A second stage was run in Ropergate with 1940's entertainers. The whole event was a great success, so much so that this is now a permanent feature of Wheelfest!
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