What's On 2026
We are building on the great effort from last year. Made from recycled film sets. over 80 toms of scenery! 1200 re enactors.
Take a look at the areas of the show below.
Various Areas at the festival
Welcome to Talbot Square. This is our main area of Civilian 1940s Britain
Here are many different aspects of life on the Home front. Here is where you will find many Civilian Re-enactors. You will also find many other set builds such as the 1940s houses, Millie’s Tea Room, Rialto Cinema, Gents Barber, Our own Shop, Nukes & Nickers, Talk of the Town Marquee, sweet shop and Home front farm
Here as part of our frontier town in the Pre 1900 field we have Kates Palace our very own 1880s Saloon. Well you will just have to come and take a look at what is going on here!!
In Talbot Square in the 1940s section you will find Millie’s Tea room. Our very own 1940s CAFE. serving hot drinks and even perhaps scones !!! Sit down and relax on the vintage furniture and listen to the music from the next door music venue The Talk Of the Town Marque.
Talbot Square in the 1940s section is the Rialto Cinema Building on the success of the Cinema last year we are expanding on this. There will be a small classic Cinema building with a foyer and seating for 30 people. You will be able to see some great films and newsreels throughout the weekend. Shown on vintage reel to reel projectors.
It’s free entry and we may give tickets out as souvenirs. There will be popcorn and snacks for sale as part of the experience. A time table of showings will be on the main event program closer to the show date.
In the Village green section. Located next to the beer tent. This is where all t
he main music and dance entertainment will be.
Here throughout the weekend there will be many different
acts. To be confirmed, but hopefully amo
ngst others, Dicky Lines, May Blossom Vintage Song Bird, Salisbury Big Band and Blitz T
ime Sally.
There will also be dance classes here if anyone would like to learn a dance.
A full program will be announced on the main event schedule closer to the time.
Sitting in Talbot Square this is our second largest music venue. Here we have mainly the Community Film Orchestra performing music scores from war films. Also here are different quest speakers through out the weekend. 
In the home front, The Vintage sweet shop will be open throughout the weekend too.
Different battles and line-ups will be presented in the Arena during the weekend.
Please take a look at the program in the downloads section (this will be updated as information becomes available).
In Talbot Square, New to or for 2026 is our very own vintage shop. We have so many things in our store which come to us from the Film Industry and items we have bought in the past.
To help raise funds for the show we have decided to let some of these items go to a new home. The shop will be an amazing place to visit having items for sale from the 200 year time periods of the show from bottles to missile cases. From Ballet Shoes to French knickers.
We may even be able to get together some merchandise for you.
Also at the show near the Village green. We have an onsite shop with a lot of the things you may need during the weekend – we can’t promise 1980s prices though!
In the German Sector we from the very beginning of our show. A set piece from a WW2 documentary, which is a build of a German U boat conning tower.
Our U is in dock and you will be able to see the German Kriegsmarine as they prepare to go back out to sea.
After the great success of last year, Tank rides will be back again this year. At only £10 for a ride it is so much value for money for such an incredible experience.
Over the last couple of years we have had helicopters join us and this is ever increasing. You can walk right up to these and speak to the pilots! This year we hope to have a Sea king too!
North Arika WW2 The Desert Rats are holding the Railway line at El Alamein. We built a 1 to 1 replica of the station! Come and play chess with the Rats!
In the development of our cold war period. We are developing the Berlin wall section of our show to remind people of what the end of the last cold war was like.
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Come and experience what it was like in the WW1 trenches. Meet the War horses if they are able to attend. The pictures speak a thousand words.
In our Pre 1900 field. American Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865.
This conflict was a defining moment in American history, marked by intense political and social divisions, and some of the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil, many of which hold almost mythological status, especially in the USA.
Find out more about Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, John Brown, Stonewall Jackson, Frederick Douglass and Stonewall Jackson. Learn about ‘The Union’ and ‘The Confederacy’. What happened at Gettysburg and why was it so significant.
In our pre 1900 Field lies one of the most amazing pieces of immersive creativeness.
The Frontier town is in fact Divided into two towns. You have “Sweet water” the good law Abiding dry town. The Wyoming born town is the most incredible place with the cowboys riding around on horse back, A wealthy town with a school and a Doctor. Though good this town does have its problems.
Then you have the next door town “Temptation”. A little more risque. Very much a wet town. Focused on party with an open air dance platform for Appalachian mountain dancers, Folk musicians and Cabaret Dancers.
This town also has the Saloon Bar which has it own tab here
In the Pre 1900 field, Step back in time and experience the sights, sounds, and even the smells of the past.
One of the most popular periods for military history buffs is the Napoleonic era, which spans from the late 18th century to the early 19th century.
We have many fantastic groups participating this year in this section. They will be living in their tents, cooking on fires. You will be able to see how they lived and how they fought.
Life during wartime. The Home farm with the Womens land army. Along side them other civilians who helped feed the country.
The Americans are here. Take a walk through the WW2 American camp.
Here are a few pictures of the British section WW2.
Up to the Gulf war and beyond. We have lots of modern kit which attends the show. 
Here In Talbot square we have a kids craft hall which is the 1940s Village hall.
Created and built by Re-enactors, Film, Television, and Theatre people. We re-use old film sets and recycle them to create new sets to then be part of out show. With the help of many friends, it will feel like you have just stepped through the screen of your TV into an old war film. Learn from being in the set, not from looking at it through a screen
It’s a show put on by Military & Vintage Enthusiasts for Military & Vintage Enthusiasts. The timeline of the show runs through 200 years of history from the Napoleonic era right the way through to Gulf War 1 including groups from times of America frontier and American Civil war.
Our aim is to create a friendly, good quality, non-commercial, non-profit show for Wiltshire. To celebrate the armed forces and help educate the public of the History, in a way of learn without learning through being immersed in history (like a Digital Detox). This also gives young people a chance to see what can be achieved with the use of art and crafting and a strong determination to make it happen.
There will be an arena with displays of vehicles and troops. There will also be all over site demonstrations going on from Vietnam to Home Front WW2 England.
We are keeping each area as different time periods in history. As well as over 1200 re-enactors and living history groups. These are some of the set builds made from recycled Film & TV sets throughout the 52 acres show which you will be able to visit.