Liberation Day 2026: Everything you need to know
BBCA number of events are set to get under way in Guernsey as the island celebrates 81 years of liberation.
Guernsey seafront will be closed all day for the event on 9 May, which marks the end of Guernsey's Nazi occupation during World War Two.
This year's celebrations will include live music, fireworks and a cavalcade. More than 100 military vehicles, vintage cars and motorbikes are planned to take part in the procession from Torteval to St Peter Port.
The Dean of Guernsey, the Very Reverend Tim Barker, who retires at the end of July, will lead a town church service at 11:00 GMT.
What, where and when?
Organisers said a parade would march from the White Rock at 09:40 and form up on the seafront to be inspected by Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Cripwell and Bailiff Sir Richard McMahon at 10:00.
It will then march along the seafront to the Town Church and back along the High Street to fall out in the Pollet.
A full programme of music and entertainment will take place throughout the day at Castle Cornet, where entry will be free. Music will also be playing between 11:00 and 22:30 at Albert Pier.
The tea tent will be open at Crown Pier between 11:00 and 17:00.
Organisers said the cavalcade would follow its usual route from Torteval to St Peter Port, setting off at 12:15.
It will arrive in town at 15:00 where it will form a static display allowing people the chance to see the vehicles up close. It will leave the seafront at 17:00.
There will be a fireworks display from La Vallette from 21:15. Organisers said visitors would get a "good view of the display from most points of the St Peter Port seafront".
The Last of the Light Brigade will bring the event to a close at 22:30.
Jersey and Guernsey were liberated on 9 May 1945, and Sark the following day, after five years of Nazi rule. Most of the inhabitants of Alderney, who had been forced to leave, could not safely return until 15 December - now marked as Homecoming Day.
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