VE Day 80th anniversary concert and Beacon Lighting

The Vine Gardens, Sevenoaks TN13 3UH

8 May 25 - 18:30 to 21:00

The 80th Anniversary of VE Day on the Vine Gardens. with a free concert and Beacon Lighting.

Join us to mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day on the Vine Gardens. There will be a fish and chip van on the Vine Gardens from 6.30pm for you to purchase this traditional British meal, plus an ice cream van. The Vine cafe will be open and also the pavilion bar. Enjoy a free concert in the Bandstand from 6.30pm with the Jean Bentley Orchestra playing wartime tunes, and then join the procession to the war memorial and beacon for a tribute ceremony and Beacon Lighting at 8.30pm. There will also be a performance of I Vow to Thee My Country by Sevenoaks soprano Fiona Henry at the Beacon. The Beacon Lighting symbolises the bringing of light, as peace replaces the darkness of war.