Victoria Day is back on Saturday 7 June from 10am to 4pm in Aldershot town centre. This year’s theme is ‘wonderful water’ and we’ll be having some sea-rious fun!

• Event open 10am to 4pm on Union Street and Princes Gardens

This year, the carnival parade will be bigger and more colourful than ever before, with spectacular costumes and puppets. The amazing ‘Wonderful Water’ carnival parade leaves Princes Hall at 11am, ending at the High Street Multi-storey car park. Aldershot’s own Queen Victoria, Betty Bryce will be leading the procession of over 1,000 local people.

Visit Union Street, Wellington Street and Princes Gardens between 10am and 4pm for an ocean commotion of fun, free activities, fantastic craft and community stalls, live entertainment, fair rides, and delicious food and drink.

Head to Princes Gardens for live music, dance and workshops on the bandstand throughout the day, fishy themed make-and-take crafts, splash-tastic street theatre, a quiet storytelling area, fair rides and much more. Plus, don’t miss our circus skills area and aerial performers alongside Princes Gardens Surgery and a small classic car display in Princes Way from 12.30pm.

Over on Union Street, there’s watery stilt walkers, puppet performers, the Giant Bubble Man, face painters, hands-on creature encounters, Lego building and lots more live music and dance.

Water you waiting for?!

Aldershot Victoria Day Parade

Parade from 11am-noon, travelling from Princes Hall to the High Street Multi-Storey Car Park

• Over 1,000 people take part in the carnival parade each year
• Amazing water themed costumes
• ‘Wonderful Water’ themed
• Why not sign-up for free to join the carnival parade at rushmoor.gov.uk/victoriaday? Everyone is welcome!

Aldershot Victoria Day Street Theatre & Live Entertainment

Watch out for our lively lifeguards at Victoria Day on 7 June! Perched high on their chairs with their classic pool rules signs, the lifeguards attempt to impose the timeless values of the municipal baths onto the streets of your town! Spot the Lifeguards performing throughout the town on the day. #fairlyfamousfamily

Meet the Fairly Fresh Fish Company at Victoria Day on 7 June! See prawns dancing and an octopus come to life, witness stirrings in the jellied eel jar and a worrying seafood smoothie! Spot them performing throughout the town on the day. #fairplaytheatre

You can have some sea-rious fun at Victoria Day on 7 June! Everyone is invited to operate the half dozen handles which launch 12ft tall George the Dragon into a grand display of hand cranked contraptioneering. He plays music, blows bubbles and displays the joys and ingenuity of mechanical engineering. Spot George performing throughout the town on the day.

Sun, sand, seagulls! The Big Dippers are all at sea for some summertime fun. Donald has his brand new invention, a bellows camera, why not stop for a seaside photograph? You might be in for a surprise! Spot them performing throughout the town at Victoria Day on 7 June. #rhubarbtheatre

Hoist the flag and shout Aye-aye! The Admirable Admirals will be dropping anchor at Victoria Day on 7 June. Nelly, Bones and Fred will be battling flying fish, each other and any unsuspecting passers-by with their water pistols and salty sea-dog ways! Spot them performing throughout the town. #rhubarbtheatre

Professor Patel’s Bollywood Punjeet and Judy-gee Show follows the travails of Punjeet as he tries to be a good husband and father, failing miserably in this imaginative modern day twist on the traditional Punch and Judy. The show is drenched in fun and will be performed throughout the day at Victoria Day and it is perfect for all the family, with razor sharp satire for adults! #jackinabox

Meet beautiful sea creatures and wonderful watery animals who will be strolling through Union Street and Princes Gardens at Victoria Day on 7 June. Why not take a shell-fie?

Aldershot Victoria Day Free Activities

Have a whale of a time with Steamship Circus in their little big tent at Victoria Day on 7 June, where you can try your hand at plate spinning, diablos, juggling, unicycling, and even the aerial hoop! Dive into the fun in Princes Gardens throughout the day to take part.

Our favourite Bubbles Man will be causing an ocean commotion at Victoria Day on 7 June. Marvel as giant bubbles fill the sky! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles and even hat shaped bubbles! #bubblesman

Join Amanda from Merry Go Round Storytelling for some calming story adventures from the salty seas at Victoria Day on 7 June. Sessions run throughout the day on Wellington Street.

Dive into the fun with lots of FREE activities at Victoria Day on 7 June. Children can create their own oar-some bubbly bath foam, have a whale of a time at the Lego tent, and wave hello to the bees in their hives! There’s also fair rides in Princes Gardens (small charge applies) and classic cars on Princes Way from 1-4pm.