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Saturday 9 May • Dorking Town Centre
Dorking is looking forward to a fantastic celebration on Saturday 9th May
Join us in the town centre from 12 noon – 4pm for…
Our VE Day celebrations in 2025 brought the town alive in a sea of red, white and blue, vintage touches and cream teas!
It received such an incredible response that we’re doing it all again this year with Dorking Vintage Day!
On Saturday 9th May we’ll be celebrating all things retro from 12pm – 4pm right in the heart of town. It’s Surrey Day too so double the excuse for revelry!
There will be:
St Martin’s Walk Car Park
- 🚗Vintage cars
- 🍦Ice Cream Van
- St Martin’s Walk
- 🎙️The Polka Dots return bringing live music through the decades
- 🎭Entertainment across the afternoon including a Ukelele Band, Live Love Perform and Rock Choir
- 🍸Dorking Distillery, Dorking Brewery, The Men’s Shed, Circular Dorking and Dorking Rotary Club Stalls
- 🎨Craft and Lego Sessions at Dorking Library
- 🍰Afternoon tea sampling at COOK
- 👗Vintage Fashion Stand
West Street
- 👗A vintage clothing pop-up market at King’s Arms Pub
- 🫖Vintage treats at Mullins and Putty Cakes
- 🖼️Activities at Displays at Talbot House Antiques, Pilgrim Antiques, Westcott and Williams and Schmidt Kitchens
- 💃Dance displays and refreshments at URC
- 📷Family activities at Dorking Museum
- ⛪Lucy’s Dance Project, Rampant Roosters and Laird Academy Dance Displays at the URC
High Street
- 🕺Downs Solicitors – 70’s Glam Rock Garden Party with singer Mandy Dineley Penny, free children’s games and crafts and 70’s buffet
- 🐴Vintage Horse Drawn Bus sponsored by Cunningham Eves Solicitors
- 🛵The White Horse – Vintage Motorcycles
- 🤩Optical Studio – 80’s themed photobooth
- 🍰Specsavers – Cake Sale in aid of Retina Charity
- 🎲Retro Games at Game N Play
- St Martin’s Church
- 🔔Visit the Bell Tower, Hand Bells and Vintage Curious Exhibits Display plus Refreshments in Church Grounds
- Old Kings Courtyard
- 🎶Music from Johnny Selmer and Noah Taylor
- Dorking Halls and DDOS
- 🎬Vintage Film Club at 7:30pm – Some Like it Hot
- 🎭Tea, coffee and cakes and theatre tours at DDOS Green Room Theatre
Plus look out for Dorkers around town!
From the 40s through to the 80s, you can dress the part for your favourite era – not essential, but 100% encouraged! It’s going to be a feel-good day of joy – full of history, style and community.