1940's Ropergate & WHEELFEST25

Name: 1940's Ropergate & WHEELFEST25
Start: 2025-06-14T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-14T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Pontefract Town Centre

Schedule

Sat Jun 14 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Pontefract Town Centre | Pontefract, EN

For 2025, we are again bringing you Ropergate as a 1940’s celebration zone, marking the contribution that Pontefract and its people made during the WW11 bringing in more military vehicles, exhibitions and music to Ropergate, alongside the car displays in other parts of town. In 2024 Ropergate businesses dressed their windows in a 1940-style,and we welcomed visiting reenactment groups, a second stage was run in Ropergate with 1940's entertainers.
This runs alongside WHEELFEST and will be our forth annual classic and vintage vehicle display held in the town centre. It is run by Pontefract Civic Society and is licensed by Wakefield Council, with support from their markets team and KLH Events. This is an event with a difference, as it sits alongside the usual Saturday market, and will include at least four local charity stalls in the heart of the town centre. As it’s a Saturday, all shops, bars and cafes are open for business; there’s a 40-stall craft fair in St Giles Church, numerous other activities, plus a pop-up stage with local entertainment and live radio broadcasts Rhubarb Radio at the Buttercross. It is very much a family day with exhibits, entertainment, children’s rides and a costumed character parade. What’s more, it’s FREE to vehicle exhibitors and FREE for the public to attend.
In June 2024, we exhibited around 80 cars, bikes, a fire engine, old police cars, vintage trucks, 'celebrity vehicles' from TV and the movies; it was amazing, the town centre was busy, and we had positive feedback from exhibitors, local businesses, the council and the public. The library had various free children's activities; the whole event was a great success.
It is very much a family day with exhibits, entertainment, children’s rides and a costumed character parade. What’s more, it’s FREE to vehicle exhibitors and FREE for the public to attend.
FOR STALLS, contact klhevents@mail.co.uk
FOR VEHCLES & DISPLAY EXHIBITS contact events@pontefractcivicsociety.org.uk