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Leeds Armed Forces Day

28 June 2026
Briggate, Leeds City Centre

PROUD TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT

Armed Forces Day is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families, veterans and cadets.

Hosted by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Leeds will celebrate Armed Forces Day on Sunday 28 June, 11am – 4pm with a free event on Briggate in Leeds City Centre. The day will include a parade, stalls, stands and exhibitions, plus activities for the whole family to get involved with. The Army, Navy and Air Force will all be present. Civic buildings will be lit up red, white and blue on Leeds Armed Forces Day.

STALL HOLDERS

Two people browsing a stall at the Armed Forces Day event
  • LYPF NHS Trust
  • City of Leeds Sea Cadets
  • The Army Benevolent Fund
  • Help for Heroes
  • Leeds Ukrainian Community Organisation
  • Leeds Nepalese Gurkha Community (LNGC)
  • Yorkshire Trench Great War Workshops
  • 4th Battalion Parachute Reserve Regiment
  • Royal British Legion
  • Royal Engineers Association – Leeds Branch
  • SSAFA
  • Blind Veterans UK
  • HMS Ceres
  • RAF Reserves
  • Guide Dogs
  • Royal Armouries
  • RNLI
  • Tac II Air Assault Team

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Come and enjoy a fantastic range of family friendly activities at the event. Try your hand at our climbing wall. Live entertainment throughout the day includes the West Yorkshire Police Band, City of Leeds Pipe band, former “The Voice UK” contestant Rachel Modest, and the ever popular Daisy Belles. Plus a dazzling array of street entertainers throughout the day on Briggate, and don’t miss the big parade, which leaves Victoria Gardens at 11am, to march up the Headrow and finish on Briggate.

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A child wearing camouflage military-style clothing stands beside an adult in uniform with a red beret, both giving thumbs up in front of a display vehicle covered in netting. Zoom in People gather around a military display vehicle draped in camouflage netting while a person pushes a stroller past the scene on a sunny city street. Zoom in A marching group of bagpipe players in traditional tartan kilts and tall black feathered hats perform on a busy pedestrian street lined with shops and spectators. Zoom in A family poses with two performers dressed as green toy soldiers, who are holding plastic toy guns and standing in front of a black event tent on a pedestrian street. Zoom in A group of army cadets in camouflage uniforms stand in a line in front of a green tent labelled “Yorkshire (North & West) Army Cadet Force,” holding leaflets on a city street. Zoom in A person in a dark blue military-style uniform stands beside the propeller of a vintage aircraft displayed in a public square decorated with Union Jack flags. Zoom in Four Royal Naval Reserve personnel stand behind a recruitment display table outside a mobile exhibition unit, Zoom in

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