Start time Display or activity Performers Zone Location

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Start time Display or activity Performers Zone Location
10.00am Ships open and living history commences. All All zones
10.30am Field Gun Competition  HMS Nelson & HMS Sultan  Present Display Arena
Sing Along Show – 1940s & 50’s Mill Ryth Holiday Village Past Main Rd/Anchor Lane corner
11.00am Victorian song and dance The Festival Players Past Outside Boathouse 7 
Meet Your Naval Ancestors – a short talk Ian Mackenzie Past Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate
11.15am Royal Marines action packed VIP rescue  From 40 Commando Royal Marines Present Display Arena
Miniature Fleet Review Surface Warship Association Past Model Boat Display Arena
11.30am C18th Redcoats and musket firing The Association of Crown Forces 1776 Past Victory Arena
Royal Navy Volunteer Band Concert RN Volunteer Band  Past St Ann’s Church
Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply) Earley Days Past Port Arena
Nelsonian cutters on the water with firing display* (*Sat & Sun only)  Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat&Sun)The Historical Maritime Society  Past Start from Camber dock
Victorian Military drums (Sat only) The Fort Cumberland Guard Past Victory Gate
Popular hits from Adjutant General Corp   Adjutant General Corp  Future Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty
Noon Drill and firing display by Napoleonic riflemen   2nd Battalion, 95th Rifles Past Victory Arena
Victorian dockworkers The Festival Players Past Outside Storehouse No.9
Steam Pinnace gets up to steam (Sat & Sun only) Steam Pinnace 199 Past Camber Dock
Miniature Battleships mine sweeping Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team Past  Model Boat Display Arena
Sing Along Show – 1940s & 50’s Mill Ryth Holiday Village Past Main Rd/Anchor Lane corner
Paddy Taylor Paddy Taylor Future Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty
12.30pm

Old Sea Dogs (Fri))
Portsmouth Shantymen (sat)
Japanese Band Performance (sun)

 Future Ship Stage
The Band of the Japanese Navy 
Nelson’s first triumph - The Battle of the Nile 1799, an interactive display  Ancient Wisdom Past Port Arena
Talk about Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)  The Bluejackets Past Monitor M33
Victorian drill and musket firing (Sat only) The Fort Cumberland Guard Past Warrior Slipway
Hornpipe  RN Physical Training Team  Past Victory Arena
12.45pm Sniffer Dog Display MOD Police Dog Team  Present Display Arena
1pm Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply) Earley Days Past Port Arena
1.06pm Search and Rescue Harbour Display 771 Sqn RN Search and Rescue All Zones Harbour and Big Screens
1.15pm C18th sailors' clothing and weapons, including musket firing. The Senior Service Past Victory arena
Miniature Fleet Review Surface Warship Association Past Model Boat Display Arena
1.30pm Royal Marines action packed VIP rescue  From 40 Commando Royal Marines Present Display Arena
C18th cannon drill and firing The Association of Crown Forces 1776 Past Victory Arena
Nelsonian cutter on the water, plus (Sat & Sun) 23 foot launch.  Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat & Sun) The Historical Maritime Society Past Start from Camber dock.
Royal Navy Volunteer Band Concert RN Volunteer Band  Past St Ann’s Church
Squadron Scramble! Interactive Battle of Britain display  Ancient Wisdom Past Port Arena
Sing Along Show – 1940s & 50’s Mill Ryth Holiday Village Past Main Rd/Anchor Lane corner
Suppression of the Slave Trade – a talk Admiralty Librarian Jenny Wraight Past Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate
Old Sea Dogs (Fri)) Samba(sat) Batala Portsmouth Future Ship Stage
2pm Royal Navy Historic Fly past  RN Historic Flight All Zones Harbour and Big Screens
Field Gun Competition  HMS Nelson & HMS Sultan  Present Display Arena
2.10pm Victorian song The Festival Players Past Outside Boathouse 7
Royal Navy cutlass drill (and a chance for children to have a go with foam “swords”  The Bluejackets Past Camber Dock
Popular hits from Adjutant General Corp   Adjutant General Corp  Future Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty
2.30pm Nelson’s first triumph Ancient Wisdom Past Port Arena
World War One gas mask drill (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service) The Bluejackets Past Monitor M33

Victorian Military drums
(Sat only)

 The Fort Cumberland Guard Past Victory Gate
Organ Recital Various Artists Past St Ann’s Church
2.30pm Miniature Battle of Trafalgar Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team Past  Model Boat Display Arena
Royal Naval Division Admiralty Curator Kate Brett Past Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate
3pm C18th Redcoats and musket firing The Association of Crown Forces 1776 Past Victory Arena
Victorian dance The Festival Players Past Outside Boathouse 7 
Pirate school for children (a small charge will apply) Earley Days Past Port Arena
Gun Drill (Sat & Sun only) Alabama Crew Past On board HMS Warrior
Raw Samba (Fri only) Raw Samba Present Display Arena
Pipe Band (Sun only) Rose & Thistle Pipes & Drums Present Display Arena
3.05pm Coastguard, Royal National Lifeboat Institute Air Ambulance Fly Past  Coastguard & RNLI All zones Harbour and Big Screens
3.15pm Pipe Band (Sat only) Rose & Thistle Pipes & Drums Present Display Arena
3.30pm Nelson’s first triumph  Ancient Wisdom Past Port Arena
Steam Pinnace gets up to steam Steam Pinnace 199 Past Camber Dock
Nelsonian cutters on the water with firing display* (*Sat & Sun only) Victory Cutter Crew & (Sat & Sun) The Historical Maritime Society  Past Start from Camber dock.
Hornpipe  RN Physical Training Team  Past Victory Arena
Sing Along Show – 1940s & 50’s Mill Ryth Holiday Village Past Main Rd/Anchor Lane corner
Destruction of U 678 off Beachy Head – a talk Historian Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones Past Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate
Japanese Band Performance  (sun only) The Band of the Japanese Navy  Future  Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty Ship Stage 
3.45pm Raw Samba (Fri & Sat)Portsmouth Shantymen (Fri&Sat) Future
4pm Victorian drill and musket firing (Sat only) The Fort Cumberland Guard Past Warrior slipway
Pirate school Earley Days Past Port Arena
Drill and firing display by Napoleonic riflemen  2nd Battalion, 95th Rifles Past Victory Arena
Victorian song and dance The Festival Players Past Outside Storehouse 9
4.15pm Maritime Assault Display Royal Marines from 40 Commando All Zones Harbour and Big Screens
4.30pm Squadron scramble!  Ancient Wisdom Past Port Arena
Talk about Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service) The Bluejackets Past Monitor M33
C18th sailors' clothing and weapons, including musket firing. The Senior Service  Past Victory Arena
4.30pm The Admiral’s War: Admiral Sandy Woodward and the Falklands Historian Stephen Prince Past Naval Historical Branch next to Samson Rd Gate
Old Sea Dogs Future Ship Stage by Southwest Wall Jetty Ship Stage
4.45pm Last Entry onto Ships All Zones
5.00pm Red Arrows Display (Fri only) Red Arrows All Zones Harbour and Big Screens
Beating the Retreat  The Band of HM Royal Marines - Portsmouth Present Display Arena 
5.25pm Beating the Retreat (Fri only) The Band of HM Royal Marines - Portsmouth Present Display Arena 

 

Ongoing programme highlights to enjoy

          Past Zone

  • Find out about Tudor food and see it cooked on the Mary Rose’s replica galley, with The Mary Rose Museum and joining them on Saturday and Sunday, The Tudor Group.
  • Meet Confederate officers, sailors and gunners of The Alabama Crew on board HMS Warrior 1860. (Sat and Sun only).
  • See WWI crewmen of The Bluejackets aboard Monitor M33 (supported by Hampshire County Council Museum Service)
  • Discover C18th to C19th living history in the Storehouse 10 colonnades
  • Visit the 1940’s and D-Day exhibit by the Portsmouth D-Day Museum by Anchor Lane.
  • See living history and displays commemorating the Battle for the Falklands in 1982, presented by Forces 80 by Boathouse 7.
  • See demonstrations of rope making and knot tying by the Victory Riggers in the Storehouse 10 colonnades and in the FSL Apprentices workshop see engineering through the ages near Anchor Lane.
  • See model boats from 19th century galleons to the modern serving fleet supplied by Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team, Portsmouth and District Power Boat Club and the Surface Warship Association.
  • Take a rare opportunity to visit St Ann’s Church in Anchor Lane to admire the Flower festival and listen to music.
  • Pop into the Naval Historical Branch to find out about your naval ancestors and how to research Family History every morning in the Naval Historical Branch.

          Present Zone

  • At Basin No.1 support the daring that are raising money for Marie Curie by tackling the highest and longest zip wire in the country.
  • Play up Pompey in the kids zone and have a go on climbing walls, bouncy castles, have a go penalty shoot out and your photo taken with the FA Cup (at certain times throughout the day)
  • Thrill seekers can experience life as a Harrier pilot in the simulator by HMS Illustrious

          Future Zone

  • Watch out for the Royal Navy Diving Display Team in a giant tank by HMS Illustrious.
  • Marvel at the size of the new CVF carrier being designed by BVT by checking out the distance between the towers.
  • Behind the scenes of the Royal Navy – a walk through exhibition of support given to all RN ships by BVT.
  • Experience engineering at first hand in the display by HMS Sultan Air Engineering School and get up close to the Field Gun north of HMS Illustrious.
  • Get up close to the weapons and talk to the people serving in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Royal marines tent adjacent to HMS Gloucester. 
  • See life on a modern day mine hunter in Basin No.2
  • Go aboard HMS Enterprise to sample modern day surveying techniques.
  • Chill out and listen to the Navy’s future talent on the Ship Stage. 
 
 
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