Following the success of Liberation Day 2025, celebrating the 80th anniversary, planning is now underway for Liberation Day 2026.
The Liberation Day Oversight Board has started organising next year’s St Peter Port celebrations with several elements of the landmark 2025 event set to return, albeit on a smaller scale as 2026 isn’t a landmark year, such as the 80th anniversary. Work with parishes on local celebrations has also started.
In 2026, the family zone will return to the Crown Pier alongside the tea tent, which will move from the Town Terminus. The food village, local stallholders and music stage will all appear on Albert Pier.
Other returning programme highlights will include the cavalcade and individual and residential hampers, containing local produce for older members of the community. Hampers were delivered to over 1,000 people in 2025.
The success of Liberation Day relies heavily on the generosity, sponsorship and support of individual, local businesses. The organising committee and the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture are very grateful to all of those businesses, and in 2026, there will once again be plenty of opportunities to get involved and help create a day that celebrates both the islands heritage and community spirit.
Helen Glencross, Head of Culture & Heritage Services, said:
“Liberation Day 2025 was our biggest event yet, commemorating an amazing milestone in which we remembered 80 years since Guernsey was liberated. While the footprint will be smaller in 2026 as it isn’t a landmark year, such as the 80th, we remain committed to ensuring the day retains its significance. The commemorative aspect is as important as the celebrations, and we will continue to share the voices and stories of the wartime generation.”
Deputy Andy Cameron, Vice-President and Liberation Day Lead for the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture, said:
“Local community events such as Liberation Day are vital in bringing people together to celebrate and honour our island’s history - from school children to those who lived through the occupation.
“We are deeply grateful to the businesses and individuals who supported the 2025 event, but we now need more private organisations to step up and help us make this year’s celebrations as special as they should be and ensure all the elements of the day can be staged. Financial sponsorship is crucial, but so too is practical support. Volunteers offered through corporate social responsibility programmes can make a real and tangible difference to what we are able to deliver.
“I would urge any business that is able to support us, in any way, to get in touch and be part of creating a day the whole island can be proud of.”
Please contact Natalie Davidson, Event Organiser at [email protected] to find out more about the 2026 sponsorship opportunities.
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