Find out how you and your community can celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
The traditional May bank holiday has be moved to the beginning of June in honour of the Jubilee weekend, creating an extra Bank Holiday
70 years of The Queen's reign
The Queen came to the throne on 6 February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2 June 1953. She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years) in 1977, her Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 2002 and her Diamond Jubilee (60 years) in 2012. Never before has a British monarch celebrated 70 years on the throne, with Queen Victoria’s reign being the second longest at 63 years
Find out how you and your community can celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee:
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Events in Leicester and Leicestershire
Platinum Jubilee weekend, which runs from Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 June, will be filled with exciting events, but 2022 should be a year of celebration for the whole country.
In Leicestershire, communities, civic groups, emergency services, schools, colleges and universities, and businesses can come together to celebrate the historic milestone by holding street parties, tea parties, concerts, community fetes, carnivals and parades, barbeques, religious services, open gardens or litter picks.
Funding is available for certain types of events. Check to see if you could apply for funding for your event.
Planning an event or street party?
Register your event
To close a street or road to traffic, you must complete sections 3 and 4 of the event registration form.
All fees associated with the legal application have been waived for Queen’s Jubilee events and the application time reduced to 6 weeks.
The deadline to submit your application for a road closure is Friday 15 April 2022.
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