Every year, the D-Day Festival Normandy offers a programme of festive events to mark the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.
For ten days around 6 June, come and celebrate freedom regained on the D-Day Beaches.
The D-Day Festival Normandy is first and foremost a unifying event taking place throughout the D-Day coastal area, on Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach and Sword Beach.
Events are also being organised in Caen and Bayeux.
Parachute drops, parades of military and civilian vehicles, bagpipe concerts, popular dances, historical re-enactments, fireworks displays, exhibitions, documentary screenings… the programme is packed with festive and family events.
See you in June 2026 !
Important information: the events offered in this festival are intended to celebrate the freedom regained after the military operations of June 1944 in Normandy. The tourist offices that compiled this information have ensured in advance that the organizations offer all the necessary ethical guarantees. Visitors are expected to do the same and to respect the memory of those who fought and suffered.
Full D-Day Festival Normandy programme
The printed program will be available in early May 2026 at tourist offices and museums in the Battle of Normandy region.
You can also visit the website www.ddayfestival.com, which lists all the events of the D-Day Festival Normandy 2026.
D-Day Festival Normandy programme in Cœur de Nacre – Juno Beach
Credit : Yvon Bosquet
- A grand parade featuring 150 civilian and military vehicles from World War II, on June 5, 2026, departing from the Hillman site in Colleville-Montgomery at 8:00 p.m. and proceeding to Creully Castle via Sword Beach, Juno Beach, and Gold Beach
- Liberation Ball, June 5, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., Salle Aubert, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
- Le Marathon de la Liberté, June 7, 2026, starting from Courseulles-sur-Mer at 9:10 a.m.: With over 30,000 participants every year, the event is now among the top 5 largest running events in France.
- La Berniéraise, June 6, 2026, Bernières-sur-Mer, starting at 10:00 a.m.: a large gathering of sailboats and rowboats in front of the Maison des Canadiens in Bernières-sur-Mer, on Juno Beach, to pay tribute to the Allied soldiers who landed on the beach.
Credit : Thomas Le Flo’ch
- Concert: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police “H” Division (Nova Scotia) Community Pipes, Drums, and Highland Dancers, June 6, 2026, 6:00 p.m., Juno Beach Center, Courseulles-sur-Mer
- Liberation Ball, June 6, 2026, evening, Courseulles-sur-Mer
- Radar Station 44 Festivities: June 13–14, 2026, Douvres-la-Délivrande: reenactment camp, exhibition of British, German, and civilian military vehicles, demonstrations of military communications equipment, exhibition on women in the military during World War II…
Full program from May 30 to June 14, 2026, currently being finalized.
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The event in video :
