The 10th Gloucester Goes Retro is fast approaching - 23rd August!

Vintage fashion, retro music festival, hundreds of classic cars, all in one fabulous FREE family day out!

One of the highlights of the city’s vibrant festival calendar, Gloucester Goes Retro features over 500 classic vehicles filling the historic Gate Streets and Gloucester Docks. You will find famous car brands from yesteryear including Aston Martin, Jensen, Bentley, Triumph, Morris and Alvis to name just a few. Incredible vehicles from the 1900s through the Roaring Twenties and the War Years to the gleaming chrome of the fifties, the iconic designs of the Swinging Sixties, sports cars from the eighties and an instant nostalgia hit from nineties classics.​

​For music and dance enthusiasts, visit the Mariners Square Stage where you'll be serenaded by a host of retro acts and get your boogie on with swing dancing.​

Kings Square will be hosting vintage clothes and antique stalls, a Motown funk-loving disco and a 7hr Scaletrix competition hosted by The Commentators.  

Find out more here.

Dress up your team and your premises!

For 2025, we have added more dress-up competitions to encourage participation from businesses and attendees and we’d love you to take part. Exclusive to the businesses, there will be categories for Best Dressed Window & Best Dressed Team.

Winners will receive an award and additional publicity across the Gloucester Goes Retro marketing platforms (GGR’s website and socials, Visit Gloucester and Gloucester BID).

Email us here if you will be entering.

Promote your business!

We’d love to help showcase your retro-themed discounts or promotions, and show off what you’re doing on that weekend.

Let us know the details here and we'll include it in our Retro Weekend feature, which we'll be creating alongside Visit Gloucester.

Message us here.