Diamond Jubilee celebrations

This year's Diamond Jubilee marks 60 years of the Queen's reign. National celebrations will take place over the long weekend of 2-5 June 2012.

As part of the celebration weekend, The Big Jubilee Lunch will take place on Sunday 3 June 2012.

Visit DirectGov for the latest news on the range of events planned.

Street parties

If you would like to organise a street party or any other event on the road, you must apply for a Road Closure Order as soon as possible. You can download the form from the related links on our organising street parties and events page.

The Department for Culture, Music and Sport offers great advice about organising street parties.

Licences and temporary event notices

If you are organising a neighbourhood street party a licence is not normally needed if you plan to provide alcohol for free at your event.

If you want to sell alcohol you will need a 'temporary events notice' which costs £21.

You can serve and sell food up to 11pm without a licence.

You don't need a music licence, whether the music is live or prerecorded, as long as:

• your street party is a private party for residents
• the music has not been advertised in advance to attract people or to make money

If you are planning a major event, particularly where the sale of alcohol will take place, you may need a temporary events notice.

If you would like to hang bunting from street lighting, you must get permission from Surrey County Council. It is against the law to put bunting over, along or in the highway without first obtaining permission from the highway authority.

What you have planned?

Having a street party or community event to celebrate? We will have a special Diamond Jubilee listings section on our website closer to the time. You can also follow us on Twitter for updates.

Once you have permission for your event, you can add it to our events diary.

Get more information and advice

• Organising a street party (Direct.gov)
• See the main events of the central weekend marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
• See 60 facts about the Queen, the second longest serving Monarch.
• More info on the Diamond Jubilee weekend from Direct Gov