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Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 19 Jul 2012
Ok Guy's
Some of you know that I meet with Chris Evans a few times each year.....
Well I've managed to get us a stand at CARFEST
Car-Fest is the dream of Chris Evans, a perfect family festival encompassing his love for cars, music and food: in fact fun for all the family, to be held at Laverstoke Park on the 24th - 25th August & Cholmondeley Castle on the 7th- 9th September 2012.
Full details of the event can be found at www.carfest.org
Although tickets to the public were sold out within minutes of the event going on sale.
I have organised for 7 cars at each show North & South at £60 a car (that pays for the pitch & money to Children in Need)!
This includes the club stand (20 x 5m) 7 Saturday & 7 Sunday (adult) passes for each club.
All the cars need to be on site by 8am to gain access to their club pitch, and would be unable are able to leave till after 6pm.
LAYOUT OF CLUB STAND
• We are required to bring SEVEN of your best club examples to display
• We will be able to set up our club pitch and place cars into position on our club stand from Friday
• Cars to stand on grass within the Estate
• Cars will not be able to be move during the event (between 8am & 6 pm each day), once they have been positioned on your club stand between 8am and 6pm each day
• We have created a standardized layout and look for Car-Fest Car Clubs stands consisting 17 x 5m per club with an area of 3 x 3m at the end of the stand for a gazebo/ marquee no bigger than 3 x 3m in size to put any seating or tables you may require for club members. Total Club area of 20 x 5m per club
Marquees and furniture (teak or chrome) can ONLY be ordered through Car-Fest suppliers costs as follows:
1. Marquee 3m x 3m £150 plus VAT
2. Table and four chairs £100 plus VAT
• Gazebos /Marquees larger than 3m x 3m, flags and large branding boards are not permitted. If we wish to display car information individual boards may be placed inside the car window or in front of each car
EXHBITOR PASSES
• As a club you will receive 14 passes (two adults per car) per day. Each pass will also be valid for setup day Friday 7th September. (I need to clarify this tomorrow)
STAYING AT CAR-FEST
• A list of local accommodation will be made available to you on request. However camping onsite is available to all club stand members – to camp the cost is £100 per tent for up to 4 nights from the Thursday, with no restriction on tent size. Showers, toilets and a catering facility selling food and drink will be available close by.
SECURITY
• Car-Fest will provide security during the event which will start on the Friday through to Monday Morning.
PM me urgently if your interested. The line up of live acts and cars is outta this world!
Kind regards
D
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Guinney1971 - 19 Jul 2012
would love to but.............. no way we can afford this, sorry
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - stunned_monkey - 19 Jul 2012
I'd like to sign up Steve Wiggins for the south show (although he doesn't know about this yet...!). It'd be a heck of a first show for his new car...
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 19 Jul 2012
We need 7 cars each day, so if you only wanted to do 1 day and we had a "replacement" car on the other day it'd be £30 each.
So don't let the cost put you off, get your name down quick. :wink:
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 19 Jul 2012
Live Bands include
Saturday
Bands include Texas, Paloma Faith, The Proclaimers, The Counterfeit Stones & Rockaoke.
Sunday
Bands include Razorlight, The Magic Numbers, Merrymouth & The Ultimate Eagles
Lots of Celeb's there too
George Michael tbc plus a few other "surprise" acts.
It's a small "private" type event so your guaranteed to get close to all the action. and for £30 a day, what a bargain!
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Guinney1971 - 19 Jul 2012
like you say Darren, very tempting at *only* £30 a day, but its the additional costs, like
camping, gazebo's and something to sit on (as outlined in your post).
I know its all for charity, but sadly this event is way out of my family's financial means.
Sorry mate, wish we could help out, as it sounds an amazing event
If you send Eddie the details however, you may be able to get this event in the next magazine in time for people to
sign up for it - only a small percentage of Club members use this forum, so you'll get a wider
audience putting it in the Club mag. I will cross post this to the Club's Facebook and Twitter pages
though for you.
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 19 Jul 2012
Thanks for helping to spread the word Claire.
I'd love to have you there. Chairs and gazebos are not compulsary, and you dont have to camp, you could get a local B&B or just do 1 day?
It's a great deal considering Joe Public who bought the initial entrance tickets paid 3 times that and will park in a public car park away from all the action. :wink:
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 20 Jul 2012
Right, spoke with the powers that be....
With our stand we get space for 7 cars and 14 passes each day. (children under 5 need no pass)
Price for a car is £60 so thats £30 per head for the whole weekend.
This could be halved if we had substitute cars each day which would bring it down to £15 per head per day. BARGAIN.
Once the pitch is paid for if we don't get 7 cars we could use the passes for those who'd like to attend without car, but to be fair I do hope we can put on a good display of cars. Cars get the first tickets.
We can bring our own chairs and gazebo's (no larger than 3m x 3m), so no extra cost there either.
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Guinney1971 - 20 Jul 2012
someone like me would have to pay £60, not £30, as I'd have a 2yr old with me.
Like I said Darren, I'd love to help, but I cannot afford it, especially when you factor in
food, petrol and accomodation.
Good luck with it though, I'm sure there are folks much more solvent then myself who will
jump at this amazing opportunity - I've posted this on Facebook and Twitter as promised
for you.
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 20 Jul 2012
I understand Claire, no worries.
I dont get your maths though as a 2 year old would be free. :wink:
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - JohnC - 22 Jul 2012
Quick question, I've maybe missed something.... what is there to 'setup' on Friday?
If the stand in preconfigured, and the exhibitors are chipping in for a marque, presumably the organisers put that up? Can't we just turn on the Sat/Sun morning?
Any thoughts comments from the organisers on what happens if it gets particularly muddy, I'm guessing with the music element included there will be more footfall than the average car show (Tatton park which is a within 20 miles springs to mind).
I'm already booked for the Knight Rider event the week before, so I'll need to persuade work to let me have multiple weekends off before I can commit, but sounds like fun.
JohnC
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Darren C - 23 Jul 2012
Hi John,
Yes you can just turn up on the Satuday/Sunday, set up day is for those with stalls or if you'd just like to get there and pitch your tent early etc.
Would be good to have you there :wink:
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Rich H - 23 Jul 2012
I'm up for this...
If we decide we actually need them we can now take our own gazebo and chairs so don't need to stump up for those.
I've got two perfectly good leather seats in the D and I don't intend to sit around all day any way!
Rich
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Guinney1971 - 23 Jul 2012
Darren C Wrote:I understand Claire, no worries.
I dont get your maths though as a 2 year old would be free. :wink:
I thought it was £60 a car.... so you're saying its £30 per person... ?
Re: Chris Evans BBC Children in Need CARFEST - Guinney1971 - 23 Jul 2012
actually, scratch that, I've just checked the diary and the Cholmondley one clashes with
an event we're already doing in Derbyshire.
I would have thought you'd have no problem getting cars to attend tho, as there are plenty
of owners in the Northwest
Hopefully this event will make it into the Club mag and you will get the cars you need for
both locations.