Busfest 21 10th – 12th September 2021

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Busfest 21 10th – 12th September 2021





BUSFEST is CERTAINLY, UNDOUBTEDLY, PROBABLY, & DEFINITELY the BEST VW EVENT to go to for ALL VW TRANSPORTER FANS, FRIENDS & FAMILIES.

CERTAINLY – With a Full 3 days to keep you amused we will have the MOST comprehensive Entertainment programme for all ages of any VW Event. (We ARE still providing FREE evening entertainment).

UNDOUBTEDLY - We have use of the BEST Show ground and facilities in the country for staging our event (whatever the weather!!). With excellent fixed indoor (and outdoor) facilities, Welfare blocks (including showers), Restaurant & mobile Catering, good water supply, drainage and tarmac roadways we know you will have a good time when you are with us.

PROBABLY - We will be presenting the BIGGEST vehicle displays of any event (anywhere).

DEFINITELY - You will find we have the LARGEST Trade Area of ANY VW event (in the World!) with everything you may want (or not) for your Transporter. PLUS; a MASSIVE Vehicle Sales Area.

If you have any doubt as to what we are capable of achieving (or have not been to our events before then check out the info, comments & pictures on our face book page).

FAQ - (VERY) FREQUENTLY ASKED (AND ANSWERED) QUESTIONS...................

DATE FOR THIS YEARS EVENT:	10th - 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021
HOW MUCH ARE TICKETS?	SEE FEES SECTION
WHEN WILL I BE ABLE TO BOOK MY ADVANCE TICKETS?	WE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ADVANCE TICKETS FOR FAMILY, GENERAL, DOG FREE & DISABLED CAMPING AREAS
WHEN WILL BOOKINGS CLOSE?	CLUB BOOKINGS (USUALLY!) CLOSE END OF JUNE. OTHER CAMPSITE AREAS BOOKING WILL CLOSE WHEN WE ARE FULL
WHEN WILL TICKETS BE SENT OUT?	TICKETS WILL BE SENT OUT "ELECTRONICALLY" 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
ARE DOGS ALLOWED?	YES..... SEE NOTE ON DOGS HERE; BUSFEST - DOGS Many of you who come to Busfest bring dogs with you. We generally do not have a problem with that, as most of you are responsible dog owners who control and clear up after your animals. But every now and again things start to get out of hand, and we must remind you that being able to bring your dogs to Busfest is a privilege not a given. Many events at this showground and others do not allow dogs on site anymore. In the past we have come close to banning dogs at the event, but instead have introduced policies that have avoided that. We now have a “Dog Free” Camping area and have an exclusion policy for dogs in the enclosed evening entertainment venues. But now we are having to revisit this subject again as the sheer number of dogs attending the event and the behaviour of them (and some of their owners) is causing quite a few problems. In particular, within the Trade areas, dogs and their owners are NOT all acting responsibly, and we have had numerous incidents of dogs soiling traders stock and stands and owners not even attempting to control their dogs.
ARE DAY VISITORS ALLOWED? EXTRA ADULTS ARRIVING IN PRE BOOKED CAMPING UNITS?	BUSFEST 2020 IS NOW ROLED OVER TO 2021 The Pay on the Day, DAY VISITOR Charges are as shown; (2019 prices) FRIDAY - £15 SATURDAY - £20 SUNDAY - £15 Children under 16 years FREE ENTRY DAY VISITORS PLEASE NOTE - We are a 3 Day event, but although the TRADE AREA opens on the Friday SOME TRADERS MAY NOT BE TRADING ON THE FRIDAY. To be sure of getting the full trade area your are advised to attend the event on the Saturday or Sunday. The FULL event programme begins on the Saturday We will be able to take fees on the day at the gates for additional (unbooked) passengers arriving in vehicles already advance booked for camping. Price Per Adult is £55 We CANNOT accept any additional unbooked camping vehicles.
WHEN DO GATES OPEN?	FRIDAY 10TH SEPT 2021 AT 10:00. SATURDAY 11TH SEPT 2021 09.00 SUNDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2021 09.00 UNLESS YOU HAVE PERMISSION AND AS PASS TO ARRIVE BEFORE THAT TIME PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE AT THE SITE BEFORE THEN. ANY NON AUTHORISED CAMPERS OR PERSONS ARRIVING ON THE THURSDAY WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE SITE.
WHEN DO GATES CLOSE?	YELLOW GATE CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT. OTHER GATES WILL BE CLOSED EARLIER. (BROWN GATE CLOSES AT 22.00 ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT.)
POST CODE OF THE SHOWGROUND?	WR13 6 NW
ARE THERE SHOWERS ON SITE?	YES, THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE TEME, YELLOW & RED & STOCKMANS WELFARE BLOCKS & WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME MOBILE UNITS AS WELL AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE SITE
ARE ELECTRIC HOOKUPS AVAILABLE?	ONLY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS & DISABLED
CAN WE STOP OVER ON SUNDAY NIGHT?	NO SORRY WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE SITE AS SOON AS EVENT ENDS
WHAT ARE THE FANCY DRESS THEMES THIS YEAR?	We usually leave it all to you to with your own creative minds to come up with your own FANCY DRESS ideas for the event, and yep we have had some fantastic cosumes and themes appear every year. BUT, this year for those of you who might need a little guidance (& persuasion!) there are THREE very definitely THEMED EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS that you might like to really get to grips with and play (and dress!) the part...... IT IT REALLY UP TO YOU WHICH THEME (OR GENDER) YOU WANT TO BE....................... Check out our Entertainment page HERE (OF COURSE, THE MAIN SITE THEME AT BUSFEST WILL ALWAYS BE "VW TRANSPORTERS" )
WHERE CAN I SEE MORE PICTURES OF THE EVENT?	THE OFFICIAL BUSFEST FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ALL OF THE EVENT UPDATES IS LOCATED HERE LINKS TO ALL OF THE BUSFEST PICTURE ALBUMS IS LOCATED HERE;

 

[Dellmassive]

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[VanDamMan]

Tickets carried over from last year......Better start saving the pennies....Too many things on offer to buy

 

[Morris67]

Morning guys are there disabled shower facilities at the camp site as my wife is in a wheelchair

 

[VanDamMan]

Morning guys are there disabled shower facilities at the camp site as my wife is in a wheelchair

they do have lots of facilities but might be worth contacting them to answer your enquiry

 

[Dellmassive]

Facebook Notification from BUSFEST Yesterday.



BUSFEST NEWS - MARCH 2021

The recently announced government 'pathway to normality' plan has brought an influx of early announcements of upcoming events and festivals for this summer and later on in the year.

Although this is great news, and very encouraging for the industry and major festivals like ours, there is still a lot of planning to do.
We WANT to produce Busfest for you this year, and we are determined to go ahead and bring it to you. Our management are, as we speak, working through the various scenarios that are in front of us at the moment, but we need to get it right, rather than just saying “It's on” and then having to continually move the goalposts as the situation changes over the next few months.

There are a lot of hurdles we have to jump before we can give you a clearer picture of what we will be able to bring you this year – Will we have restrictions on numbers? Will we have the full show-ground infrastructure in place? Will we have to provide testing facilities? Will we still have to take into account physical distancing? etc. There are a lot of questions that we need to have answers to before we make an announcement on the shape and size of Busfest this year, and there are a few weeks of hard work in front of us yet.

Hopefully, Busfest this year will be it's normal self, but we are not going to 'jump the gun' with this, we want to make sure that we have all the information and necessary plans in place to ensure a safe and enjoyable festival for you before we give the go ahead. Please, bear with us while we work for you in the background, and we will make regular announcements on here as we learn more.

Our aim at the moment is to open up the online booking office for advance tickets, on April 12th. Those of you that already purchased tickets for last year's (2020) festival will not have to do anything to come to this year, as your tickets are automatically rolled over.

Keep watching this space for further information and thanks for your continued patience and support.

STAY SAFE EVERYONE
BEST WISHES FROM THE BUSFEST CREW
IN THE MEAN TIME...........................
At the moment all we can do is keep remembering what fun time we have all had at Malvern in the past and only imagine what we WILL be getting up to this year when we have our BUSFEST REUNION.

If you missed it first time round or want to relive some of your own Malvern Memories or just was to see what Busfest is all about check out the LINK below for the complete "Malvern Memories" set all in one hit.

https://www.busfest.org/.../busfest-2020-malvern-memories/

You can be sure that we are doing all we can to make sure we will be able to bring you some REAL NEW "Malvern Experiences and Memories" for Busfest 2021.
One of the things you can do is to continue to support our wonderful BUSFEST TRADERS by checking out our BUSFEST VIRTUAL TRADERS MARKET which is located HERE. on our TRADERS PAGE.

https://www.busfest.org/.../list-of-traders-currently.../

If you are at a bit of a loss as to what to do with all your spare time then we do have a very good selection of other media to look at;
YOU CAN VIEW ALL OF OUR BUSFEST (and Vanfest) MEDIA HERE;

https://www.busfest.org/gallery/busfest-media-albums-index/

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[S18RVW]

When you try to but tickets for Sunday it reads £50 each for adult ticket not £15 on the ticket page?

 

[Lord Mfwic]

Tickets booked.

 

[PeterB54]

In the process of booking the tickets for weekend camping and was trying for T6 forum but it wants a club code?
Help needed please

 

[Dellmassive]

In the process of booking the tickets for weekend camping and was trying for T6 forum but it wants a club code?
Help needed please

"The code to book club camping is “t6dubs “
Please note there is a space on the end" - @Pauly


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https://www.t6forum.com/threads/busfest-cancelled.14890/post-241571

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[Dellmassive]

Busfest

Busfest the world's largest VW Transporter show, held at eh base of the stunning Malvern Hills in Worcestershire

www.busfest.org

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BUSFEST NEWS - APRIL 2021
The recently announced government 'pathway to normality' plan has brought an influx of early announcements of upcoming events and festivals for this summer and later on in the year. Although this is great news, and very encouraging for the industry and major festivals like ours, there is still a lot of planning to do.

• It is a thankless task for event organisers trying to predict and plan for whatever situation we think will all be in when we get to our event
• We are currently working strictly within the Government Guidelines which means restrictions apply and there are still many unknowns ahead
• Our site numbers are STILL limited to just 4000 persons per day at the event.
• Many larger events are gambling on the possibility that all restrictions on numbers and social distancing are going to be lifted.

There is still NO guarantee that this will happen after June 21st.

• We are taking a much more cautious approach to ensure we (and you) will be able to enjoy Busfest this year.
• This means our booking system ticket sales will (initially) be restricted to conform to existing (current) legislation and we will continue to follow the official government roadmap.

When we are given the results of the Government “Review” on June 21st we will adjust our figures accordingly & make any other necessary changes.

By holding back now and acting sensibly within the rules we hope our event will be able to proceed, whatever the June 21st announcements bring.

• If the 4000 limit remains in place, then we will still be fully prepared (and able) to go ahead & not have to turn away thousands of disappointed Busfesters because we have allowed overbooking to happen.
• If and when the 4000 per day limit is increased, we will then still have time to take more bookings before the event to whatever limit is set.
• If there is sufficient headroom on numbers, we will also open up our system for (advance booking) Day Visitors.
• If the result of the review on June 21st makes it impracticable (or impossible) for us to proceed with the event we will Rollover the event for another year. That decision will be made on or before July 31st.
• If you already have booked tickets from our rolled over (2020) event you are already included in this total. You will receive your tickets (electronically – By Email) whenever the event does go ahead.
• This does also mean that at the moment there are not that many tickets left (once we take the 2020 already booked totals into consideration) so please get your booking in as soon as possible or you may have to wait until June 21st (or miss out) depending on what decisions are made on that date.
• If we do have to make the decision to roll the event over to 2022 then all ticket holders will have 4 weeks from the announcement being made to apply for a refund (or your booking will be automatically rolled over to the 2022 date)

HOW WE’VE PREPARED TO REOPEN

We look forward to welcoming you back to the showground soon.

To ensure the safety of our visitors, crew, volunteers showground staff and local communities we have been working closely with the Showground Staff & Worcestershire Regulatory Services and have their full support to run our outdoor events at the Showground, with the following controlled measures in place:

• Reduced visitor numbers to allow for social distancing measures.
• The ability to purchase advanced e-tickets to guarantee entry.
• Parking & camping allowing for social distancing.
• New signage informing visitors of safety measures.
• Hand sanitiser stations situated throughout the showground.
• Designated toilet block entrance and exits.
• Enhanced cleaning procedures
• Entry Point & Trade stand contactless payments (where possible)

IN SUMMARY

• Vanfest Limited (BUSFEST) is committed to running a safe and controllable event with the implementation of covid Safety measures on-site, as regulated at the time of the event.
• Your safety and the safety of our Service Suppliers and Crew remain our main priority
• Due to uncertainty in Government and Council guidelines, for outdoor events, we reserve the right to adjust its content, postpone (rollover) or cancel the event.
• The final decisions will be made on JULY 31st (6 weeks before the event) when, we can then make an accurate judgment, and if required, have time to refund and halt the event build-up process.

We look forward to seeing you ALL back at Malvern for a BUSFEST REUNION

For more information on the background as to why we are following this path please refer to the Government Guidance for Events

Keep watching this space for further information and thanks for your continued patience and support.

STAY SAFE EVERYONE

BEST WISHES FROM THE BUSFEST CREW



IN THE MEAN TIME...........................
At the moment all we can still remember what fun time we have all had at Malvern in the past and only imagine what we may begetting up to this year

Just to keep everyone in the BUSFEST mood we have posted up a series of "Malvern Memories" on our social media to reflect a bit on what might have been & also remember some of the fantastic times we have had in the past and hope to in the future when we are all able to meet up again at Marvelous Malvern.

If you missed it first time round or want to relive some of your own Malvern Memories or just was to see what Busfest is all about check out the LINK below for the complete "Malvern Memories" set all in one hit.

MALVERN MEMORIES 2020

In the mean time you can be sure that we are doing all we can to make sure we will be able to bring you some REAL NEW "Malvern Experiences and Memories" for Busfest 2021.

One of the things you can do is to continue to support our wonderful BUSFEST TRADERS by checking out our BUSFEST 2020 VIRTUAL TRADERS MARKET which is located HERE. on our TRADERS PAGE.

If you are at a bit of a loss as to what to do with all your spare time now you are not going to BUSFEST then we do have a very good selection of other media to look at;



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[PeterB54]

"The code to book club camping is “t6dubs “
Please note there is a space on the end" - @Pauly


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https://www.t6forum.com/threads/busfest-cancelled.14890/post-241571

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Thanks for the quick reply.
tickets all booked

 

[DeadRandom]

Having not been before we usually take a large tent with us camping with the T6 for the kids. It’s a 8mx4m beast I assume I need to book 2 plots to accommodate the large tent T6 combo. Also tents in the T6 forum club camping all good? Or should I just put us all in family? Thanks for any help

 

[moomin-j]

Booked

 

[Long tall John]

Booked (After trying five times)

We went last year as day visitors. Well worth it.

 

[Paul Greathead]

You can normally pay on the gate are they only doing tickets now?

 

[moomin-j]

@Paul Greathead - yes you can pay on the gate for a day ticket, this is just for wknd camping that folk are booking to be in the T6 Forum group

 

[Paul Greathead]

Ahh that’s good then I normally pay on the gate as I live 5 mins away..

 

[G.L]

It's a canny hike from Geordieland but I have bought tickets. First van owned, first VW fest ever. Hoping that (a) it happens and (b) my van gets converted in time!

 

[czmate1999]

Sent an email a while back asking for an update - we had tickets for last years event that should have carried over - still haven't heard anything back yet...

Anyone else had any luck?