The Volkswagen Owners Club of Great Britain spent the weekend at Viva Skeg Vegas 2026, held on the beautiful Revesby Park Estate in Lincolnshire, and it’s safe to say we came away impressed.
It’s been many years since we last visited the event. In fact, the last time we attended as visitors, Viva Skeg Vegas was still a gathering in a car park in Skegness. Fast forward to 2026 and the show has grown into one of the biggest and most popular classic Volkswagen events in the country.
One of our aims for 2026 has been to visit a few different events and experience some new corners of the Volkswagen show scene. Mighty Dub Fest had been recommended to us by several people, so when the opportunity arose to attend, we decided it was time to see what all the fuss was about.
Held in the stunning surroundings of Alnwick Castle, Mighty Dub Fest has grown into one of the UK’s best-known VW and family-friendly festivals. Unlike many traditional weekend shows, the event runs from Thursday through to Sunday, offering visitors a longer festival experience packed with live music, entertainment, camping and, of course, Volkswagens.
The Volkswagen Owners Club of Great Britain spent the weekend at VW Festival’s Spring Social, and we’ve arrived home feeling rather refreshed after what turned out to be a cracking early-season event.
Held in its now-familiar laid-back style, Spring Social once again delivered a pleasing blend of show cars, camping, live music and an easy-going social atmosphere… all helped along by some glorious spring sunshine (once we’d scraped
Our 2026 VW show season officially kicked off last Sunday with a return visit to Camper Mart at the Telford International Centre, and we’re pleased to say it definitely wasn’t a one-off success.
As a relatively new addition to our events calendar, Camper Mart is quickly proving itself to be a worthwhile early-season show. We had another great day on the Volkswagen Owners Club of Great Britain stall, chatting with visitors, catching up with members, and shifting a healthy amount of club merchandise and officially licensed VW goodies.
This past weekend, the Volkswagen Owners Club of Great Britain headed to VW Festival at Harewood House, near Leeds. Established back in 2005, this is a show I’ve attended almost every year (sometimes as a visitor, sometimes as a trader), and I’ve loved watching it grow into one of the UK’s biggest and best VW events.
Over the years, we’ve seen it evolve from a traditional VW show into more of a full-on festival. This year, that evolution continued… but perhaps it’s tipped a little too far away from its VW roots.
Last weekend saw us make our annual pilgrimage over the Pennines to the beautiful grounds of Tatton Park in Cheshire for the ever-popular Tatton Park VW Show – or VWNW, as some may remember it.
We headed over on Saturday afternoon, squeezing in a cheeky stop at Cheshire Oaks (because who can resist a bit of outlet shopping?) before heading to the park to set up our club stall ready for the early Sunday rush.
Last weekend, we packed up and headed for the fields above Whiston in Rotherham to take part in Dub Odyssey 2025, hosted by the Sheffield VW Owners Club. The show has expanded into a four-day VW festival, with early birds arriving as soon as Thursday to make the most of the summer sun.
Unfortunately, our regular work commitments meant we couldn’t enjoy the sunshine on Thursday and Friday. We set up our stall on Thursday evening and returned after work on Friday to catch the last of the evening rays before the wet weekend arrived.
We’ve just returned from an amazing weekend at the VW Festival Spring Social Camp Out, and what a brilliant few days it was!
The atmosphere throughout the weekend was fantastic – we loved seeing so many familiar faces, with plenty of people stopping by our club stand to stock up on extra goodies. It’s always special to catch up with friends we’ve met at previous shows and to share the experience with so many passionate VW enthusiasts.
Last weekend, we hit the road once again for another fantastic VW event—this time, it was Camper Mart, held at the Telford International Centre on 2nd February. This was our first time attending Camper Mart, as we’re looking to vary our event calendar in 2025, and we were keen to see what this show had to offer.
One unique aspect of Camper Mart is that it runs alongside Tattoo Freeze, a
Approaching a VW Show is always a buzz. On the 30th of August 2024, our bog-standard family wagon slipped neatly into a convoy of modified air and water-cooled VWs as we meandered through the country roads around Poddington. A sense of pride flowed through me as one child described to another what a swamp cooler on the side of a cal-look Beetle was for, and how it’s cool in more than one sense of the word.
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