Top 78 classic adventures 2020
Classic off the road for winter? Then now’s the perfect time to get planning your 2020 adventures
Plan your year, from Bicester to LE JOG via Le Mans
January 5 January Scramble! Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire Eclectic New Year coffee meet bicesterheritage.co.uk 9-12 Autosport International NEC, Birmingham Motor sport world sets out its stall autosportinternational.com 16-19 Interclassics Maastricht Maastricht, Netherlands Dutch show is first biggie of the year interclassicsmaastricht.nl 29-February 5 Rallye Monte-carlo Historique Monte-carlo, Monaco Glitzy, gritty rally recreation acm.mc 30-February 2 Automotoretro Lingotto, Turin, Italy Italy gets the year started in style automotoretro.it February 5-9 Rétromobile Paris, France Sumptuous, art-deco-heavy highlight retromobile.com 8-9 Great Western Classic Car Show Royal Bath & West Showground,
‘The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show is the big show for pro and home restorations project alike’
Shepton Mallet, Somerset British show scene gets started gwa.bristolclassiccarshows.com 9 MG & Triumph Spares Day Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire Autojumble for the UK’S most popular classic cars mgandtriumphsparesday.co.uk 20-23 London Classic Car Show Olympia, London New venue for capital’s headline show thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk 21-23 Race Retro Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire Classic motor sport year starts here raceretro.com 27-March 1 Retro Classics Stuttgart Messe Stuttgart, Germany Big pre-essen indoor bash retro-classics.de
March 5-8 Amelia Island Concours
d’elegance Amelia Island, Florida, USA The US East Coast’s premier concours ameliaconcours.org 6-8 Antwerp Classic Salon Antwerp, Belgium Upscale, down-to-earth Belgian show antwerpclassicsalon.be 6-8 Phillip Island Car Classic Phillip Island, Australia Australia’s biggest classic race meeting phillipislandpoint.com.au
7-8 Rallye de Paris GT & Classic Paris, France
Glitzy trek from Paris to Longchamps rallystory.com 25-29 Techno Classica Essen Messe Essen, Germany Europe’s biggest indoor classic show siha.de 27-29 Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show NEC, Birmingham Big show for pro and home resto alike necrestorationshow.com
28-29 Goodwood Members’ Meeting Goodwood Circuit, Sussex
Season opens to exclusive race meet goodwood.com April 3-5 Flying Scotsman Chester-gleneagles Epic vintage drive north endurorally.com 17-19 La Jolla Concours d’elegance La Jolla, California, USA Californian concours scene gets going lajollaconcours.com 25-26 HSCC Brands Hatch Brands Hatch, Kent First major UK Gp-track race weekend
hscc.org.uk 26 Drive-it Day Events nationwide, UK Active day celebrates using classics fbhvc.co.uk 26 April Scramble Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire Spring morning meet - book early Bicesterheritage.co.uk 30-May 2 Manx Classic Isle of Man Classic rally in TT territory manxmotorracing.com May 1-3 Donington Historic Donington Park, Derbyshire The first big UK motor sport festival of 2020 doningtonhistoric.com 13-16 Mille Miglia Brescia-rome, Italy Exclusive Italian road-race retread 1000miglia.it 16-17 Silverstone International Trophy Silverstone, Northamptonshire Historic single-seater competition hscc.org.uk 16-17 Beaulieu Spring Autojumble Beaulieu, Hampshire First big parts-rummage of the season beaulieu.co.uk 22-24 Spa-classic Spa-francorchamps, Belgium Seventies-flavoured 24h tribute peterauto.peter.fr 22-24 Concorso d’eleganza Villa d’este Como, Italy Europe’s premier concours concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com 23-24 La Vie en Bleu/la Vita Rosso Prescott Hill Climb, Gloucestershire Classic Franco-italian hillclimb show prescott-hillclimb.com 24-25 Motorsport at the Palace Crystal Palace, London Classic racing in the heart of London motorsportatthepalace.co.uk 29-31 Historic Winton Winton, Australia Nostalgic Aussie race-and-show fest historicwinton.org 30-31 Pau Historic Grand Prix Pau, France Frantic single-seater street racing grandprixdepau.fr June 2-7 Modena Cento Ore Modena, Italy Exclusive Italian road-rally modenacentooreclassic.it 6-7 Coventry Motofest Coventry, Warwickshire Classics take over Cov, huge and free coventrymotofest.com 6-7 HSCC Donington Donington Park, Derbyshire Classic racing, classic circuit hscc.org.uk 6-7 Thruxton Historic Andover, Hampshire New-ish meet has Seventies themes thruxtonracing.co.uk 10-11 London Concours Honourable Artillery Company, London Bijou concours, historic surroundings londonconcours.co.uk 20 Castle Combe Rallyday Castle Combe, Wiltshire Cars and stars let rip on tarmac castlecombecircuit.co.uk 20-21 Bristol Classic Car Show Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset Sprawling West Country summer do bristolclassiccarshows.com 20-21 Classic Nostalgia weekend Shelsley Walsh UK’S oldest venue celebrates heritage shelsleywalsh.com
23 Ace Café Concours Ace Café, London Bikers’ haunt hosts club concours london.acecafe.com 27-28 Heveningham Hall Concours d’elegance Heveningham Hall, Suffolk Glossiest recent addition to show list heveninghamconcours.com 27-28 HSCC Pembrey Pembrey, Wales Classic racing comes to Wales hscc.org.uk July 2-5 Le Mans Classic Le Mans, France Chaotic celebration of the 24hrs lemansclassic.com 9-12 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood House, Sussex De facto Brit Motor Show plus classics goodwood.com 10-12 Dragstalgia Santa Pod, Northamptonshire Loudest, wildest classic meet of 2020 santapod.co.uk 11-12 Legends of Brands Hatch Superprix Brands Hatch, Kent Sportscar & F1 racing remembered hscc.org.uk 17-19 Auto Royale Althorp, Northamptonshire All-new concours from Australian team autoroyale.org 18-19 Chateau Impney Hill Climb Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire Picturesque Midlands sprint-racing chateauimpneyhillclimb.com 19 Sherborne Classics & Supercars Sherborne Castle, Hampshire Modern classics, ancient pile classic-supercars.co.uk 24-26 Car-fest North Bolesworth, Cheshire Chris Evans unites cars and music carfest.org 31-August 2 Silverstone Classic Silverstone, Northamptonshire Biggest classic race meeting of the lot silverstone.co.uk August 7-9 Oldtimer Grand Prix Nürburgring, Germany Classics take on the ‘Green Hell’ nuerburgring.de 13-16 Monterey Motorsports Reunion Laguna Seca, California US salutes IMSA, Can-am and SCCA weathertechraceway.com 14 The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering Quail Lodge, California, USA Boutique golf-club concours meeting peninsula.com 15 Concorso Italiano
‘Auto Royale, to be held at the Spencer family’s Althorp estate in July, is a new concours from the Motorclassica team’
Monterey, California Supercars galore in California concorso.com 15-16 Passion for Power Tatton Park, Cheshire Supercars and classics at stately home tattonpassionforpower.com 16 Pebble Beach Concours d’elegance Monterey, California, USA World’s biggest, best-known concours pebblebeachconcours.net 29-31 Oulton Park Gold Cup Oulton Park, Cheshire ‘Northern Goodwood’, Sixties slant hscc.org.uk September 3-6 Salon Privé Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire ‘UK Car Week’ begins salonpriveconcours.com 4-6 Concours of Elegance Hampton Court Palace, Windsor The UK’S concours highlight concoursofelegance.co.uk 4-6 Historic Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands Dutch GP track looks back historicgrandprix.nl 5-6 Beaulieu International Autojumble Beaulieu, Hampshire Biggest, oddest rummage of them all beaulieu.co.uk 11-13 Goodwood Revival Goodwood Circuit, Sussex Immersive retro racing experience goodwood.com 16-20 Mallorca Classic Week Mallorca, Spain Concours, rallies, shows mallorcaclassicweek.com 18-20 Circuit des Remparts Angoulême Angoulême, France Wild street-race through tight streets of historic French commune circuitdesremparts.com 19-20 Kop Hill Climb Kop Hill, Buckinghamshire Picturesque Chilterns speed-climb kophillclimb.org.uk 19-20 Wolds Trophy Cadwell Park, Louth, Lincolnshire ‘Mini-nürburgring’ classic weekend hscc.org.uk October 4 Bicester October Scramble Bicester Heritage Autumnal morning classic meet bicesterheritage.co.uk 8-11 Zoute Grand Prix Knokke-heist, Belgium High-end events on the coast zoutegrandprix.be 17-18 Silverstone Finals Silverstone, Northamptonshire Historic racing wraps up for the year hscc.org.uk 31 Regent Street Motor Show Regent Street, London Booming free show meets Xmas shop regentstreetmotorshow.com November 1 London-brighton Veteran Car Run London to Brighton Oldest classic run of all, an institution veterancarrun.com 7-8 Classic Vehicle Restoration Show Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset Get that winter project started cvrs.bristolclassiccarshows.com 13-15 NEC Classic Motor Show NEC, Birmingham The classic world’s end of term party necclassicmotorshow.com December 7-10 LE JOG Land’s End to John o’groats Toughest classic rally of the lot heroevents.eu