Festival of Classic and Sports Cars
Sunday 4th August 2024: 10:00am - 5:00pm
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The Festival of Classic & Sports Cars

Sunday 4th August 10am – 5pm

The Helmingham Festival of Classic and Sports Cars is a wonderful day out for car enthusiasts and the whole family. Every year there is an amazing range of exhibiting vehicles displayed in front of the magnificent, moated Helmingham Hall, surrounded by the ancient deer park and the Grade 1 Listed Gardens.

Held in association with the Suffolk Vehicle Enthusiasts Club (SVEC), the 2023 event had an attendance of over 1,100 exhibiting cars and over 8,000 people enjoyed displays in the main ring, trade & craft stalls, live music, the Grade I Listed Gardens & great local food & drink stalls. Fantastically, attendees last year helped us raise £5,000 for the charity EACH (East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice) and with your help we would love to repeat or better this in 2024.

Dress to Impress!
Do you own a classic vehicle and want to show how you would have dressed in that era? Then why not come along in your car wearing your vintage fashion and display all that was great from that time period. We will be running a competition for the ‘best dressed’ and would like to see a range of participants displaying styles from throughout the years – from demob suits, full skirts and petticoats to flares, we’d love to see you dress to impress.

Grade 1 listed gardens set within a 400 acre deer park surrounding a moated Tudor Hall in Suffolk. Open gardens, shops, Wright's Café & many special events throughout the season.
Booking Policy

Cancellation Policy

Custom Policy

Refunds: Our events are non-refundable if you are no longer able to make event.

Refunds for Cancelled Events: We’ll contact you and issue a refund automatically for all cancelled events.

Refunds for Rescheduled Events: We’ll contact you with the new dates and times ASAP. If you cannot make the new event date we will issue a full refund.



Non S-chassis welcomed
£12.00 includes admission for you and one passenger to our club stand currently looking to book 10 cars.
Additional passenger tickets are available at £10.00 per adult and £5.00 per child

Club vehicles must be clean and roadworthy condition and fully insured.
All club vehicles must arrive between 6am and 9:15am, if you arrive after this time you’ll likely have to enter through the public parking gates.
Anyone arriving after 10am will not be permitted to drive onto the club stand area.
Once the showground has opened to the public all vehicles must be escorted by a marshal
All vehicles must be kept to a 5mph speed limit on the grounds

Unlike previous years we have to pay upfront for our club stand places, kindly make a payPal payment to the club by 1st July 2024 if you wish to attend

payPal: Events@sxoc.com

Details to be included with your tickets

Well behaved dogs on leads welcome!

Reply below to register your interest but be quick as this show is always popular!





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