Super Early Bird Tickets will go on sale in October. Sign up to our mailing list to be up to date with all key information.

All our ticket types can be found on our Ticket Types & Prices page. Please note tickets are available in limited quantities.

We’ve introduced a new ticket type for children aged 13-17 years old who qualify for a ‘teen ticket’.

Yes, family tickets will be available. These ticket types offer fantastic value and are in limited quantity.

There are 3 types of Family tickets depending on the children’s age:

FAMILY 2 ADULTS (18+) + 2 TEEN (13-17)

FAMILY 2 ADULTS (18+) + 2 CHILDREN (6-12)

FAMILY 2 ADULTS + 1 TEEN (13-17) + 1 CHILD (6-12)

Please note that Premium Family tickets and Saturday Family tickets are not available for purchase.

So that a maximum of families can benefit from the family ticket, we are limiting this ticket type to maximum one ticket per booking.

Your tickets will be sent to you approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the festival.

When booking your tickets online, you should receive a confirmation email shortly after. This email will show details of your order including show, date, venue, number of tickets, and booking reference. Sometimes this email can land in your junk mailbox, so please check whether it is there. If you haven’t received a confirmation email, have lost/deleted it, or you’re not sure whether your booking went through, please contact Silverstone

We have a strict no Refund Policy. Therefore, we do not offer any refunds or exchanges on CarFest tickets.

Yes, tickets will be available at the gate subject to availability. Please make sure to check our ticket page to check ticket availability.

For full details on disabled access and Personal Assistant tickets please visit our Accessibility Page.

The festival takes place at the historic Silverstone Circuit, located on the Northamptonshire-Buckinghamshire border.

We will be announcing our music line-up throughout the year.

Make sure you sign up to our newsletter to be first to hear about all of the latest announcements.

10% of the price of each ticket, as well as all fundraising initiatives on-site and 100% of our profit is donated to our charity partners.

Since CarFest started in 2012, we have raised over £25 million for UK partner charities. Amazing!

Head to our charity partners page for more details.

You can read our festival policy here.

Many young children have enjoyed CarFest - some of them enjoying live music for the first time on the shoulders of their parents, which is a great sight to behold. However, there are some precautions you may wish to take to ensure that it is an enjoyable experience for you all.

The Track Show may feature Formula 1 and other cars which are very loud. If you would like to watch these from close quarters, we would recommend bringing and using ear protection on children for their own comfort. Likewise, it is not recommended that young children get too close to the sound systems for the Main Stage.

It is also worth noting that the music on each evening will go on until 10pm or 11pm. We rely on your judgement to determine whether your child will find this enjoyable or not.

Car parking is available to all festival ticket holders and Car Parking passes must be purchased before attending the event

A car parking pass is required to park your car in the relevant car park. Please purchase a Weekend Car Parking Pass (or Big Early) or a Day Car Parking Pass for each car you’ll be bringing.

A car parking pass is not required for blue badge holders.

A car parking pass is not required for the car towing a caravan in our Caravan (Live In Vehicle) field (included in the Caravan (Live In Vehicle) permit). If you/members of your party are bringing additional cars in the Caravan (Live In Vehicle) campsite, you’ll need to purchase a Caravan (Live In Vehicle) car parking pass for those.

Car Parks are located within the festival site and are professionally managed. There is also 24-hour security on-site, which includes regular patrols of the parking areas. All types of vehicles are permitted in the car parks, including motorbikes and live-in vehicles, although it is not permitted to sleep in live-in vehicles in the parking areas.

Please note that there is NO vehicular access within the main CarFest campsite; cars must be parked in the campsite car park and all items carried in. Only the Caravan/Campervan and Accessible campsites can be driven into. All cars/tow vehicles in Caravan/Campervan sites can be unhitched and parked in designated parking areas. They cannot be left within the allocated pitch.

Please note that all vehicles are left at the owners own risk and Car Fest can accept no liability for any damage or loss caused during entry / exit or use of the car parks.

Electric Car Charging is not yet confirmed for our 2026 event.

There are no specific cycle-parking facilities, although there will be fencing to which you may secure your bike. We are unable to take responsibility for bicycles secured in this way. Please note, bicycles are not permitted on the festival ground.

Yes **. A caravan/campervan permit gives your live-in vehicle access to our Caravan campsite. Permits are allocated per vehicle.

Caravan Site Permits allow the use of caravans, campervans, motorhomes, roof-tents and trailer-tents. You will have a 9x6m pitch allocated. Vehicles that don’t fit within the 9x6m pitch will be refused entry, even if you have purchased 2 permits.

Standard ground-based tents CANNOT be pitched in these campsites for Health and Safety reasons.

Additional cars cannot be parked next to your live-in vehicle. A separate car parking pass is available to purchase for additional cars.

All caravan and campervan pitches are 9x6 meters with access to power, showers, toilets, drinking water, and waste disposal units. All tow vehicles will be directed to park in an adjacent field which will be easy to access. Pitches are attributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

You must display your permit clearly in the windscreen of your vehicle when accessing the site. This will be sent to you along with the tickets you have purchased.

**Subject to permit availability.

There are no specific cycle-parking facilities, although there will be fencing to which you may secure your bike. We are unable to take responsibility for bicycles secured in this way. Please note, bicycles are not permitted on the festival ground.

Yes, CarFest is accessible for people with a mobility impairment. For full details on disabled access and Personal Assistant tickets please visit our Accessibility page.

Please note that applications for Personal Assistant Tickets and Accessible Campsite will be open from November.

No, due to safety and hygiene reasons dogs/pets are not allowed on site. Only Assistance Dogs are allowed at CarFest. No assistance dog will be allowed on site if not previously approved by our accessibility team and without the relevant ticket. Visit Accessibility to learn more.

We allow picnics, soft drinks, blankets and folding chairs to be brought in and set up beyond the marked out ‘standing only’ area of the music arena. Please note, our policy is one chair per person and these chairs must be foldable. We do not allow gazebos, laysacs, windbreakers or tents. Structures like these block the view of the stage for other CarFesters, so please be considerate of others when setting up your area for the evening and don’t take up too much space!

Smoking is not allowed in any of the marquees or structures. Smoking will also not be allowed around any cars. Visitors who wish to smoke are asked to respect others by refraining from smoking in busy areas, around children, or around food.

Disposable vapes are not allowed.

If you are a day visitor

Day visitor car park usually opens for ‘Day’ and ‘Weekend Without Camping’ visitors at 9am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Please do not arrive before this time as there is no space for cars to queue. The show usually opens at 10am each day. The event usually finishes between 10:30pm-11pm. Exact timings will be confirmed and shared closer to the event.

If you are a Big Early visitor

The Big Early campsite doors usually open from 4pm to 8pm on the Thursday. Please note that we will be unable to accommodate late arrivals and please do not arrive before 4pm as we might not be ready and we cannot block the local roads. Exact timings will be confirmed and shared closer to the event.

If you are a camping visitor

The camping doors usually open at 8am on Friday, with the Festival opening at 10am, but the exact timings will be confirmed and shared closer to the event.

You will receive an entry wristband on arrival which will let you come in and out the festival, as long as you keep it on.

To volunteer at CarFest 2026 please follow the instructions on this page.

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CarFest has been lucky to call Laverstoke Park Farm home for over a decade. We’ve reached a stage where the festival needs more space, improved facilities and better transport links to continue growing. Silverstone offers all of this – along with the opportunity to welcome more visitors, expand our programme and raise more money for our partner charities.

The heart of CarFest – cars, music, family fun and fundraising – stays exactly the same. What Silverstone gives us is more space, better facilities, easier travel for fans from across the country, and room to introduce new attractions and experiences.