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Title: ***Cancelled*** Top Gear Festival Sydney
Post by: Ness70Nova on February 07, 2015, 03:07:37 PM
Hi All!  :hi:

We received confirmation yesterday that the AMCCA have 25 spots secured for the Top Gear Festival taking place this year from 18-19 April 2015 at Eastern Creek.

As we only have a short time until the event we need to start making a list of interested parties.

If you are interested in displaying your car/s, please reply to this forum thread only.

We are awaiting the terms and conditions from organisers so lets assume at this stage you are required to attend both days.

Meeting spot and time will be announced before the event.

Thanks,
AMCCA Committee  :pepper:
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on February 24, 2015, 08:50:36 PM
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/vrgoldstein/Website/Top%20Gear%20Festival_zpsvmr8imae.png) (http://s95.photobucket.com/user/vrgoldstein/media/Website/Top%20Gear%20Festival_zpsvmr8imae.png.html)

Dear Members  :hi:

Due to the amount of interested car clubs, organisers have restricted car club entries to 10 vehicles per club per day.

We are awaiting confirmation from organisers if it is necessary for the same cars be on display on both days.

If you are interested in showing off your pride and joy, please reply to this thread so that we can gauge interest.

As information comes through from organisers, this forum will be updated.

We look forward to hearing from you!

AMCCA Committee  :burnout:
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: ccrc on February 26, 2015, 09:07:42 AM
Hi  Ness  can you please put Mark & Barbralea, Gill &Michelle, and Darren & Nerida  for the Sunday
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: reba396 on February 26, 2015, 04:34:54 PM
im ok for the Saturday
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: 97Vette on February 27, 2015, 05:21:06 PM
Hi Vanessa,
                Can you please put Janne, me and the corvette down for the Sunday. If we are required to attend both days we will probably have to pass unfortunately.
Thanks
Glen
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on February 27, 2015, 06:17:03 PM
I've never been in such an event, could you please explain how it works, what it costs etc...?
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on February 27, 2015, 08:02:06 PM
Hi Zoltan (Peter)  :hi:

Basically, your car is on display for a whole day as part of the Top Gear Festival (either the Saturday or the Sunday or both if you like).

The most important thing to note is that your car needs to remain on site for the whole day ie: from 6am/7am to 6.30pm.  The car must remain static during the display.

There is no cost for you to display your car.

I am finalising details with organisers and will update the post over the next few days.

It's a popular weekend and our club has supported this event for a couple of years now.  The good thing is that you don't have to display your car for the whole weekend which is what used to happen.  Having your car there on both days is a lot so I'd say we'll have a good turn out with lots of variety if you can choose the Saturday or the Sunday.

I hope this answers your questions.  As always, keep an eye out on the forum and weekly emailed newsletter.

Thanks,
Ness  :thumb:
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Cheryl Ram Air on February 28, 2015, 08:04:11 PM
Ross & I for Sunday x 1 car please
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: 1977 Transam on February 28, 2015, 10:52:53 PM
Mary,  lachlan and I can make it on the Saturday thanks. 

Tommy
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on March 02, 2015, 12:05:57 PM
ok, count me in for the Sunday, please let me know details and arrival time, thanks.
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Gumball on March 02, 2015, 05:14:57 PM
Hi Vanessa, can you please put me down for the Sunday, thanks rgds Geoff
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Chargerman on March 03, 2015, 08:20:11 PM
Hi Ness
           Jakki & I are good for Saturday if there is a requirement to be there Sunday I can be there.
                                                                                                                                              Thanks Glenn
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: yellow55 on March 10, 2015, 08:42:31 PM
Hi there, can we as in two of us, do the Saturday?
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on March 19, 2015, 01:48:24 PM
Top Gear participants:

Saturday 18 April 2015 ***5 spots left***
Michael & Susan (Camaro)
Tommy & Mary (Trans Am)
Glenn & Jakki (Corvette)
Colin & Sharon (Bel Air Sedan)
Joe & Son (Pontiac GTO)

Sunday 19 April 2015 ***2 spots left***
Mark & Barbralea (Bel Air Wagon)
Gill & Michelle (Camaro)
Darren & Nerida (Camaro)
Glen & Janne (Corvette)
Ross & Cheryl (Corvette/Pontiac)
Peter & Jennifer (Pontiac)
Geoff & Jenny (Galaxie/Cobra)
Owen & other (Fairlane/Corvette)
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: yellow55 on March 29, 2015, 02:06:40 PM
Now that Jeremy is sacked and that James may not be continueing wih top gear, I ask...."Is it still on?"
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on March 29, 2015, 05:32:58 PM
Awaiting information from organisers...watch this space!

VG
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on March 29, 2015, 08:29:51 PM
Question:

is there a limit to how many people can come in with me?

I think I may be bringing my eldest boy, I doubt that Jennifer would come.
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on March 29, 2015, 10:05:27 PM
You can bring your wife and both kids but only x2 general admission tickets issued per car.
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on March 30, 2015, 03:59:18 PM
ok - thanks. I think Ben would be keen to go, not sure about Tim and Jennifer though..
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on March 30, 2015, 04:43:09 PM
No problem Zoltan.  On which day would you prefer to go??

Thanks,
Vanessa
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: 70SS on March 31, 2015, 08:17:41 PM
Hi all,

Heard on the radio today that the Top Gear live shows are not owned by the BBC (only for royalties for the use of the "brand") and as such the termination of Clarkson from the TV show apparently has no bearing on his contract for the live shows. So allegedly the show is most likely to go on............................ some say!
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: lazy69 on April 01, 2015, 06:49:28 AM
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/03/31/top-gear-live-good-news-for-ticket-holders/ (http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/03/31/top-gear-live-good-news-for-ticket-holders/)


Transmission – BBC Top Gear
Top Gear Live: good news for ticket-holders
Transmission – BBC Top Gear

Top Gear Live: good news for ticket-holders

Posted by TopGear.com
5:22 pm on Tuesday March 31, 2015


Good news if you’re a ticket-holder for Top Gear Live: it has today been confirmed that the 2015 world tour will go ahead, renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live.

BBC Worldwide has announced that, in the best interests of those who have already purchased tickets, the live arena show will go on with its original three presenters, but without the Top Gear name or BBC branding.

“So as not to disappoint the thousands of people around the world who have already purchased tickets, BBC Worldwide has agreed with our joint venture partner Brand Events that the remainder of the tour can continue,” said a spokeman. “These events will not, however, feature any BBC Top Gear branding or content. We believe this is a sensible approach in the circumstances.”

It has also been confirmed that the live shows due to take place in Stavanger, Norway last weekend have been rescheduled to 20-21 June. The Festival that had been planned to run in Sydney, Australia in April will become an indoor arena show, staged in Melbourne on 18-19 July, and Sydney on 25-26 July. Full details of the tour will be confirmed to ticket-holders in their local markets.

The 2015 tour will end in November at London’s O2 Arena.

“This is a great solution for the fans,” said a spokesman for Brand Events. “We’d like to thank our ticket-holders for their continued patience. The fans are the most important people to Jeremy, Richard and James, so we’re delighted to be able to say, ‘We’re still coming’…”





Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Ness70Nova on April 01, 2015, 09:42:36 AM
Please note: I am still awaiting confirmation from my contact.  Thanks, Ness

http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/top-gear-festival-sydney-will-go-ahead-31525#.VRsh7BuJjVg (http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/top-gear-festival-sydney-will-go-ahead-31525#.VRsh7BuJjVg)

No-one from Australia has confirmed it, but overseas reports claim Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are coming – but the show won’t be called Top Gear.

The Top Gear Festival Sydney will go ahead in Australia and Jeremy Clarkson IS coming, even though he has been sacked by the BBC from the hit TV show.

BBC Worldwide has agreed that the show can go on but without BBC or Top Gear branding.

A BBC Worldwide spokesman said the shows would go ahead "so as not to disappoint the thousands of people around the world who have already purchased tickets," according to news agency Agence France Presse.

"These events will not however feature any BBC Top Gear branding or content. We believe this is a sensible approach in the circumstances," the AFP quoted a BBC Worldwide spokesman as saying.

It will be the first time all three presenters — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May — will make the trek Down Under for the performance; the previous Australian Top Gear Live shows only had two of the three presenters, but always with Clarkson as the main host.

“It will be the first time all three presenters — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May — will make the trek Down Under.„

News Corp Australia understands all four stakeholders stood to lose millions of dollars — and thousands of fans would have been entitled to refunds — if the show did not go ahead as planned.

However there is some confusion as to the dates for the Australian shows.

Overseas reports claim the Top Gear Live dates have been bumped from April 18 and 19, even though the tickets are still on sale for the original dates.

AFP reports the new shows will be held in Melbourne on July 18-19 and Sydney on July 25-26.

The tour dates that were cancelled in Norway, the first live show to be dropped, have reportedly been rescheduled for June 20-21.

Organisers called it "a great solution for the fans".

BBC Worldwide is one of four stakeholders behind the Australian event, along with the NSW Government, the Sydney Motorsport Park venue, and logistics company Brand Events.
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on April 01, 2015, 09:58:28 AM
Wow, that's cool.

I think they should call it "Top sneer" -  :rol:
Title: Top Gear Festival Car Display Cancelled Indefinitely
Post by: Ness70Nova on April 01, 2015, 03:19:32 PM
Dear Members

Please refer to the official statement received from event organisers:

The organisers of Top Gear Festival, Sydney would like to thank ticket holders and fans for their continued patience. We are now in a position to inform you that, following a BBC Worldwide statement regarding the global Top Gear Live dates, the forthcoming event is to be postponed until July this year. We do sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this will cause.

We do however subsequently have much better news… we can now confirm that the new event, which will now be in an Arena format will star Jeremy, Richard and James - simply titled ‘Clarkson, Hammond and May Live’ and will be staged in both Sydney and Melbourne. They’ll be plenty of the stunts, supercars, challenges and the irreverent humour you know and love from the trio - just no BBC Top Gear branding. These shows will now take place in Melbourne on the 18-19 July and in Sydney on the 25-26 July.

Festival tickets can be exchanged for the new look show once tickets go on sale (this on-sale date will be announced on Friday 10th April) and all ticket holders will be given a dedicated period in which to exchange or refund previously purchased tickets.

For more information - http://www.topgearfestivalsydney.com.au/festival-update (http://www.topgearfestivalsydney.com.au/festival-update)

For the BBC Worldwide Statement - http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2015/top-gear-live-statement (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2015/top-gear-live-statement)

Email received from event organiser:

What does that mean for the AMCCA? Well, unfortunately the car club display for the event has been postponed indefinitely. We will be meeting with the organisers to discuss the new format shortly and will be in contact if any opportunity arises for your car club to participate. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and your members.

The committee will arrange an alternative event to be held on Sunday 18 April 2015.

Kind regards,
AMCCA Committee
Title: Re: Expressions of Interest - Top Gear Festival Sydney - Sat 18 & Sun 19 April 2015
Post by: Zoltan on April 01, 2015, 07:13:42 PM
 :cry: