Motaclan’s 2026 UK Classic Car Event Guide

The Complete Month-by-Month UK Classic Car Events Calendar

The UK classic car calendar is one of the busiest in the world, and 2026 is already shaping up to be packed with classic car shows, motorsport festivals, concours events and club meets across every month of the year.

To build this guide, we asked our community on social media what their 2026 classic car calendar is looking like — which events they’re attending, which shows they never miss, and what they’re already planning their road trips around. The result is this Motaclan 2026 UK Classic Car Event Guide: a simple, scannable, and genuinely useful month-by-month breakdown of the key events enthusiasts are talking about.

Whether you’re into Classic Minis, British Leyland cars, historic motorsport, concours classics or regional club meets, this guide brings together the events that matter most to the UK classic car community — making it easy to plan your year, book tickets, and get your car ready for show season.

🚗 March 2026

• Mellow Mondays – British Motor Museum, Gaydon (2 March) – Tickets
• Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show – NEC, Birmingham (20-22 March) – Tickets
• Mini Day – Brooklands Museum, Surrey (22 March) – Tickets
• Scramblers Assembly (Season Opener) – Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire (29 March) – Tickets 

🌼 April 2026

• Easter Classic Gathering – Brooklands Museum, Surrey Surrey (4 April) – Tickets
• Easter Motor Show – Weston Park, Shropshire (5 – 6 April) – Tickets
• Goodwood Members’ Meeting – Goodwood Motor Circuit, West Sussex (18 – 19 April) – Tickets
• London Salon Prive – London (16 – 18 April) – Tickets
• National Drive-It Day – Various locations (26 April) – More Info

🌸 May 2026

• Donington Historic Festival – Donington Park, Leicestershire (1 – 3 May) – Tickets
• Magnificent Motors – Western Lawns, Eastbourne (2 – 3 May) – Tickets
• British Mini Day – Himley Hall, West Midlands (10 May) – Tickets
• Best of British Show: – Brooklands Museum, Surrey (25 May) – Tickets

☀️ June 2026

• Classic & Performance Car Spectacular – Tatton Park, Cheshire (6 – 7 June) – Tickets
• Brooklands Relived (Festival of Motorsport – Brooklands Museum, Surrey (13–14 June) – Tickets
• Trentham Gardens Classic Motor Show – Staffordshire (14 June) – Tickets 
• Royal Armouries Classic Car Show – Royal Armouries, Leeds (14 June) – Tickets

☀️ July 2026

• National Metro & Mini Show – British Motor Museum, Gaydon (5 July) – Tickets
• Goodwood Festival of Speed – Goodwood House, Sussex (10–13 July) – Tickets
• BMC & Leyland Show – British Motor Museum, Gaydon (12 July) – Tickets
• Yorkshire Elegance – Grantley Hall, North Yorkshire (13–16 July) – Tickets
• Historic Vehicle Rally – Newby Hall, North Yorkshire (19 July) – Tickets
• Festival of the Unexceptional – Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire (26 July) – Tickets

🌞 August 2026

• Touring Car Rewind – Brands Hatch, Kent (1 – 2 August) – Tickets
• Vintage Prescott – Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Gloucestershire (2–3 August) – Tickets 
• Classic & Retro Car Revival – Tatton Park, Cheshire (15 – 16 August) – Tickets
• The British Motor Show – Farnborough International, Hampshire (20–23 August) – Tickets
• Silverstone Festival – Silverstone Circuit (22–24 August) – Tickets
• CarFest – Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire (28–30 August) – Tickets

🍂 September 2026

• Concours of Elegance – Hampton Court Palace, Surrey (5–7 September) – Tickets
• Buntingford Classic – High Street, Buntingford (5 September) – Tickets
• Goodwood Revival – Goodwood Motor Circuit, Sussex (12–14 September) – Tickets
• British Mini Day – Stanford Hall, Leicestershire (15 September) – Tickets

🍁 October 2026

• Shuttleworth Race Day Air Show & Classics – Old Warden, Bedfordshire (4 October) – Tickets
• Brooklands Autumn Motorsport Festival – Brooklands Museum, Surrey (11 October) – Tickets

❄️ November 2026

• Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show – NEC, Birmingham (13 – 15 November) – Tickets
• London to Brighton Veteran Car Run – Hyde Park (Start) to Brighton (1 November) – Tickets

🎄 December 2026

• Haynes Breakfast Club – Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford (6 December) – Tickets

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We regularly update this guide to keep it as accurate and useful as possible for the UK classic car community.

Your 2026 Classic Car Calendar Sorted

From early-season restoration shows and summer motorsport festivals to autumn concours events and winter indoor exhibitions, 2026 offers something for classic car enthusiasts every single month of the year.

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