For those that aren't familiar with it, in essence it consists of a large number of air cooled Volkswagen enthusiasts descending on Santa Pod Raceway (near Bedford) for 3 days to watch apparently aged vehicles race each other at frankly astonishing speeds down the drag racing strip (whilst drinking beer (the spectators rather than the drivers (in most cases))). In the evening they have a dance tent and a couple of live music stages (festival style), this year we have a David Bowie tribute band and a Queen tribute band plus the usual 70's carwash disco (that seems to never be too far from the VW crowd). The last couple of years we have had an amazing guy called "Killa Kella" who is a one man band (in the beatbox sense) on the main stage, I just can't begin to describe how skillful the guy is, he can mimick pretty much any instrument (not just percussion instruments) and put them together into complete tunes with nothing more than a microphone and speakers, he'll be missed I think, but the tribute bands are a welcome addition...(I'm bored of the carwash (it was fine the first 3 times) and the dance tent doesn't do much for me)...
There is also a large fun fair and a load of shopping opportunities (mostly auto-jumble, VW parts, VW merchandise, clothes and shoes)...a VW sale field (for people looking for new projects) and a "show and shine" (for those that have just finished one) and the really very dubious "Mr" and "Miss" Bug Jam competitions, which in the "Mr" is basically who is the biggest prat, and the "Mrs" is who flashes the most flesh at the baying crowd (mentality stuck in the 70s also I think)...
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