Top Gear Festival Cancelled

02 April 2015 / Bryan Shedden

Joe is away on holidays, so I’m afraid I’m the one to pass on bad news. As I’m sure you’re aware from following the media, Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked by the BBC in response to his verbal and physical attack on his producer. We have been advised by the event organisers that the Top Gear Festival has been cancelled. In it's place, a new indoor event called Clarkson, Hammond and May Live will be held at AllPhones Arena (Olympic Park) on 25-26 July. However, the car club display has been cancelled. Very disappointing! If an opportunity arises for us to participate in any way, rest assured that those who were entered for the Festival will be given first chance at participating.

 

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

What does that mean for the MX-5 Club of NSW? 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.