Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional 2025

Join us for our 11th year of celebrating the delightfully unremarkable!

Are you ready to celebrate automotive quirks from the 70s to the 2000s? This year sees the cars eligible for the Concours de L’Ordinaire cross in to the 21^st century, as cars from 1970 to 2000 can now apply.

This means now’s the perfect time to find that low milage Daewoo Tacuma, Fiat Multipla or Hyundai Trajet! Don’t fancy an MPV? Why not consider a slice of Unexceptional Americana? The retro-styled Chrysler PT Cruiser also landed on UK shores in the year 2000. As well as ‘new’ year 2000 cars, there’s a huge variety of cars in that 30 year period, as FOTU has welcomed everything from Austins to Yugos over the past eleven years.

Tickets

Tickets start at £25 per person. Additional passengers in your vehicle will require their own ticket. Kids under 15 go free at FOTU!

• Car & Driver: General Sale £25
  • Classics & Unexceptional or Modern Car

• Passenger: General Sale £25
  • Per person

• Child Pasenger: Free
  • Under 15s only

• FOTU For Sale: General Sale £35
  • Access for car and driver only.

Concours de l'Ordinaire

Think your car embodies the spirit of the unexceptional? Enter the Concours de L’Ordinaire! Share photos and tell us why your vehicle deserves the spotlight. Our judges are looking for the quirkiest, most charming examples of everyday classics. Enter your vehicle here.

Want to get a feel for the types of vehicles you could be up against? Read our article on last year’s winning vehicle, a 1982 Toyota Hilux or our ultimate guide to entering the concours!

Smith and Sniff return!

Jonny Smith and Richard Porter return to this year's Festival. After last year's huge success with the 'Wheeltrim of Misfortune' and a live podcast recording, Smith and Sniff will be back with their unique brand of motoring humour. Stay tuned to our website, sign up for our newsletter and follow us across our social media channels for news on Smith and Sniff's plans for FOTU 2025. 

Hagerty Drivers Club: Members Area & Magazine

Normally only reserved for club members, we’re releasing a small batch of HDC Members Area access tickets to the general public!

For just £10 per person (kids free with a paying adult) you can:

• gain access to the Hagerty Drivers Club members area
• get a free drink of your choice from our licensed bar
• enjoy complimentary snacks
• take advantage of comfy seating for when you need a break from the action.

You can upgrade your experience further by purchasing the Hagerty Drivers Club magazine with your ticket. Inside you'll find 100 pages of top automotive content, coupled with stunning photography, from journalists like Henry Catchpole, John Mayhead, Charlotte Vowden and Paul Cowland to name a few. Plus we have a very special feature celebrating 10 years of FOTU! HDC members receive the magazine every quarter but we're allowing the general public to purchase only issue one for just £5. Copies of issue one are limited so once they're gone, they're gone!

Better yet, why not join the club before the show? Find out what you’re missing out on by visiting the Hagerty Drivers Club, where you’ll discover even more exclusive member benefits.

And There's More

Our ever popular live stage is making a comeback plus we have a brand new for sale section. Have an unexceptional car that you're looking to sell? Then choose our FOTU for Sale ticket to book a space in our new area. There's no better place to sell your mundane motor than FOTU.

New to FOTU? Explore our 2024 photo gallery to catch a glimpse of the event’s unique charm and atmosphere!

Please note: Hagerty's Festival of the Unexceptional is a rain or shine event and all tickets sales are final. Hagerty and Grimsthorpe Castle reserve the right to cancel due to adverse weather conditions or emergency. In the case the event is cancelled, refunds will be issued in full.