Silverstone Festival 2024 – your complete guide

The RAC is once again the official on-site breakdown partner of the 2024 Silverstone Festival, which takes place from 23 to 25 August at the world famous F1 circuit in Northamptonshire.

In addition to the high-octane action, visitors will be entertained by three nights of live music from Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Busted, and Olly Murs.

Each year, the Silverstone Festival celebrates motor racing’s rich history with parades, static displays and live racing from sports cars from the past 100 years.

2024 will signify the 76th edition of the Silverstone Festival, and there are three days of action-packed racing.

The festival will be honouring the legacy of Ayrton Senna, with displays of the cars that shaped his life and career.

There will be historic race cars from Formula 2 and 3, as well as races from the Royal Automobile Club.

Race fans can also view Formula 1 cars from the sport’s ‘golden age’, with cars from 1966 to 1985 taking part in a number of special races.

Silvestone will host competitive events for pre-WW2 sports cars from the 1920s and 1930s, too.

Saturday 24 August will be one of the weekend’s highlights, with transatlantic pre-1966 touring cars rolling back the years and battling it out in a number of events. There will also be a huge parade of Ford Mustangs, as the car celebrates its 60th anniversary.

A recent addition to the event is having an artist or band close out each day of the festival.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor will be on the main stage on Friday. The Saturday night will see Busted in action, performing their noughties classics. And pop star Olly Murs will close out the festival on the Sunday night.

Support acts including Shola Ama, Cassa Jackson, ADMT, and Nath Brooks.

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Taking place on the August Bank Holiday (23 - 25 August), the Silverstone Festival is the highlight of the motorsport calendar in the UK.

The festival features a variety of historic racing events, showcasing classic cars from different eras of motorsport.

There are also vehicle displays, live music from international artists, a food festival, and many other family activities.

The Silverstone Festival takes place at the Silverstone Circuit, in the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire.

The circuit is situated next to the A43, 70 miles northwest of London and about 30 miles southeast of Birmingham.

Silverstone Circuit is home to the British Grand Prix in the Formula 1 calendar. It also hosts other significant motorsport events from the world of superbikes, touring cars and endurance racing.

For more information about Silverstone Festival 2024, head to the event website.

Here at the RAC, we've teamed up with Silverstone Festival to offer you a chance of winning two pairs of tickets for each day of this year’s event.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to attend! Check the Facebook link below to find out more:

Silverstone Ticket Giveaway

Terms and Conditions

1) These Terms and Conditions apply to the Silverstone Festival Ticket Giveaway (“the Competition”) and an Entry to the Competition is acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.  Therefore, please read these carefully.
2) No purchase is necessary to enter the Competition.
3) The Competition is only available to residents of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man over the age of 18.
4) RAC Financial Services Limited (company number 05171817) is running this Competition (“the Promoter”), with the Prizes being fulfilled by Silverstone Circuits Limited (company number 882843).
5) The Competition is giving away the opportunity to win the following:
Friday 23rd August 2024
1 pair of general admission tickets for Friday 23rd August
1 pair of general admission tickets for Friday 23rd August
Saturday 24th August 2024
1 pair of general admission tickets for Saturday 24th August
1 pair of general admission tickets for Saturday 24th August
Sunday 25th August 2024
1 pair of general admission tickets for Sunday 25th August
1 pair of general admission tickets for Sunday 25th August
(collectively referred to throughout as the “Prizes”).
6) The Competition is not open to employees (or family members of employees) of the Promoter, its agencies, its group companies, its garage network or anyone else connected with the Competition.
7) The Competition will go live on Facebook at 12:30pm 31st July 2024 and run until 8:00am 14th August 2024 (“the Live Period”).
8) To enter the Competition a Facebook account is required to like and comment on the giveaway post during the Live Period (an “Entry”). Only one Entry per Facebook account.
9) The Competition will close following the Live Period. Any Entry received on or after 8:00am 14th August 2024 will not be processed. For avoidance of any doubt, any Entry received at 7:59am 14th August 2024 will be processed.
10) The winners will be selected at random by an online social media competition winner selection tool.
11) For the avoidance of doubt, there will be six winners.
12) The Prizes are subject to availability. The Promoter retains the right to substitute the Prizes with another prize of similar value in the event the Prizes offered are not available.
13) The winners will be contacted directly by our social media team who will request contact details to be sent via private message. Our team will also respond to the winners’ comments on Facebook. If the winners do not get in touch with the Promoter within 14 days of the time of first notification, then the winners’ Prizes will be forfeited, and the Promoter will be entitled to select another winner (and that winner will have to respond to the message sent to them by the Promoter within 14 days of that message being sent to them or else they will also forfeit their Prize).
14) Once a winner has been in touch and provided contact details the Promoter will then contact the winner within 14 days to arrange delivery. If the winner does not get back in touch within 14 days, then a new winner will be selected.
15) The winners’ details will be shared by the Promoter with Silverstone Circuits Limited for the Prizes to be fulfilled. The Promoter will liaise directly with the winners on the delivery of the Prize.
16) The Promoter may ask the winners to provide proof of age and/or country of residence.
17) The winners agree to take part in any promotional activity regarding the Competition.
18) Any Entry on behalf of another person will not be accepted.
19) The Prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and are not redeemable for cash or other prizes. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the Prizes that are not specifically included in the Prizes.
20) Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude the liability of the Promoter for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence.
21) Subject to the above, the Promoter accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the Prize. The Promoter further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to you or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition.
22) The Promoter shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
23) The decision of the Promoter is final, and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence relating to its decision.
24) The Promoter reserves the right to modify the Competition at any time without prior notice.  
25) The name of the winners for the Competition will be available upon request for 12 weeks after the winners have been notified by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to: F.A.O Group Customer & Marketing, RAC Silverstone Festival Competition, RAC Financial Services Limited, Great Park Rd, Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 4QN. By entering the Competition. The winners agree to have their names disclosed for this purpose.