The Isle of Wight will be awash with scooters once more as thousands of scooter enthusiasts descend upon the Island this weekend for the World’s largest Scooter Rally. Scooters with their proud owners travel from all over Europe and the UK to revel in the great party atmosphere and join in the famous Scooter Rideout on Sunday.
The Rally is held principally in Ryde over the August Bank Holiday weekend with entertainment laid on throughout the town.
The Isle of Wight will be awash with scooters once more returning for the World’s largest Scooter Rally, scooterists will arrive from all parts of the UK and Europe. The Rally is held principally in Ryde over the August Bank Holiday weekend with entertainment laid on throughout the town. Last year for the first time live entertainment was made available outside Ryde Superbowl in the form of a DJ playing a variety of crowd pleasing music from across the decades throughout the event weekend, while other scooter related festivities and events were staged on a daily basis across Ryde.
As the Scooter Rally has grown over the past decade local businesses and the community have come to embrace the event and enjoy the vast array of scooters and scooterists that come to the Island.
Camping will be available at the Small Brook Speedway Stadium Ashey Rd just on the outskirts of Ryde, this year they can accomodate two thousand scooterists creating a great party atmosphere with events being held all over the weekend including bars, dealers markets, shows, catering and a bus service to Ryde, The stadium camping area will be open from Thursday with a scooter rally welcome party laid on and will be open through to Monday the site will be hosting the massively popular International parts fare over the weekend. We are waiting for news of further events to be announced for Smallbrook Stadium so watch this space.
On Saturday the world famous International Custom Show will be staged at the Planet Ice Arena from 10am-4pm With hundreds of scooters & exhibits from Britain & Europe, this is one of the largest events of its type to be held under one roof. Some of the top custom scooters will have cost thousands of £'s to build and with some very impressive trophies to be won this exhibition is sure to be a winner with all the scooter aficionado's.
Each evening there will be a party bash for everyone to let their hair down Tickets for Friday and Saturday evening can be bought on the night subject to availability £7.00 per Ticket. See Poster
On Sunday the now will assemble on Ryde sea front which in 2008 broke the Guinness World Record for the largest uninterrupted parade of machines. The Ride will start from the Planet Ice Arena car park, where we expect thousands of onlookers to jostle for the best vantage points along the roads & verges as the uninterrupted convoy of scooterists meander their way through the lanes & villages of East Wight on their way to Sandown & Shanklin Ruby Club.
The End of Rally Party bash will be held at the Qube (formerly The Balcony) on Ryde Esplanade which starts 8.30pm till 3am on the stage Sunday night the artists announced so far are:-
Orange St & the Mod All-Stars with special guest Lorraine Silver play classic Soul. Steve Ellis as a part of love Affair was one of the most successful british pop bands of the late 60’s The Legendary Chris Farlowe who has performed a long side music greats like Jimmy Page & Steve Marriot.
More to be announced at a later date again watch this space, what a way to finish the rally off in style.
Travelling to the Isle of Wight 2011
We have arranged A special deal for 2011 isle of Wight Scooter Rally with Red Funnel for a Scooter, Rider & Pillion of £25.50 return normal price price £33.00 that represents nearly a 30% saving on the standard rates when booking ONLINE of by phone this price is only for advanced bookings it will cost more on the day !you're been warned!. Check our travel guide For a guide of places to stay during the scooter rally visit our accommodation guide
The 2011 Isle of Wight scooter rally event will no doubt be the best ever so far with events happening around Ryde such as the Planet Ice Arena where the International custom show takes place on the 27th August
Camping at the Small Brook Speedway Stadium Ashey Rd just on the outskirts of Ryde, will be open from Thursday until Monday be sure to make your camping arrangements in advance so you can take advantage of the do's on site there will be a great party atmosphere with events on all over the weekend including bars, dealers market, shows, catering and a bus service to Ryde, for more information on the 2011 please watch this space.
Every year there is an the end of the Rally party night with VFM’s legendary bash at the Balcony Club Ryde on the Sunday night this starts 8.30pm till 3pm which will finish the rally off in style for ticket information contact Steve 07774893178 or Johnny 07813066309
August Bank holiday 2011 will start the proceedings all over again with loads to see and do all weekend so don’t miss out on the world’s greatest scooter rally, book early for the Isle of Wight August Bank holiday extravaganza.
Special Ticket offer for 2011 Isle of Wight Scooter Rally.
URGENT UPDATE..... All advanced tickets are now sold out, you can pay on the door for all vfm events and for camping for the rally you can pay at the main campsite gate at the speedway stadium....see you on the wight isle!
ISLE OF WIGHT TICKETS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AS OF 12 NOON YESTERDAY MONDAY THE 22ND OF AUGUST. THIS IS DUE TO PROCESSING THE TICKETS AND ENSURING THEY REACH YOU IN TIME FOR THE RALLY.
Tickets for Isle of Wight Scooter Rally Access all Areas!! £26.00 each plus £1 handling fee
Includes admission to the campsite on Thursday for 4 nights camping,
Free welcome party in the club house on Thursday night,
Admission into the Worlds largest scooter only custom show at Ryde Ice Arena on Saturday,
Admission into the do on Friday night and Saturday night at Ryde Ice Arena with various bands
AND........ The end of Rally party in the Balcony Club on Sunday What a bargain!!!!
PLEASE NOTE; Advance Tickets and Evening Tickets for the Isle Of Wight SCOOTER RALLY Has ended
Contact Steve on 0777 4893178 or Johnny on 0781 3066309
To get a flavour of the worlds largest scooter rally watch this video