A party created for fans and by fans. For three days, the area around the Volkswagen Arena in Germany Wolksburg will be transformed into a GTI Fan City. Over 700 GTI and R owners will present their vehicles and there will be dozens of activities designed to entertain the whole family, including children.
If you are thinking of popping over there at the end of July (the event will be held from 26th to 28th) here you will find all the useful information; otherwise in those days follow us carefully on social media because we at Motor1.com Italia will be there and we will tell you the GTI Fan Fest 2024 live.
GTI Fan Fest 2024: What to see
“I am particularly pleased that we will be holding the first major GTI meeting in a new format in Wolfsburg exactly 50 years after the first Golf left the assembly line in Wolfsburg”, said Thomas Schafer, CEO of the Volkswagen brand.
I GTI models of all eight generations of Golf, as well as the GTI versions of the Lupo, Polo and up!, will therefore be on display at the fan festival around the VfL Wolfsburg stadium. The sporty GTX variants of the ID. models will also be there, and the GTI Concept can be seen live.
Volkswagen ID. GTI Concept
Tuning enthusiasts will find the influencer Jean Pierre Kraemer (‘JP Performance’) and many other special show cars, as well as a selection of the most spectacular models from Volkswagen Motorsport and vehicles developed by Volkswagen trainees.
The program starts on Friday at 12:00, on the other days at 11:00. On Sunday afternoon, around 200 GTI and R models will parade through the plant site and there will also be a mobile test bench of parking benefits for GTI and R drivers. Finally, numerous offers will be offered every day activities for children; there will be the Sturmkind DR!FT racing simulator, the Volkswagen R driving simulator, a stadium tour and much more.
GTI Fan Fest 2024: How to get there
In auto the journey from Italy is very long (about 16 hours from Rome and 10 hours from Milan). For those who want to go to Wolfsburg by plane We would like to point out that the closest airport is Hannover (HAJ) which is 73.8 km away. Other nearby airports are Hamburg (HAM) (144 km), Leipzig (LEJ) (149.1 km), Bremen (BRE) (151.4 km) and Berlin Brandenburg (BER) (184.8 km).
For information purposes and for any fans who will be travelling to the Fan Fest with their own car, we would like to remind you that owners of GTI and R models and VIP community ticket holders can park in the VIP car parks North (P1) and South (P2). All other vehicles can be parked in the parking North (P3) and in the Tor Ost multi-storey car park.
GTI Fan Fest 2024: Prices and Tickets
A day ticket costs 19,76 eurobut a three-day VIP ticket is also available.
For Friday afternoon, an additional ticket for the Sundowner will also be available for €8.50 from 3pm.
The entrance is free for children and young people under 18 years of age.
All information about the event and ticketing is available on the website messe-ticket.de.
