SkegMiniFest 2012 - minis and music on the east coast

Some of the questions about SkegMiniFest really are frequently asked, so we've got a very good idea on how to answer them.

If the question you wanted to ask isn't in the above list,

SkegMiniFest is a weekend event (ok, Friday noon to Monday 10am), a festival of Minis and their owners from all over the country, and a mini-festival with live performances from bands and artists from all over the country.

This is a different set up to most other Mini related events, in that it's not a "Sunday show" with club stands and the like, or a "camp on Saturday, show on Sunday" - the whole weekend is the event.

SkegMiniFest is held over the weekend of Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th July 2012. Camping is open from Friday noon, until Monday 10am, with live performers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

It's held in Skegness (hence the name), at the Welcome Inn. More details and directions are available here.

The cost of the entire weekend is £10 for adults and £5 for under 12s. This covers your camping from Friday to Monday, and includes the fantastic barbeque on Saturday night.

Of course you can. If your club books on your behalf, you'll be camping with them. If you all book individually, please ensure you give your club name when booking to make sure we keep you all together.

Please take note of the following FAQs here, here and here.

As long as we haven't closed the bookings, yes you can.

Due to the limited number of pitches it's easier if we know how many of you are coming in one go, but we understand that sometimes club members just can't make their minds up when they need to...

We'd like you to, we'd love you to be there from Friday to Monday, but we understand that for some people camping is not their scene or they're unable to stay overnight.

However, we have a restriction on the amount of parking available, so if you're only coming for the day we can't guarantee that you'll be able to park at the Welcome Inn or within close proximity.

We've got a limited number of camping pitches, and that's exactly what they're for: camping. Each pitch must have at least one tent on it, that someone will be sleeping in.

We can't guarantee that we'll have room for such things during the event so we have to say no, but if we do find that there is spare space once booking is closed, and you bring one with you, you may be allowed to use it - first come, first served.

You could, but you'd be unable to use it. Unfortunately, as all of our space is given over to camping, we don't have anywhere for you to put one if you're there for the day.

As we say above, SkegMiniFest is not a typical one day show with club stands.

Yes, feel free, as long as you can fit it on your pitch or pitches. We won't charge you to sell anything from your pitch, but of course we won't turn away any donations for Macmillan!

No, no barbeques are allowed on site. This is partly for safety reasons, and also because we're guests of the Welcome Inn and they really won't be keen on people burning their grass...

Small camping stoves are fine for tea, coffee, toast etc as long as you're careful - burn your tent, you'll have nowhere to sleep!

Oh yes... we've changed companies to Enviro-loo, with more up to date facilities and twice as many showers - and these ones won't go cold when someone flushes a loo. As last year though, the portable toilets are only for use outside the Welcome Inn's opening times but the showers will be available throughout the weekend.

Well, we've done the appropriate dances, the witches are under contract, arrangements have been made with the shamans, we've had consultations with the old wives, made the burnt offerings, crossed fingers and pretty much everything else, so we'd like to say yes...

Of course we can't definitely say yes because the weather really is something we can't control; but then, some would say it wouldn't be a festival without a bit of rain and mud...

Mostly because it's a good laugh! More seriously, we do it to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support for all the fantastic work they do.

Pretty much all of us have either used their services or know someone who has, so we'd like to give back to them while having a bloody good time with other Mini owners from around the country.