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Awesome UK Vanlife Festivals and Events 2025

Awesome UK Vanlife Festivals and Events 2025

Vanlife has soared in popularity over the last few years. Why? Well there is nothing better than packing up the campervan, and hitting the open road in search of sunsets and adventures. The UK offers historical cities, beautiful National Parks, and unique coastlines making it an ideal location for a campervan adventure. Vanlife festivals are also a great experience for all of the family including young children. There are plenty of great festivals across the UK happening this year that are family friendly (and some are dog friendly too). As you know, we love a festival, and we have compiled a great list of some of the top UK Vanlife festivals and gatherings happening this year.

So….. time to hit the road, enjoy all things vanlife. What are you waiting for? Here is a list of some of the best Vanlife Festivals, meet-ups and campervan shows in the UK for 2025.

UK vanlife festivals, gatherings and meet-ups  for 2023

This page will be regularly updated regularly with suggestions of Vanlife Festivals and Events for 2024 but please do check with individual hosts for updates before you attend!

UK vanlife festivals, gatherings and events for 2023

UK Vanlife Festivals 2025

Here is a comprehensive list of Vanlife Festivals for 2025. All festivals are in the UK. Take along your campervan, and enjoy live music, entertainment and meeting families with an shared interest – vanlife and enjoying the great outdoors!

If you are heading to a festival with kids – here is a festival guide – what to pack!

UK Festivals 2025 at a glance

  • Mighty Dub Fest 2025
  • Camperjam 2025
  • Camp Quirky 2025 – cancelled
  • Vanlife Fest 2025
  • Campervan Campout 2024
  • Clubfest 2024
  • Vanlove Fest
  • VW Breakout
  • VW Festival
  • V Dubs Family Birthday weekend campout
  • Dubbed out Festival 2024
  • Vanlife Eats 2024
  • Derbyshire Dubs VW Festival
  • VW Campout
  • Self Build Campervan Meet up
  • Alive and Kickin 2024
  • Cranium Campout 2024

You may also enjoy out pick of the BEST family friendly festivals – take the kids, pack the glitter and dance the night away!

Mighty Dub Fest 2025 Weekend VW Festival

13-15 June 2025/ Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

A family friendly VW festival celebrating VWs and live music. The weekend will be jam packed with live music, dog shows, craft workshops and street food. EVERYONE is welcome. You don’t have to have a VW to attend, bring along your tent, motorhome or caravan, and if glamping is. more your thing you can hire a glamping tent too.

To book your Might Dub Fest tickets

Camperjam 2025

4-6 July 2024 / Weston Park, Shropshire

Camper Jam is one of the most recognised UK VW festivals. This festival brings a weekend of campervan vibes to the VW community, celebrating all camper vans from T1s to T6s. This family friendly festival offers something for all ages, from craft workshops, tree climbing to live music and of course the Disco Shed!

To book tickets to Camper Jam 2025

Camp Quirky 2025

Cancelled for 2025

Are you living the vanlife? If you a full time van lifer, self builder, or just love camper vans then Camp Quirky is for you. This vanlife festival offers a weekend of Vanlife workshops, wellness, a kids area, live music, street food, and LOTS of campervans. It is a great opportunity to meet up and meet like minded people.

VanLifeFest

30 May – 1 June 2025 / The West Mid Showground, Berwick Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 2PF

VanLifeFest is a family friendly campervan festival held in Shrewsbury. This is a festival that caters for everybody, with a friendly relaxed vibe.   is live music, a trade village and plenty of family entertainment. This festival is also dog friendly.

To book your tickets to VanLifeFest

Campervan Campout 2025

2-4th May 2025 / South of England Showground, Selsfield Road, Haywards Heath

This festival offers a weekend of live music, a campervan shopping village, artisan food and drink, wellness sanctuary, gin festival and silent disco! This year the festival features an exciting DJ set from Radio 2’s Sara Cox. Camping tickets and day tickets available.

Book your Festival camping tickets

ClubFest 2025

23 – 27th May 2025 / Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire

ClubFest 2025 from the Caravan and Motorhome Club offers four days of live entertainment as well as plenty of fun activities and sports for all the family to enjoy. There is fantastic live on-stage entertainment and plenty for the kids to enjoy including nature club, have a go club, family club and sports club.

To find out more about ClubFest

VanLove Fest 2025

18th – 20st July 2025, Elvington Airfield York

Head to Vanlove Fest 2025 for the ultimate vanlife experience. This festival is aimed at people who love life on the road, from micro campers to overlanders, full-time or new van lifers, this vanlife festival offers the opportunity to meet-up with like-minded individuals. Line up includes Back to School disco with Chris Moyles, and full moon rave with Ellie Sax.

To book tickets to Vanlove Fest

VW Breakout 2025

16th to 18th May 2025 / Santa Pod Raceway, Northants

VW Breakout is a family friendly VW Festival offering a family friendly VW weekender!!!! At this relaxed VW festival expect quarter mile track action featuring Doorslammer Drag Racing, live Music, traders, a fun fair and a bar. Meet plenty of like minded individuals for a weekend of festival fun.

To book VW breakout tickets

VW Music Festival Weekend

8th – 10th August 2025 /Harewood House, Leeds

VW Festival is not just about VW’s….It is a weekend of festival entertainments for all ages including live music, trade stands, and vehicle displays too.

To book your VW Music festival tickets

Dubbed Out Festival 2025

TBC / The Royal Cheshire Showground

Dubbed Out is a family-oriented Volkswagen festival (but all makes and models of vehicles are welcome). This vanlife festival offers a weekend of live music and entertianment including mini golf, circus, dub dog show, and axe throwing!

For Dubbed out festival tickets

Vanlife Eats 2025

22 – 24th August 2025 / Dummer Down Farm Basingstoke, Hampshire

Head to the Vanlife Eats Festival for a vanlife gathering over three days and three nights, hanging out with fellow Vanlifers and easting amazing food, with a backdrop of live music, trade stalls, and family friendly activities. Dogs are welcome to this festival too!

For Vanlife Eats 2024 foodie festival tickets

Derbyshire Dubs VW Festival

8 – 11th May 2025 / Seed Low Rake Camping, Wardlow, Derbyshire

Derbyshire Dubs VW Festival is a vanlife festival held in the Peak District in Derbyshire that offers a weekend of live music, circus skills, trade stores, dog show, and much more!

To book tickets to Derbyshire Dubs VW Festival

Alive & Kickin 2024

25th – 27st April 2025, Haughly Park, Suffolk

A back to basics weekend in Suffolk with family activities, traders, food and music!

To book tickets

Cranium Campout

TBC for 2025 / Stoke Heath, 20 Redditch Rd, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove B60 4JN, UK

A fun friendly weekend for all the family can enjoy. Cranium campout offers entertainment for both children and adults including live music, food & drink, games and entertainers throughout the weekend. Their mission is to bring together like minded families, enjoy the great outdoors and dance the weekend away.

Cranium campout

VW gatherings 2025

VW Camp out

2 – 5th May, Budle Bay Farm, Northumberland

VW camp out is a VW gathering set on a beach overlooking Holy Island. Exclusively for VW only and not a show or festival, VW campout offers a chilled out weekend for VW lovers. Dogs are welcome. Caravans are allowed, but must be towed by a VW.

For more information about VW Campout and tickets.

V Dubs Family weekend campout

20 June – 22 June 2025 / Holiday Resort Unity, Somerset

V Dubs UK weekend campout is a chilled out weekend to reconnect with loved ones and enjoy outdoor life and enjoy the facilities onsite.

Book tickets to V Dubs Family weekend campout

Campervan and motorhome Events for 2025

  • Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show, NEC Birmingham 18 – 23 Feb 2025
  • Caravan, Motorhome and Holiday Show 2025, Manchester Central 16 – 19 January 2025
  • Yorkshire Motorhome and Campervan show, Harrogate, !4 – 16 March 2025,
  • Southern Motorhome and Campervan show, Newbury Showground, Chieveley, 16-18 May 2025
  • National Motorhome and Campervan show, Newark Showground, Coddington, 13-15 June 2025
  • Malvern Caravan and Motorhome show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, 3-5 October

About our Family vanlife

We are a family of five and have a VWT5 camper. Over the years we have had to adapt our vanlife as our family has grown, and we have tried and tested many different sleeping arrangements to comfortably sleep five in a VWT5.

Wondering what to pack? We have a list of a few of our Campervan essentials and ultimate campervan packing list

We hope to share all of our tips and tricks for Vanlife as our family grow. And you will find plenty of vanlife tips and tricks including awesome vanlife storage hacks.

We have also shared ideas for campsites in the UK for families, including our favourite campsites with a sea view, and with direct access to water to paddleboard, kayak or swim and campsites with a hot tub!

So there you have our list of UK Vanlife Festivals, gatherings and vanlife shows for 2025. Please do let me know if I have missed any!

Vanlife Festivals and events

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