Back With Mods
BACK WITH MODS FEST 2013

SCOOTER RALLY & SKA FESTIVAL WEEKENDER
14th - 16th June 2013 at Santa Pod Raceway

Featuring Live Bands and DJs, Show n Shine, Run What Ya Brung, Ride Out, Club Camping, Jet Car, Fun Fair Rides & Amusements, 2 Seater Dragster Rides, Traders, Caterers and much more all on the one site at Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire.

The event of 2013 for Mods, Scooterists, Skinheads, Casuals and Ska fans.

£45 Gate Friday or print on-line
£35 Gate Saturday or print on-line
£15 Gate Sunday print on-line
Includes Camping On Site, Kids under 16 Free t&c
Gates Open at 10:00 am Friday 14 June, gates close at 5pm Sunday.

 

Programme  

2013 Programme

Download the 2013 Back With Mods programme here.


 

Club  

Misdemeanours SC Lowestoft
In association with BWM fest.

Misdemeanors SC Lowestoft will be attending the Back With Mods event aswell as "Andy Saggers" and "Bushy" playing the very best in Ska, Northern Soul and all your favourite scooterist sounds in the Fuelers Bar.  More details on their Facebook page.


 

What's On at Back With Mods:

Quadrophenia UK  

Music
Main Stage open until Midnight
Olas Boss tent and The Ham Yard tent open until 2am

Live entertainment across multiple music zones with original Live Bands; The Selecter, Bad Manners, Neville Staple of The Specials, Chris Pope’s Chords UK and P45, The Repeat Offenders, This Modern Youth, Mercury 13, The Chase, Welcome Pariah, Broxton Hundred, The Hollows, Fools Paradise, Violet Class, The Scuff, PierPressure, Novatones, Joseph Macwan along with tribute bands inc All Weller and Small Fakers, plus DJs playing R'n'B, Sixties and Northern Soul in the Ham Yard Tent, OLAS Boss Sound System playing Trojan Reggae/Lovers Rock, and Ska and more in Fuelers Bar.

Neville Staple of The Specials
 
The Selector
 
Chords UK
 
Bad Manners
All Weller
 
P45
 
Small Fakers
 
OLAS BOSS
 
HAM YARDIES

Details of the music line-up on the Music page.


 

RWYB  

Run What Ya Brung
The dragstrip will be open on Saturday and Sunday for you to take your own scooter down the track and race your mates you will also get a performance print out! This is the cheapest track time in the UK - Only £25 for unlimited runs. Details on the RWYB page.

Plus Scooter racing with the Armageddon Shootout.


 

Show n Shine

Show n Shine

Show n Shine

 

 

 

Show n Shine
Whether it's original or modified, old or new, if you've got a cool ride that you want to show off, enter it into the Show & Shine competition. It's FREE TO ENTER and open from 9am to register.

Show ‘N’ Shine Categories - Hosted by Area 51 SC and Trojan Horses SC - Marshals and Judging:

Best in Show*
Runner up in Show*
Punters Choice
Best Vespa
Best Lambretta
Best Auto
Best Chop
Best Cut Down
Best Street Racer
Best Chrome & Plating
Best Engraved
Best Engineered
Best Mod Scooter
Best Vinyl
Best Restored
Best Unrestored
Best Club Display
Best Combination
Best Vintage
Best Casual Scooter
Furthest Travelled
Busters Choice

* Best in Show & Runner up winner will feature in PR for BWM 2014.



Camping  

Camping & Accommodation
Camping is included with all weekend tickets bought in advance or on the gate, you can bring your own alcohol (aslong as it is not in glass bottles) and also your own disposible BBQ's. As well as General Camping there is also a quiet Family Camping area with strict noise curfews. (Please ask for a pass at the gate if you wish to go into Family Camping, you will need kids with you.)

Tent Hire available, Prices start from £22 for a two person tent, other options available including sleeping bag and putting the tent up. Click here for more information.

If you prefer comfort and mod cons then there is a list of local hotels at www.santapod.com.

Gates close at 5pm on Sunday. Further camping facilities are available at Billing Aquadrome, 20 minutes drive away from Santa Pod Raceway. Pitches from £12 per night, Tel 01604 784948.


 

Scooter Club  

Scooter Clubs
Scooter Clubs can book their own Club Camping area in advance. You will need at least ten vehicles to book club camping, if so please return a completed booking form (download here) to Donna and phone the office to bulk buy your admission tickets. Club offer - Buy 10 tickets get 1 free* in advance when ordered over the phone. Club display areas can also be booked for clubs just coming for Sunday. *Offer is not applicable with the Early Bird Discount.

The first clubs to book for Back With Mods Fest are:

  • Area 51 Scooter Club
  • Bedworth Saints Scooter Club
  • Black Country Scooter Club
  • Blue & Gold Scooter Club
  • Borderline Allstars Scooter Club
  • Double Diamonds Scooter Club
  • Doughboys Scooter Club
  • Iceni Anglia Solus Lambretta
  • Misdemeanours Scooter Club
  • Modern World SC & Interceptors SC
  • Oso Loco
  • PLVSC – Peterborough Lambretta & Vespa Scooter Club
  • Stoke -On-Trent Scooter Club
  • Totally Unstable Scooter Club
  • Welwyn Stags Scooter Club

If you have any suggestions for what you would like to see at Back With Mods please let us know via the Contact Form.


 

Trade Village

BWM Fest Shop

Vespa Club of Britain

 

Trade Stands
A variety of traders and exhibitors will have stands in the Dealers Market and there will also be an Auto Jumble for second hand parts.

For a growing list of traders and sponsors at Back With Mods Click here

Trade Stands / pop up shop  prices from £75 Plus vat for the weekend includes 4.5 m frontage and two passes. Call Charlie on 01234 782828.

Download a Back With Mods Fest Exhibitor Pack and Booking Form

Trader Packs are in PDF format. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

Visit the Vespa Club of Britian Trade stand at BWM. Free gift with every new membership.

Autojumble
Please phone 01234 782828 to book your spot in advance, 6m x 6m pitches are free once you've bought your weekend tickets in advance but there will be a charge for larger pitches.


 

Ride Out

 

 

Ride Out - Sunday 16 June
Leaves at 11:00am from the Drag Strip

BWM Fest are proud to announce that the 'Ride Out' on Sunday morning will be raising money to go towards the Help For Heroes Charity, to join the Ride Out please visit the Help For Heroes pop-up shop to make a donation and receive a H4H Wrist Band and additional details.

A pre-ride breifing will take place at 10am in Fuelers Bar where the itinerary and safety aspects will be provided. There will be a Help For Heroes bike and discreet police presence during the ride out to ensure all goes smoothly.

Ride Out led by Doughboys SC and runs for approx 8 miles to Grendon Lakes with plenty off space to park for a quick coffee at the Cafe Club House then retun.

H4H   Dough Boys

 

Fun Fair Rides   Fun Fair Rides & Amusements
Fairground fun with dodgems, arcades, waltzers and more.

 

Haircuts  

Celebrity Haircuts
Get your hair cut by Leon, head hairdresser at the London Olympics opening and closing ceremony. All donations go to Help 4 Heroes.

H4H

 

Caterers   Bars & Caterers
There multiple bars and a range of caterers on site at Santa Pod Raceway. The bar will be open from 12pm - 12am.

 

Santa Pod Raceway  

Santa Pod Raceway
Back With Mods will be held at Santa Pod Raceway, the UK's premier Drag Strip in the heart of England on the border of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. For full venue details please visit www.santapod.com.

A FREE Shuttle Bus will be operating over the weekend to and from the venue between Primiere Inn and Wellingborough train station between 10am-12pm-2pm-4pm-6pm.


 

Jet Car  

Jet Car
The 270mph Fireforce 3 Jet Funny Car will be running on the dragstrip.


 

Magic Mod  

The Magic Mod
The Liam Gallagher of magic. "For those who believe no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe no explanation will suffice."

The Magic Mod will be entertaining you as you walk around the festival.



 

kiddo  

Kiddomoto Bikes
Free kids rides on the  Kiddomoto bikes all weekend.  
Fathers days at BWM - Free photo shot with Dads, Sons and Daughters on the Sunday morning 9.30, meet by the main stage. 


 

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