Vanlife Festival Statistics: Attendance, Dates and Growth

At a glance

• About 5,000 people¹ and around 2,200 vehicles² went to Vanlife Festival in 2025.
• The next festival runs on 4–6 June 2027³.
• Vanlife Festival launched in 2022 at Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse⁴ and since 2023 has taken place annually at the West Mid Showground in Shrewsbury⁵.
• Van enthusiasts gather there for music, workshops, vehicle displays and community activities.

The Vanlife Festival attracted about 5,000 people in 2025¹.

• The 2024 edition was described as a complete sell-out⁶, though no official attendance figures were released.
• By 2025, published coverage described the festival as having around 2,200 vehicles² and roughly 5,000 festivalgoers¹.
• No attendance or vehicle count has been published for 2026, though camping tickets sold out in December after four weeks⁵.

Note: No official attendance series is published; these figures come from press and ticketing coverage, which mixes people totals and vehicle counts.

Vanlife Festival is held at the West Mid Showground, Berwick Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 2PF³, where it has run every year since 2023⁵. The 2022 debut was at Stratford Racecourse in Warwickshire⁴.

• You don't need a van to go: visitors arriving by car, bus, train or bike can bring a tent and camp for the weekend⁸.
• Shrewsbury town centre is a 15-minute walk from the showground along the River Severn⁸.
• In 2026, day visitors could enter from 10:00 on the Saturday and Sunday⁸, and weekend camping tickets were valid from 10:00 on the Friday.
• Visitors without their own van can hire one in Birmingham or Manchester and drive to Shrewsbury.

Yes — camping tickets have sold out every year since the 2022 debut¹¹, and for 2026 they went in December, after four weeks⁵. The festival also has an online community of over 85,000 followers across Instagram and Facebook³.

• The official website describes the festival as one of the most talked about festivals of the last few years in the vanlife community³.
• Ticketing copy says the festival was one of the most talked about festivals of 2023 and 2024 in the vanlife community, making it a complete sell-out⁶.
• Camping tickets for 2023 sold out before the festival, with day tickets sold at the gate⁷.
• The 2025 festival was reported as another sell-out².
• The festival has returned annually to the West Mid Showground since 2023⁵.

Vanlife Festival grew from a sold-out debut in 2022 to about 5,000 attendees in 2025¹.

• The first clearly documented festival was held in 2022 at Stratford Racecourse as a sold-out debut¹¹.
• By early 2023, 1,300 vans had booked after eight weeks and organisers expected the remaining 500 spaces to sell quickly¹¹.
• Organisers said the 2023 event could attract up to 15,000 people over three days¹¹.
• Post-event coverage of 2023 reported more than 2,000 vans at the West Mid Showground⁷.
• The 2024 edition was described as a complete sell-out⁶.
• By 2025, published coverage described the festival as having around 2,200 vehicles² and roughly 5,000 festivalgoers¹.