FoS 2026 Hospitality - Worth It?

[Ikemi]

A few of my friends and I are turning 40 next year and we've always said we should attend Goodwood FoS, what with all of us loving cars. However, it's never happened. You know, there's always next time - and then it's 20 years later! As it's a special occasion, we're thinking of opting for a hospitality package of some kind. The "Library Lawn Garden Party" package looks pretty good.

The question is, in your opinion, is it worth it over a standard ticket with grandstand access? Do you have any other tips to get the most out of our FoS visit? We're only going for one day, although not sure which day would be best. Friday? Do tickets go on sale in November?

Any help would be appreciated!

[stevewak]

I would not do any ‘modern’ (post 2020) historic event now without some sort of hospitality. Festival is a sea of the great unwashed wanting a glimpse of Lewis or a drift car. Same with LM Classic, main Le Mans and Revival, though latter crowds do use posh soap. You need a refuge.

Over to others on which day and what to see.

[ecsrobin]

The library lawn is a great location if you don’t want to see cars.

1 day and having not been before you probably don’t even need a grandstand. All depends on what you want to do, see cars in the paddock, see celebrity drivers, watch rallying, watch what’s going up the hill or just drink and eat.

[bergclimber34]

I have to agree with steve, and I do not base this from experience, I have never done it and have zero interest in paying vast sums to avoid the riff raff so I never go to these big events.

I did the Classic as a punter it was miserable, confusing and a waste of money, I vowed that day if I ever do LM it will be ferried to the venue daily, staying miles away in comfort.

If you have the money and are trying to make the day enjoyable for someone who is not a fan, it is the best way, but mix it up a bit too.

[mk1coopers]

As other have said, depends on what you want to do, pointless paying for hospitality if you all want to spend the day looking at the machinery paddocks, if you want to watch cars run, and want a fixed base, perhaps look at the Startline club, if you want to watch from various locations, admission and roving grandstand with a good budget for food so you aren’t carrying it around with you would be my choice.

We normally go for more than one day to do a combination of the above on different days.

[Ikemi]

Thanks for all the tips so far! Essentially, we're most interested in watching the cars go up the hill, so a good view of the road would be preferable. I think grandstand access is a must, as one of our group is about to go through some serious surgery to combat a cancer that has returned, so it's likely he will have fully recovered by FoS, but I doubt he will want to be on his feet all day.

Start Line Club looks like a good option!



ETA: It was either FoS or the 2026 British Grand Prix, but we all decided that FoS would probably be a more interesting day out.

Edited by Ikemi on Saturday 27th September 13:11

[Simes205]

I ve been every year since 1999.
I ve never had a grandstand ticket as I spend the day looking. In more recent times it s a much less competitive hill climb.
I m a member too and don t even bother with Kinrara, especially since the bales got higher.

Prepare to be on your feet to see the machinery we all love.
Oh get there at 7.15am, avoid the queues.

[Paul Dishman]

Simes205 said:

I ve been every year since 1999.
I ve never had a grandstand ticket as I spend the day looking. In more recent times it s a much less competitive hill climb.
I m a member too and don t even bother with Kinrara, especially since the bales got higher.

Prepare to be on your feet to see the machinery we all love.
Oh get there at 7.15am, avoid the queues.

I’d go along with that, apart from grandstands.
I always get a grandstand ticket as it’s somewhere to go and sit out of the weather, as well as providing a better view of cars going up the hill.

[Jurgen100]

Paul Dishman said:

I d go along with that, apart from grandstands.
I always get a grandstand ticket as it s somewhere to go and sit out of the weather, as well as providing a better view of cars going up the hill.

Personally i wouldn’t bother with hospitality as you’d miss too much of what’s going on while in your enclosure. My friend and I have spoken about it and think it’d only be worth it if you were there for three days. Day 1 - walk around the festival checking out all the cars. Day 2 - relax in the grandstands watching everything run up the hill and catch up with anything you missed day 1 around the site. Day 3 - spend the day eating and consuming copious amounts of alcohol in hospitality!

[Northcote67]

bergclimber34 said:

I have to agree with steve, and I do not base this from experience, I have never done it and have zero interest in paying vast sums to avoid the riff raff so I never go to these big events.

I did the Classic as a punter it was miserable, confusing and a waste of money, I vowed that day if I ever do LM it will be ferried to the venue daily, staying miles away in comfort.

If you have the money and are trying to make the day enjoyable for someone who is not a fan, it is the best way, but mix it up a bit too.

Re Le Mans, you'd miss out on all the fun and camaraderie outside of the actual racing.

[bergclimber34]

It depends what kind of group you are in, it was just me and my Dad, so not quite the same, I get your point, but I don't have a group of mates to watch racing with.

[BunkMoreland]

Ikemi said:

ETA: It was either FoS or the 2026 British Grand Prix, but we all decided that FoS would probably be a more interesting day out.

Not much difference in price for admission and grandstands between the 2 now!

Silverstone '26, for two, uncovered grandstand for Saturday only was just under £500 with park and ride and cancellation insurance.

FOS '26 with roving grandstand for Friday is £188 each!

I think I will defer FOS to 27!