CarFest is an annual family music and motoring festival held in Cheshire and Hampshire, England
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Gps Coordinates / 53.099392,-2.762025
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The festival presents a variety of entertainment - live music performances, track shows, "celebrity chef" demos, driving experiences, a steam fair, a fundraising family fun run and a carnival fancy dress parade.
Gps Coordinates / 53.099475,-2.758072
It was founded by the radio presenter Chris Evans in 2011 and raises funds for Children in Need, a British charity.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -2.757506 / Gps Link -2.758139 / Gps Link -2.758717
Gps Coordinates / 53.099828,-2.757506 / 53.099792,-2.758139 / 53.102217,-2.758717
Both events have taken place annually since 2012, with the exception of 2020 when they were cancelled due to Covid-19. The North event has been held at 3 locations throughout Cheshire, including Cholmondeley Castle, Oulton Park, and the Bolesworth Estate, with the South event being held at Laverstoke Park Farm in Overton, Hampshire every year since its debut.
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Gps Coordinates / 53.101883,-2.760508 / 53.099881,-2.761850 / 53.099578,-2.758011
For the 2015 CarFest South, former F1 driver Martin Brundle created a 45-metre Scalextric circuit.
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Gps Coordinates / 53.098881,-2.761039 / 53.098958,-2.761128 / 53.098939,-2.761131
During the 2015 event, held at Oulton Park, Cheshire, a Folland Gnat aircraft, one of pair performing a display, crashed into the ground, killing the pilot, Kevin Whyman.
Gps Coordinates / 53.099444,-2.757856
Richard Jones of "The Feeling" put together the CarFest Supergroup, on behalf of Evans, who released a live double album for the 10th anniversary of the music and motoring festival, with the profits going to a number of charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Vocalists/musicians on the album include Roger Daltrey, KT Tunstall, Gary Kemp, Ricky Wilson and Jones' wife Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
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