The organizers of the Classic Days Düsseldorf have announced that the popular event will not take place in 2024. We are sharing the full announcement here:
It is with a heavy heart that we have to cancel the Classic Days 2024 in Green Park in Düsseldorf today. The Classic Days association, with its many members, the many volunteers, the track marshals and the organizational management of the big colourful festival, has unfortunately not yet received any - much needed - planning figures, specifications and approval details.
On the one hand, we are sure that these permits could still come at a later date, but we do not know their content, current regulations and detailed requirements.
The Classic Days are considered a "major event" - because we have over 5000 visitors at the festival. This means that we have been subject to requirements for a safety concept and certain bureaucratic procedures in authorities for approval and implementation, building applications and building inspections for many years. As of yesterday evening, June 4, 2024, we still lack comprehensive answers from the authorities. However, we are only 7 weeks away from the Classic Days, which we have planned from August 2 to 4, 2024.
Against the background of necessary requirements but also sheer bureaucracy, we can only give the news today - because we want to show colorful, diverse and content-rich Classic Days as always - that there can be no Classic Days 2024.
We are very sorry about this news - the suspension of the Classic Days 2024 - and it breaks our hearts. But the Classic Days are also a "promise of quality" with many decorations, beautiful moments, authentic emortions in a big colorful automotive summer garden party. We cannot guarantee these aspects because other content (over)demands us.
The volunteer work that the Classic Days have always been as a festival is put under considerable and almost unmanageable strain here and goes to the pits for an extended "briefing" by the pit lane.
We have to take a break
We can already see which topics we would not be able to implement by the first weekend in August, because we would have to be overly involved with, among other things, a cannabis regulatory offense ordinance or acute danger prevention scenarios and details in planning figures to meet official requirements.
These are important and certainly correct requirements, but the timing is not feasible. Actually, from now on, our time and attention should only "belong" to the implementation, the design, the participants and visitors. Then we would be a good host.
We cannot live up to this claim, visual and content-related deficits would be unavoidable and it would not be the Classic Days that everyone knows and for which we have been campaigning for 19 years and 16 festivals.
We will shortly be informing all participants, all clubs, all country club bookers and ticket purchasers - including those who have ordered VIP packages for the "Garden Lounge" - of all further details. We will be in touch regarding the planned procedures and processes for bookings already made and tickets already purchased.
We all very much regret that we will not be able to experience Classic Days 2024 together with everyone - we hope for understanding, patience and goodwill. We thank you for your attention and solidarity.
Further information can be found on the Classic Days Düsseldorf website.
