Showgarden at Vålerbanen

Friday, 24th of May

08:00 Gates open for Showgarden participants
09:00 Admission to Gatebil Showgarden opens
19:00 Gatebil Showgarden closes to the public

Saturday, 25th of May

09:00 Gatebil Showgarden opens to the public
17:00 Parade on the track (ALL cars)
19:00 Gatebil Showgarden closes to the public
23:30 Gatebil Prize Ceremony for categories: Meguiars Shine and Finish, Gatebil Award, Best in Showgarden

Sunday, 26th of May

09:00 Gatebil Showgarden opens to the public
12:00 Showgarden Award ceremony
17:00 Gatebil Showgarden closes to the public

P.s. Remember that to receive your prize, you have to attend the Gatebil Award Ceremony that will take place on Sunday, 26.05. at 12:00 at Gatebil Taxi tent area. No prizes can or will be sent or delivered by others to the participants afterwards. We are doing this to create fair competition! 😉

Register your car here: https://gatebil.no/vote/ and pick the according festival/festivals you are planning to attend.

After registration you will receive approval email and a link to purchase your Showgarden Car Pass for a special price. These tickets are available only for Showgarden approved cars and will cost 250 NOK. You yourself need a festival ticket and these are the same tickets as always.

Upon arrival, our entrance staff will refer you to the exhibition area, where Meguiars staff will help you find a great spot to showcase your car. You will receive a Showgarden sticker to place on your windscreen and a paper page to fill out info about your car.

You can of course arrive at the festival, buy tickets at the entrance and show off your car to the spectators without participating in the competitions, but we recommend that you pre-register, participate in the Showgarden, are visible on Vote page, as places are limited.

We reserve the rights to decline your application, if you have not been registred at least 3 days before the festival.

Categories where the top 3 is picked by visitors:

1. People´s Choice

Special categories where one winner is picked by designated partner/jury in each cateogry:

1. Meguiars Shine and Finish – picked by Meguiar’s
2. Gatebil Award – picked by Gatebil staff
3. Best in Showgarden
4. “Pop the Hood” – best engine compartment
5. “Swing the Doors” – best decor

Categories where the top 3 is picked by a designated jury:

1. Made in EU
2. Made in USA
3. Made in Asia
4. Retro – Made before 1999
5. Stance
6. Race car

You will find all participants, their pictures and info about them HERE.
Voting will be open from 24.05.2024. 9:00 to 26.05.2024 09:00 Voting happens only for category People´s Choice. All the rest of the nominations will be decided by a jury.

To showcase your car at Showgarden, you have to have an interesting car and a weekend ticket to the chosen Gatebil festival for you and a special Showgarden Car Pass for your car. (You will not need the regular car pass for your car). You will receive a link to purchase this ticket for 250 NOK after registration and approval by Gatebil staff in a separate email.
You are not sure if your car is special enough? Just take a chance and apply to participate and find out!

GENERAL INFO FOR PARTICIPANTS

1. Register your car by adding all necessary information:
   Title (mostly Car model)
   Event (pick which event you are attending)
   Owner(write your name and surname)
   Car model 
   Info(Add some more info about your car. Details about buying it, building it, changing it)
   Thanks to(add info about everyone who has helped you to buy it/make it/ rebuild it)
   
   Add picture under “Featured image” so that your post would have a main picture
   Add additional photos in Gallery

1. After receiving an approval email, make sure you have a ticket for you(festivalbillett) and your car (Showgarden Car Pass).
2. Meet up at Gatebil and ask our marshals for guidance to the designated territory. On Friday at 08:00 Gates open for Showgarden participants in Showgarden area.
3. Get your Showgarden window card + Showgarden sticker for your car and place it on the front window of your car.
4. Enjoy Gatebil Festival every day up until Sunday 12:00 and join Award ceremony that will take place at Taxi stage. Remember that to receive your prize, you have to attend the Gatebil Award Ceremony that will take place on Sunday, 21.09. At 12:00 at Gatebil Taxi tent area.

SOCIAL MEDIA

1. It is strictly forbidden to post information with voting link via your or your friends social media. If we will see your post or will be informed of such occurrence, you might be disqualified from the voting process with no notice given to you.

CAMPING FOR SHOWGARDEN PARTICIPANTS

1. There is no special place to camp for Showgarden participants other than designated festival camps that are the same for all Gatebil visitors. You can pick between Family camp and Party Camp. 
2. It is not allowed to camp next to your car.

We invite you to probably the most special car parade in the world – GATEBIL ALL CARS PARADE!
At every festival we have a special Gatebil Car parade and all Showgarden participants are welcome to join our Parade to go for two laps around the race track.

INFO FOR DRIVERS:

Participants gather in a line to enter the track 16:45 and be ready to enter the track at 17:00 right after Gatebil Extreme has completed their practice. We make a formation in two lines. It is important to follow Gatebil Crew notifications. We will drive one lap slowly and stop to gather in the long straight in front of spectators to take a picture. It is allowed to exit cars at this point for the picture. After the photo is taken, pay attention to Gatebil CREW and get in the car. When everyone is in their cars we take one more lap and apart from the cars participating in GDB Top 16, must leave the track.

It is allowed:

• It is allowed to have a passenger to the parade. As this is slow driving, helmets are not required (only if you want them in the photo).
• It is allowed to use flags, smoke grenades, another attributes.
• All Streetcar cars are invited – Extreme, Drift, Straight Line and showgarden cars!

It is strictly prohibited:

• Driving past GATEBIL Taxis
• to drive fast,
• Do “burnouts”,
• drive sideways
  
  

QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Q	A
Can I participate in voting by just arriving and parking my car in the Showgarden area?	To participate in the voting, you have to be registered online: https://gatebil.no/vote/
Can I camp next to my car?	No, you can pick one of the designated camping areas.
Do I have to participate on all days to be part of voting process?	Yes, you have to participate from Friday to Sunday.
Can I receive my prize if I am not participating on the last day of the event?	No, if you are not attending, you lose your prize, though information about your victory will still be published on Gatebil.no and probably on Facebook.
Can I publish voting information on my socials to gain more votes?	It is strictly forbidden to post information with voting link via your or your friends social media. If we will see your post or will be informed of such occurrence, you might be disqualified from the voting process with no notice given to you. You are allowed to invite people to visit showgarden area via your socials and by scanning QR code to vote for your car.
Can I arrive each day and leave in the evening?	Yes, that is allowed, but we don’t guarantee your place in the Showgarden area, if you have left for the night.
Can I take my car to the camping area every evening?	Yes, that is allowed, but we don’t guarantee your place in the Showgarden area, if you have left for the night, and we don’t suggest that, as in party camp there are a lot of partying happening and no one can guarantee safety of your car from drunk people. 🙂
Can I advertise to the festival spectators my car and ask them to vote for it at the event?	Yes, for sure!
Can I bring flags, posters, banners with me?	Yes, all of that will look specially good on Showgarden Parade taking place on Friday!