Get ready Sydney, the news we’ve been anxious to announce is finally here – Showcased is back for 2013! We’re now into our fourth year online and the plans for Showcased are more exciting than ever. Through our website and social media we have displayed thousands of cars on your screens digitally, but now THE-LOWDOWN is getting real. Our headlining event, Showcased, is a premium automotive show for the Sydney scene. This year will see well over a hundred of the best street, classic, modified and exotic vehicles on display, awesome additional entertainment, modification marketplace with quality traders, gourmet food trucks, live music and DJs, promotional models, prizes, giveaways and our very first dyno competition! Everything you need to know for this year’s show has been listed below.
DETAILS
For 2013, Showcased will be held inside the Exhibition Hall of the Australian Technology Park (ATP). ATP is a world-class precinct, and is conveniently located close to Sydney’s CBD. This year the Exhibition Hall will play host to a large assortment of selected cars, traders and entertainment. Details for where and when the event will be run can be found below and our full program will be available for download soon.
Date: Sunday, September 8th 2013
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Australian Technology Park
Venue: Exhibition Hall
Address: 2 Locomotive Street, Eveleigh, NSW
VEHICLE ENTRANT PRICING AND TICKETING
There are two types of entries into Showcased 2013. If you wish to exhibit your car (limited spaces), you can enter as a ‘Vehicle Entrant’. General Admission is available to everyone who would like to come down and check out what’s on display. Pricing has been broken down below, for more information please download the Information Pack which lists, in further detail, inclusions and options.
Vehicle Entrant Prices:
Individual competitor: $60 per car
VIP competitor: $100 per car
Dyno option: $50 per car
Spectator Ticket Prices:
Online general admission tickets: $15 per person
Gate entry on the day: $20 per person
Kids under 12: FREE
PRE-REGISTRATION
Advance registration is required for those wishing to display their cars at the show. Spaces inside the Exhibition Hall are extremely limited, so all pre-registered cars will go through a screening process to ensure the highest quality show on the day. Please do not be discouraged as we are keen to have a wide variety of cars on display. There are no specific prerequisites or criteria to get your car selected, but vehicles with a high attention to detail will be given priority. We encourage all genres, makes and models to pre-register. Pre-registration details can be found by clicking this link. Please note that vehicle bump-in and exhibition setup happens the day before, on Saturday September 7th, 2013.
PRE REGISTRATION FOR SHOWCASED 2013 IS NOW CLOSED.
ENTERTAINMENT
This year’s event is going to be action packed with a large range of additional entertainment and things to do! Have a go at the racing simulators or RC track, watch the high-powered cars put down big numbers on the dyno, enjoy the music from our live DJs and see all the promo models and product demos on display from traders. The extensive lineup will be released closer to the date, including some special guests!
HEADLINERS
Last year we were lucky to have amazing new car debuts and reveals, once again you can expect to see some incredible new cars at Showcased. A handful of local workshops are putting in the hard yards to polish off the finishing touches on their big projects. Come down and see the best of what Sydney’s car builders are capable of! Updates on a few of these cars will be made as we approach the date.
VENDORS
See new products and get information from workshops and industry professionals at ‘The Marketplace’ this year. Showcased will be featuring stands and displays from a number of vendors accommodating all tastes and styles. If you’re interested in being a trader at this year’s event, please fill out the contact form in this link, e-mail showcased@the-lowdown.com or call 1300 306 043.
CAR CLUBS
See the best car clubs battle it out! Register as a car club and represent as a group with your banner displayed proudly. Your presence as a whole counts on the day, so be sure to represent your team colours to walk away with the ‘Best Car Club’ award! Please note that a minimum of three cars are required for club registration.
AWARDS
A range of awards will be up for grabs on the day, but only one car will drive out with the prestigious ‘Best of Showcased’. As well as that, the award lineup includes: ‘Best Car Club’, ‘Best JDM’, ‘Best Euro’, ‘Best Stance’, ‘Best Display’, ‘Best Innovation’, ‘Dyno King’, ‘Best Street Car’, ‘Best Track Car’ and ‘People’s Choice Award’.
CONTACT
For all enquiries please out fill out our contact form by clicking this link. Alternatively, feel free to e-mail us directly via showcased@the-lowdown.com
SHOWCASED 2013
Sunday September 8th, 2013
10:00am – 6:00pm
Australian Technology Park Exhibition Hall
2 Locomotive Street, Eveleigh, NSW