Sandbach Transport Festival will be rolling into town this weekend – and organisers promise it will be bigger and better than ever before.

The annual event takes place on Saturday (April 23rd) and Sunday (April 24th) alongside the Sandbach Roar Fringe Music Festival.

This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the event which honours Sandbach's famous links with truck manufacturers, Fodens and ERF, although for two of those years, Covid has prevented the event being held.

The Commons car park will be host to many and various vehicles from classic vintage cars, to the latest designs in new cars and there will be trucks of all sizes, tractors, motorcycles and military and emergency vehicles old and new.

The transport festival, first held in 1990, will feature the popular Spitfire plane as well as a host of other activities and vehicles. The event has sadly not taken place for the last two years due to the Covid pandemic.

And there will be music galore as well as vehicles. Tribute Coldplayer, in true likeness to Chris Martin, will be on the Cobbles' stage at 5 pm on Saturday while Roberts Bakery Band lead the traditional vehicle parade on Sunday as well as playing during the two-day event. 

The event attracts visitors from far and wide and there is still an opportunity to help out by marshalling during the event.

Anyone who wants to help out can contact the transport festival organisers through their Facebook page or email Sandbach Transport Festival chairman, Albert Ward, at [email protected].