The Fergus Truck Show has announced its schedule for its annual event.
This year’s show runs July 22 to 24.
The Fergus Truck Show has received help from Vinnie Green, of White Car Inc., to help write a business plan to ensure costs are being managed properly. Significant changes are being made to safeguard the future of the show.
While the show will look and sound much the same as it has in the past, its operation has been streamlined to reduce waste, redundancy, and unnecessary cost.
For the past 25 years, The Fergus Truck Show has been the leading truck event in North America.
The show has contributed to the local economy of Centre Wellington and its volunteer groups, Canadian Artists and the Trucking Industry to the tune of $8-million. Those funds are subdivided into $6-million in local spending and two million in direct assistance to local fundraising and the arts.
On a wider scale, the show has contributed to the Ontario economy, via the Wheels of Promotion, technical advancement, and good road use.
The show endeavours to raise revenue via three main streams, Truck Show & Shine, trade show, and Canadian entertainment.
Financing comes from ticket sales and sponsorships, from a guaranteed audience of approximately 15,000 spectators. Public access to the event can be purchased via a day or weekend pass, varying in price from $27.50 to $60.00 (revenue of $309,000) 2011.
The gate price has been set to secure all event expenses. Other revenue is generated from the trade show, merchandising, camping, parking and commission based vendors. Those revenues are generated through cash and corporate purchases ($188,000) for estimated revenue of $497,000 in 2011.
Currently the show supports the local economy of Centre Wellington and its fundraising groups.
In the future, organizers would like to expand that vision to incorporate Wellington County and Ontario.
On a national basis The Fergus Truck Show has supported Canadian Artists from entry level to international recognition in excess of $1-million.
A state of the art lighted stage, with grandstands for up to 10,000 music fans provides an extra to a fun filled day. Family camping is encouraged on ten acres of grounds. Fifteen acres of prime site, provide the perfect opportunity for our most revered guest, the truckers to display 325 tractor trailers of unique and every day hardware of there trade, culminating in the show and shine competition and awards ceremony.
The Truck Show schedule this year is:
July 20
– 9am to 9pm, trade show set up; and
– 9am to 9pm, gates open for camping.
July 21
– 9am to 9pm trade show set up;
– 9am to 9pm, gates open for camping; and
– 10 to 9pm, gates open for pre-registered Show & Shine.
July 22
– 9am to 9pm, gates open for Show & Shine;
– 9am to 9pm, gates open for camping;
– noon to 9pm, trade show;
– noon to 9pm, trade show, gates open for pullers;
– noon to 5pm, children’s area runs;
– noon to 12am gates open for general public; and
– 6:30pm to 9pm, local truck pull.
In the entertainment area:
– 3:30pm to 4:30pm, Crossfire;
– 5 to 6pm, Settlers Creek;
– 8 to 8:30pm, Truck News presents owner-operator of the year;
– 8:30 to 9:30pm Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams tribute;
– 10 to 11pm, Green River (CCR tribute); and
– 11:30 to 12:30am, Destroyer – Kiss tribute.
