Daytona WinterJam 2011

WinterJam 2011 – USA’s Premier Volkswagen Festival (Feb 24th – 27th, 2011)
Main Event Info – New Riverfront Venue in Downtown Daytona
Location: City Island Festival Grounds
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, February 26th & 27th 2011
Times: 9am to 5pm (both days)
Registration: Free w/ Adult Admission (same as VW Classic)
Tickets: See website for various options

Main Event Features:
• 3 VW shows WiinterJam is known for will take place for 2 days at 1 Venue
• Transporter Treffen & DubJam H2O take place on Saturday
• Volks Jamboree takes place on Sunday
• Skate/Bmx Contests & Pro Demos on the Goat Ramp Halfpipe
• Live Bands on the main stage throughout the entire 2 day festival
• Return of DJ Lance-O, a WinterJam favorite since 2009
• New & Improved Ms WinterJam Contest (pinup style)
• New Parts Vendors both days & Huge Swap Meet on Sunday
• Plus Lots of great food /drinks vendors plus full alcohol too!
• Lots of local shopping, restaurants & pubs within walking distance
Parties/Cruisins & Motorsports
• WinterJam WarmUp (Thursday night) – Welcoming Party @ Daytona WingHouse
• Motorports Zone (Friday) – Dyno & Burnout Competition @ Deland Airport
• BarBcruise (Friday night) – Block Party on the closed streets @ Downtown Deland
• Models & Bottles (Saturday night) – VIP Party (VW parking available) @ Martini’s
New WinterJam Community
• Join the WinterJam Community & be part of the Revolution
• Create your WinterJam Profile, meet new VW friends, or chat with old ones
• Create or Join Groups, plan road trips, club outings & shows
• Create & Manage your own events (plan club outings, road trips & vw shows)
• Add your event photos, videos, blogs (stories) & much more

Note: All Cruise-In’s and Parties are FREE!!

Tickets go on sale at a discounted rate October 31st!

For complete event details & to purchase discounted tickets go to http://www.daytonawinterjam.com

Hope this is better than this year !!!

I do want to go to this one for sure.

This one sounds better all ready.At least it sounds like less driving and a bit more organized.

I'm plannin' on going down Friday.

I am down! Count me in.

Last year I heard it was "the biggest & best".....NOT so much ! Hope this years better.

This will be my First Year. Time off is approved and at least one of my cars will be running to go.

What's the best hotel to stay at for this one?

The venue looks totally diff than last year....was scattered all over. We stayed @ Destination Daytona.

We are goin too, Allready got reservations.Book now for the low low price. We usually stay beach front.Destination Daytona is a bit of a drive from main events. I like the way they changed things for this one.Can't wait be my third time and got Steve workn a 1915 for Pearls drive down.

Just got our reservations too. Booked at the Bahama House hotel.

Ahhh yes. Your annual "break in the new engine" event! Can't wait to see Pearl ready to roll. ........ could you get me a t-shirt?
Maybe by next year I can have my s#*! together and get down there for the jam. It's so frustrating cuz I've got family/friends that I could stay with! (FYI....In 1992 I saved Old Yeller from an Ormond Beach trailer park, and built her in my folks garage)
Sorry, the memories are getting to me.

If any of you go- great scenic photo ops in Tomoka State Park, northward along the river, on the mainland side, or the crossovers toward the beach- it's called 'the Ormond Loop', because the crossovers connect to A1A.

Directions to, and through the park....."The Ormond Loop"
Starting on Granada Blvd. (Rt. 40 in Ormond Beach). Take North Beach St (It's on the mainland side at the base of the bridge- along the river and heading northward). You follow that north and will enter the actual park after a few miles. Lots of overhanging Live Oaks (They're HUGE trees!), a beautiful 2 lane drive. You'll go for miles, and it becomes Old Dixie Highway. Continue on! Eventually, you'll come to Walter Boardman Lane on the right, just before a very sharp left turn on Old Dixie- turn right onto Walter B. (scenery becomes more marshy)! This will lead you across a creek, and after crossing that take a right on Highbridge Road- this will get you back to A1A, where you turn right to head back to Daytona. For a couple miles, you enjoy some unobstructed ocean view on your left as you head back southward. As you progress down the concrete canyon that A1A has become, keep an eye out for the major intersection- at Rt. 40, Granada Blvd. Here is the end of your journey.
If you go on this adventure- just be careful on the middle section, crossing to A1A, there are some very sharp turns, and you don't wanna really see if your VW floats- I tried that once on the Loop- it didn't!
Fahrvergnügen!

can somebody tell me how the weather usually is for this event? tryin to convince the wife to go and she is worried the beach will be too cold to enjoy?

Last year during the day was good weather to go to the beach or just sight seeing.At night was cool enough for a light jacket.Better than here for sure.

vwtattooed wrote:can somebody tell me how the weather usually is for this event? tryin to convince the wife to go
and she is worried the beach will be too cold to enjoy?

Its definitely not too cold to enjoy the beach, wind is very minimal that weekend

DAY TIME TEMPS FROM THE LAST 4 YEARS
2007 - 77 Saturday & (No Show) Sunday
2008 - 79 Saturday & 83 Sunday
2009 - 70 Saturday & 73 Sunday
2010 - 69 Saturday & 72 Sunday

NIGHT TIME TEMPS
Typically in late February it can be anywhere from in the low to mid 40's at night to the high 50's

Usually what happens is a cold front will come in sometime the week before WinterJam during the
Daytona 500 week, then it gets warmer for WinterJam. Depending on when the front comes thru
effects where WinterJam is in the low 70's or high 70's or even 80's like in 2008.

B.B. wrote:The venue looks totally diff than last year....was scattered all over. We stayed @ Destination Daytona.

The venue is different & alot better. We can now host all 3 VW Shows, the live music and skate events all at one venue on
Saturday & Sunday. Plus this year we are also adding a fashion show too (some thing your wives and girlfriends will enjoy,
as well as you guys).

We still will have multiple venues for all the pre-parties and cruisins, but the main events are cut down from 3 venues to 1.

www.daytonawinterjam.com/venues

COOL !

Weather is allways nice every year,cools down at night.

Looking foward to the RidinHood show Friday ! Wheres everyone staying this year ????

I am staying at the Nova camp ground with Pete. Were going down Tuesday

B.B. wrote:Looking foward to the RidinHood show Friday ! Wheres everyone staying this year ????

I got to get booked...

We have about 10 or 11 from our club going. We are leaving early that Thursday morning and coming home on Mon. We are all staying at the Plaza Ocean Club hotel

We are staying at the Rodeway Inn,Cheap cheap!!

Knumb Knucks wrote:We are staying at the Rodeway Inn,Cheap cheap!!

Cheap is GOOD ! Cheap Cheap is mo' better !
Booking tonite !