Motorcycle Live is at the NEC from 21 to 29 November, 10am to 5pm daily. Advance adult tickets £27, or £36.50 on the door; children 6 to 18 pay £5.

Motorcycle Live, now branded MCL26, is at the NEC from Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 November 2026, open 10am to 5pm every day. It is the UK’s largest motorcycle show, and the cheapest way in is an advance ticket: £27 for an adult on any day, against £36.50 on the door. Children aged 6 to 18 are £5.

The NEC is inside the Solihull borough, at Bickenhill, and the show fills three halls for nine days. Everything below was checked against the show’s own pages and the NEC’s on 14 October 2026.

The quick answer

  • When: Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 November, 10am to 5pm daily.
  • Where: NEC Birmingham, Halls 2 to 4, B40 1NT.
  • Advance tickets: adult any day £27, adult weekday only £25, child 6 to 18 £5, under 5s free. A £2 booking fee applies online. Advance prices end at 5pm on Friday 20 November.
  • On the door: adult £36.50, child £5.
  • Parking: £10 if booked by 11.59pm on Thursday 19 November, against £19.95 on the day. Motorbikes park free.

Dates and opening times

The show runs for nine days, Saturday 21 November to Sunday 29 November, from 10am to 5pm every day, in Halls 2 to 4 of the NEC (Motorcycle Live, NEC).

Ticket prices

Advance prices, as the show publishes them:

Ticket Advance On the day
Adult 19+, any day £27 £36.50
Adult 19+, Monday to Friday only £25 n/a
Adult 19+, any day with a Spada rucksack £36.50 n/a
Child 6 to 18 £5 £5
Child 5 and under Free Free

Advance tickets are on sale until 5pm on Friday 20 November. After that, tickets are still sold online and on the door during the show, at the on-the-day prices. Online orders carry a £2 booking fee. Children must come with an adult holding a valid ticket, and under 5s do not need a ticket at all.

The weekday ticket is the cheapest adult option if you can go between Monday 23 and Friday 27 November. Groups of 10 adults or more get 10% off by emailing See Tickets. A free carer ticket comes with each full-priced ticket for anyone who needs support; the booking form asks for proof such as a DLA, PIP or Attendance Allowance letter or a Blue Badge (Motorcycle Live tickets).

Who is on, and which day

The show says it has more than 50 manufacturers and over 250 exhibitors, test rides on the road, a balance-bike track for small children, a free Learn2Ride Zone for anyone aged 14 to 70, and a freestyle motocross display. This year’s new features include The Collection, 12 machines from the Moulsdale Foundation’s private museum chosen by Classic Bike magazine, and a celebration of 30 years of British Superbikes.

Guests confirmed so far, by day, on the new Super Stage:

  • Saturday 21 November: Charley Boorman, round-the-world rider Elspeth Beard and BSB racer Glenn Irwin, hosted by James Whitham and Grace Webb, then meet and greets on the Zerofit stand.
  • Sunday 22 November: BSB rider Ryan Vickers with his Honda team.
  • Monday 23 November: road testers Al Fagan and Michael Neeves.
  • Wednesday 25 November: Classic Bike editor Mike Armitage on The Collection.
  • Saturday 28 November: 2004 BSB champion John Reynolds, with his title-winning Suzuki GSX-R1000. He is at the show on both weekends.

The organisers say more guests will be announced in the coming weeks (Motorcycle Live: first guests, more guests).

Parking and getting there

The show subsidises NEC parking. Booked by 11.59pm on Thursday 19 November, a day’s parking is £10; the show puts the on-the-day price at £19.95. The NEC car parks run on number plate recognition, so you pick the day when you book, and you can change it until midnight the night before. Blue Badge holders still pay, and are directed to the nearest disabled bays.

Motorbikes park free, in a secure, covered MCL Bike Park, signposted on arrival. A cloakroom outside Hall 2 holds helmets and jackets at £2 an item (Motorcycle Live travel and parking).

By train, the halls are a five-minute covered walk from Birmingham International. The show points out that you can park free at stations such as Berkswell and Hampton-in-Arden and catch a train to Birmingham International. Avanti West Coast tickets booked through the show’s link carry 20% off until 9 November.

From the town centre, our parking in Solihull page has the council car parks, and Solihull roadworks and travel has anything closed on the M42 and A45 that week. The Classic Motor Show is at the NEC the weekend before, 13 to 15 November.

What we will update

More guests, the stage timetable and the test ride list. This page is checked again in the week of the show.

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