Hot Rod Hotline reporters travel all over the world to cover car shows. In 2025, our Roving Reporters attended more than 1700 shows, and we hope to bring you even more in 2026! The shows are categorized by date, with the most recent appearing at the top of the list. Scroll down for older events. Have photos to share with us? Go to https://www.hotrodhotline.com/car-show-uploads or e-mail us at [email protected].
7/12/2026 Wallingford, CT Connecticut Street Rod Association presented their second annual Motor Mania Car Show at their clubhouse in Wallingford, CT.
7/11/2026, Meriden, CT, The Others! Car Club presented its annual gathering of traditional hot rods and customs in Connecticut’s Silver City.
7/9/2026 Oakdale, CT: Monthly Tuesday night cruise-in for 1978 and earlier vehicles, hosted by Yesteryear of Oakdale Car Club at Nature’s Art Village.
8/8/2026 Morris, Illinois Some of the 758 vehicles attending the Morris Cruise Night 8/8/2026 held the second Saturday Jun thru October. 50 / 50 was $16161.00 of which the winner received $8081.00
The show went on as planned, but the heat and the construction on the cruise route had a negative effect on the turnout; what did attend were a group of very good cars.
IOLA Car Show & Swap Meet 7/9/2026 Iola, Wisconsin The 54th Annual IOLA Car Show & Swap Meet was held in Iola, WI on July 9-11, 2026. It’s one of America’s Largest Car Show & Swap Meets featuring more than 2,000 Show Cars, 4,000 Swap Spaces, 1500 campsites and 400 Car Corral Spaces. Special Guests… Continue reading IOLA Car Show & Swap Meet
I wasn`t sure if the cruise was going to go as usual, I drove up to Golden co. and there were quite a few cars already there, so off I went get the following pictures, the heat was worse than I had planned on so I didn’t hang very long, at 85 it hits a… Continue reading Golden cruise for July 4th
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