MVVC Calendar of Events
| Date | Sanctioned | Event | Contact | Place | Information |
| 07/27/2024 | Y | Telegraph Cruise | Contact Dalya Chamoun | Telegraph spanning Taylor, Dearborn Heights, Dearborn and Redford | Hot rodders, classic car, vintage, modern muscle, tuners, exotics, and tricked-out car enthusiasts and spectators from throughout Southeast Michigan converge on Telegraph Road between Eureka Rd and Puritan Rd. The annual cruise takes place on the fourth Saturday of July each year. Many cars and crowds will also gather the evening before for an unofficial kickoff. Official event hours are from 9 am to 9 pm, spanning the communities of Taylor, Dearborn Heights, and Redford Township. |
| 08/03/2024 | N | Dubs and Coffee, hosted by our friends the Greater Toledo VW Club | Jay Burton: https://www.facebook.com/jay.burton.77 | Tiedtke's Coffee Shop 8248 Mayberry Square N, Sylvania, OH 43560 | We are going to be having a Dubs and coffee meet coming up Saturday Aug 03rd 9am-12:30 pm , located at Tiedtke's Coffee Shop at Mayberry square in Sylvania Ohio.We will have a rain date if the weather doesn't cooperate. Open to all VWs ! |
| 08/03/2024 | N | Red Barns Spectacular Car Show & Swap Meet | Jim Holland KAARC Red Barns Spectacular Chairman 269-377-7756
| Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI 9 am-5 pm | Big Show. All makes. We VW’s usually have our own space.
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| 08/04/2024 | N | Clinton Twp Gratiot Cruise | http://ctgratiotcruise.com/ | Gratiot, Clinton Township | For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ctgratiotcruise |
| 08/04/2024 | N | 2024 Troy Traffic Jam to benefit the Troy Historical Society | Click to see the flyer: https://www.troyhistoricvillage.org/docs/53/TTJ_2024_Brochure_Digital.pdf | 10am – 3pm at the Columbia Center, 201 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 | Join us at the Troy Traffic Jam Classic Car Show on the beautiful grounds of the Columbia Center for a free, fun, and family-friendly event. See over 300 classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, and specialty vehicles. Bring the family to enjoy children’s crafts, music, and plenty of great food will be available for purchase. For more information, visit: https://www.troyhistoricvillage.org/troy-traffic-jam/ |
| 08/10/2024 | N | 2024 Saline Summerfest Car Show Cars are the Stars | For more information: https://www.facebook.com/salinesummerfest/ | Enter on McKay St. near Ann Arbor St. Saline, MI | Saturday, August 10, 2024 9:00 pm -3:30 pm Gates open at 7:30 am Open to any model, make, or year Free entry. Registration for prize drawings. DJ & live music. |
| 08/10/2024 | N | Columbus (OH) Volksfest | http://www.covvc.org/ | The Ohio History Center 800 E 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211 | The new location is located in the middle of the city: 800 E 17th Ave, Columbus, OH 43211, directly off 17th Avenue. With numerous hotels, restaurants and other activities located minutes away, you can make your next Volksfest a weekend getaway if so desired. Not to worry though, there will be camping the night before on site just like in years past!
With plenty of room for show cars, vendors, and spectators, this promises to be the beginning of the next great Volksfest events! For more information, visit: http://http://www.covvc.org/volksfest.html/ |
| 08/16/2024 | N | M1 Concourse Woodward Dream Show August 16-17 | Chris Frazee Event page: Woodward Dream Show & Festival | M1 Concourse 1 Concourse Dr., Pontiac, MI 48341 | The Woodward Dream Show has been elevated to a multi-day festival featuring great cars, music, dancing, food, and fireworks. |
| 08/16/2024 | N | Grandville Vintage Show | E-mail Theresa Meandering, event planner for downtown Grandville. | Grandville, MI (a suburb of Grand Rapids) | An overview: each year Grandville hosts a Vintage Fest where they close down Chicago Drive and fill the street with live bands, vendors, food trucks and kid’s activities. Each year they also feature a vintage vehicle. Through the years they've had fire engines, military jeeps, campers, motorcycles, tractors and monster trucks. This year, they want to highlight vintage VW Bugs this year, so they invited the MVVC. Event dates are Friday, August 16 from 4-9 pm and Saturday, August 17 from 10-3 pm. |
| 08/17/2024 | Y | Woodward Dream Cruise | For information | 43061 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 NW corner of Woodward and Square Lake Road. | All Volkswagens congregate at Kerby’s on Dream Cruise Day!! We have a section of the lot to ourselves and can come and go as we please. Join us! Kirby’s is on the NW corner of Woodward and Square Lake Road in Bloomfield Hills. |
| 08/25/2024 | N | Cruising Hines | https://www.facebook.com/events/892949539160335/ Questions? E-mail for information. | Edward Hines Drive, Hines Park, MI | The club will not put up the tent this year. Remember, the entrance for Cruisin’ Hines is Ford Road. All Cars must enter at Ford Road. No turning in at Outer Drive. Outer Drive will only be for local traffic. |
| 08/28/2024 | N | Harper Cruise | For more information, visit: https://k05139.site.kiwanis.org/shorewood-kiwanis-harper-charity-cruise/ | St. Clair Shores, MI | 5 to 9 pm Join other VW owners as they cruise Harper to benefit the Kiwanis Club. This is a mini-Woodward, but nice and controllable! |
| 08/31/2024 | Y | Northern Worthersee European Car Show. | Dan Pierce | Frankenmuth, Michigan | Itinerary: Spectating is free, registration for the show will be $35. Pre-registration (by August 1st) gets you a t-shirt
Register here. |
| 09/06/2024 | N | Frankenmuth Auto Fest - September 6-8th | For more information, visit: http://www.frankenmuthautofest.net/ | Heritage Park 601 Weiss Street, Frankenmuth, MI 48734 | Over 2500 classic cars, street rods, and muscle cars. Come enjoy a weekend of fun and entertainment for all ages. See website for schedule and events. |
| 09/08/2024 | N | Barnum’s Bug Barn VW & Buggy Show | (989) 871-9880 | Barnum’s Bug Barn, 7693 Vassar Rd., Milllington, MI 48746 | Open to all VWs & dune buggies. 8:30 AM - 4 PM. Registration starts at 8:30am. Show starts at 10 am.. 30 swap meet spaces available for $10 each; call to reserve. Spectators are FREE (donations are accepted). Call (989) 871-9880 to reserve swap pace or for more info. |
| 09/14/2024 | N | RADwood, the premiere automotive lifestyle event celebrating the 80s and 90s. | Web site: https://www.showclix.com/tickets/totally-rad-live-detroit | Hart Plaza, Detroit 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM | RADwood is the premier lifestyle event celebrating automotive culture of the ’80s and ’90s. The car show that blends period correct attire with killer music of the most radical era. This is a festival for cars, trucks, and motorcycles from 1980-1999…and awesome people of all ages. For our 2nd Annual Detroit event, we’re coming back bigger and better than ever with more cars, live entertainment, VIP Chill Zone, Automotive Celebrity appearances and more! |
| 09/15/2024 | N | 39th annual Milford Car Show | Dave Ellis, 313-995-2519 | Gates will open at 7 am. When arriving before the show, enter Union Street (the first street East of Main Street) from Commerce. The gate is located at the intersection of Union Street & Liberty Street. | Web site: https://www.milfordcarshow.com/ Show winner is The T-Shirt Car! |
| 09/15/2024 | N | Greater Toledo VW Club Bugfest 2024 | Todd - oldvw@yahoo.com | Details TBA | Details TBA |
| 09/27/2024 | N | Buses by the Beach Bus Boo Sept. 27-29 | To make a reservation, please CALL, do NOT try to reserve online. Hungry Horse Campground 616-681-9836 2016 142nd Ave, Dorr, MI 49323 Let them know that you are camping with Buses by the Beach. | Hungry Horse Campground in Dorr, MI. | Annual Halloween-themed VW Bus event in Dorr, MI. This is a family-friendly event, featuring contests and prizes for best kid’s costumes, best adult costume, best decorated campsite, pumpkin carving and our annual chili cook-off. |
| 09/28/2024 | N | North Gratiot Cruise | https://www.cruisegratiot.com/ or E-mail for information. | Gratiot in Chesterfield, MI | One of several Gratiot Cruises, For more information, visit: https://www.cruisegratiot.com/ |
| 10/06/2024 | N | US131 Fall Bug Run | US 131 Motorsports Park | US 131 Motorsports Park continues its support for VW enthusiasts. The Martin, Michigan facility, known as the “Fastest Track in Michigan,” will once again host VW’s and all German makes. | |
| 10/12/2024 | N | DeutscheMarques Oktoberfest and Color Tour | Web site: https://gilmorecarmuseum.org/events/deutschemarques-ocktoberfest-2and https://www.facebook.com/DeutscheMarquesAG/events | Campania Barn Lawn, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 | It's back again - a fun fall gathering for the entire family! There will be German food, German beer and the ever popular DeutscheMarques Oom-Pah band. And – of course – your beautiful German cars. You're encouraged to dress the part as well! There will be trophies for the best traditional-dressed gentleman and lady. Fun for the entire family! |
