This year's Annual Retrofest will take place next weekend on May 24-26/24. The event will began with the OLG Classic Car parking lot party at the Downtown Chatham Centre from 4-8 P.M in Friday evening. The cars will assemble for spectators to enjoy viewing up close. In past years this Friday night event has had as many as 700 cars attend from all over the country. Downtown Chatham will be hopping with bars and restaurants open for business. Tecumseh Park will open at at 3 P.M. on Friday the 24th and will be a hub of activity with vendors, activities, food trucks, a beverage tent and live entertainment on stage from 5:30-11 P.M.. The park is open again at 3 P.M. on Saturday with a live show in the evening from 5:30-11 P.M.
The Classic Cars will start to line up on Chatham's Historic King St. Saturday morning as early as 5 A.M. to get the prime parking places. It is always so nice to see people turn out in such great numbers for this special Annual Classic Car Event and the first of many in Chatham-Kent and surrounding areas for 2024. King St. is closed and if you have never attended, you will love the buzz of the crowds and all the sights to take in. Visitors are able to get a close up look at these special cars dating back to 1990 and earlier and talk to the proud owners who are more than willing to share the history of their prize possessions. Make plans to attend and invite your out of town friends and family. They will love it!
Remember, Chatham-Kent is host to many Classic Car Events each summer. Chatham is the Classic Car Capitol of Canada and maintains its title each year with greats events like this one. Check my website for a schedule of events so you don't miss a great summer of cars and fun
One of Chatham-Kent's Newer Classic Car Events is Cars and Coffee at RM Restoration just outside of Chatham. There are three Saturday mornings, June 8, July 13 and Sept 14/24 from 8-11 A.M. for impromptu car shows. The first 250 visitors get free coffee and pastries. RM Classic Car Exhibit has over 60 rare and valuable restored vehicles for visitors to view. There is sometimes a guided tour of this ever changing display to enlighten and inform spectators and to allow them to get the most out of this amazing display of one of the world's finest car collections.
Watch for more details of the upcoming Events in Chatham-Kent on this website. These events are always a feather in Chatham-Kent's hat! We are the Classic Car Capital of Canada. Chaham-Kent is the Affordable Lifestyle location with something for everyone. The perfect location to live, work, raise a family, retire to or purchase a vacation property at one our Chatham-Kent area Resorts. Call me, Wayne Liddy 519-436-4810 Royal LePage Peifer Realty for all your Real Estate needs and visit my website for choice listings in this popular area.
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