Welcome to the Brookings Car Festival
Greetings Brookings Area Car Enthusiasts…..
THE 33rd Annual Brookings Car FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, June 13 & 14, 2026!
The Brookings Car Festival is an annual event put on by the Brookings Car Club. The second full weekend in June has seen Brookings, SD, filled with hot rods, muscle cars, and trucks since 1993.
We started meeting in January and have planned the events for this year’s 2026 Brookings Car Festival weekend. The activities kick off on Saturday with the Downtown Drive In from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on the 300 block of 4th Street (between Main Avenue and 3rd Avenue) in Brookings. 4th Street will be blocked off for people to bring their rides down and hang out with other car, truck, and motorcycle enthusiasts. Benny’s Pinstriping will be on site during that time and there will be some specials being offered by the downtown establishments in that area.
Then on Sunday we are having the car show in Pioneer Park. Gates open at 9:00 AM to come and get set up until 11:30 AM. Thanks to our great list of sponsors this year, the cost to enter a vehicle in the show is FREE. There will be NO COST to enter a car, truck, or motorcycle in the show. The Show and Shine event runs from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM.
The Show and Shine will be in the central part of the park like last year, just northwest of the band shell. Over the past few years, we have made a change, and we went away from the judged car show to more of a Show and Shine style format, which seems to have gone over well, so that is our plan again for this year. We won’t be giving out awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place like when it was a judged car show, but there will be dash magnets going out to the first 200 entrants in the show. There will be tunes playing and food vendors on site. Benny’s Pinstriping will be at the show on Sunday too. With the great collection of vehicles to view at the show, it should be an afternoon of fun for all in attendance to walk around and enjoy the cars, trucks, and motorcycles on display.
Thank you for the years of your support in attending the Brookings Car Show. We are hoping all the surrounding area car enthusiasts will be looking forward to getting your cars, trucks, and motorcycles out and attending the show to visit with friends and all the other people you meet while at a car show. So, as you have been doing for the past years, get your classics out of the garage, clean them up if need be, and bring them to the Show and Shine car show on Sunday.
For further details on times for the events on Saturday and Sunday, please see the Schedule tab on the website, or click on the link on the right to open up the 2026 Brookings Car Show flyer for more information.
Hope to see you at the Brookings Car Festival events on Saturday, June 13th and Sunday, June 14th!
Sincerely,
