Downtown Arlington Management Corp. will host its fourth annual Downtown Arlington Classic Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 7 at the Vandergriff Town Center.
This event will showcase over 150 classic and antique cars from the ’20s through the ’70s, representing half a century of restored, maintained and beloved vehicles from the past, according to the event listing.
The free event features a live DJ, food from Prince Lebanese and Chick-fil-A and the new Rotary Dream Park. General car registration is $25, and vehicles must be registered separately and be built on or before 1979. Registration ends at noon Thursday, and all entry fees will be donated to the Arlington Police Foundation.
Car owners must arrive between 7 and 8:30 a.m., with no entries allowed after 8:45 a.m. All cars must be pre-registered, and there are no walk-ups due to limited space.
Maggie Campbell, Downtown Arlington Management Corp. president and CEO, said the car show resonated with the community when they first did it after the pandemic. Since then, the car show has consistently drawn between 2500 and 3000 people per event, Campbell said.
“It keeps growing and getting better year after year,” she said.
Ten judges will select first and second place from each of the five decades at 2 p.m. The winning cars will be given trophies for best of show, best story, best club participation, mayor’s choice, best hometown car and people’s choice.
The top 10 cars will also receive a commemorative license plate, and other winners will receive gift certificates. The winners of the best story and best hometown car will be featured in an Arlington Today Magazine issue about the 2025 car show. Best of show will receive two free Texas Rangers home game tickets and a one-night stay at the Loews Arlington Hotel.
Seniors, first responders and veterans receive a discount for registration. For the promo code, contact damc@downtownarlington.org or call 817-303-2800 for more information.
“[The event] instills a sense of civic pride and a sense of community, and that is something that is very important, but it’s hard to measure,” Campbell said. “You know it when you see it and you feel it when you’re there.”
