Old Car Festival Returns to The Henry Ford September 6-7 in Greenfield Village

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Aug 28, 2025, 08:40 ET

Featuring hundreds of vehicles, it is the longest-running antique car show in America

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Henry Ford will host Old Car Festival, America's longest-running antique car show, in Greenfield Village, September 6 & 7.

Powered by Hagerty, Old Car Festival brings hundreds of vehicles from the 1890s through 1932 to Greenfield Village, where American history comes alive in the perfect setting.

Hundreds of vehicles from the 1890s through 1932 arrive from across the country to be perfectly set in the place where American history comes alive. Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village is a raucous ride, epitomizing the earnest optimism of the American Dream from the turn of the century to the Great Depression.

Guests can expect to walk through the village meeting owners who have passionately preserved their vehicles while listening to the distinctive sounds of century-old cars. The experience includes the Pass-in-Review Car Parade and an awards showcase featuring the best restored and unrestored cars on display

The antique car show brings Ragtime America and the Jazz Age to life with two days of historically inspired street food, music, dancing and activities. Stay late Saturday evening for the Gaslight Parade of Cars, dancing with the River Raisin Ragtime Revue, and a Dixieland-style procession. Guests can enhance their Old Car Festival experience with a new buffet dining option featuring a classic barbeque menu including hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecued chicken breast, and more.

In 2025, Old Car Festival recognizes the automobile's earliest years with a salute to Nineteenth-Century Motoring, including the Karl Benz patented Motorwagen, the 1886 automobile that defined the 20th century, along with some of the country's most storied makes, including Oldsmobile, Stanley, Packard, and Buick.

Tickets to the Old Car Festival Dinner and admission for nonmembers are on sale and available at thf.org.

About The Henry Ford
Located in Dearborn, Michigan, The Henry Ford, a globally recognized destination, fosters inspiration and learning from hands-on encounters with artifacts that represent the most comprehensive collection anywhere focusing on innovation, ingenuity and resourcefulness in America. Its unique venues include Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Greenfield Village, Ford Rouge Factory Tour, Benson Ford Research Center, The Giant Screen Experience, and Henry Ford Academy, a public charter high school. Together with its online presence at thf.org and Invention Convention Worldwide, the growing affiliation of organizations fostering innovation, invention and entrepreneurship in K-12 students, The Henry Ford is a force for inspiring every individual to innovate, create and invent.

SOURCE The Henry Ford