If someone claims “there’s nothing to do” on Saturday, they’re not in downtown Naperville. Two back-to-back events are sure to draw big crowds. The first is the annual classic car show hosted by Downtown Naperville from 9 a.
m. to noon on Jackson Avenue between Eagle and Main streets. The other is a Juneteenth celebration presented by Naperville Neighbors United from noon to 3 p.
m. at Rotary Park. The annual car show promises to bring about 100 classic vehicles to downtown.
It’s not a contest, Katie Wood, interim director of Downtown Naperville said Monday. No trophies are presented. Naperville’s annual classic car show hosted by Downtown Naperville will be held Saturday morning Jackson Avenue between Eagle and Main streets.
(NCTV17) “I think they’re all winners,” she said. “They’re all beautiful. Each car owner is so proud of their car.
They’ve worked so hard on it, and love to talk about it, tell people the history, where they got it, what they’ve done to it.” She noted that “classic cars” means they look how they did when they rolled off of the assembly line, she said. Years ago, classic car clubs approached Downtown Naperville with the idea of having a car show.
“We thought, ‘Yeah, why don’t we do this,’” she recalled. Unlike some car shows, there’s no charge to display a vehicle and admission is free to admire the four-wheeled beauties. “It’s a fun thing to bring your dad to, to bring you family to.
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