Lakeland FL Lake Mirror Classic Automobile Festival – October 18-20, 2013
Lake Mirror Promenade – Lakeland FL
Lakeland is the place to be not only for car enthusiasts, but for folks of all ages. Can you believe it, the annual Lake Mirror Classic Automobile Festival is in it’s 14th year and it seems to me that this event is growing each year. A must see event that we as a family rarely miss.
This great free event to the public is made possible of the great support of corporate sponsors as well as the countless volunteers that help make this a great experience. Over $250,000 has been raised or donated which has helped local organizations such as the Junior Achievement, Lakeland Community Theater, Historic Lakeland, Boy Scouts, Lakeland Regional Cancer Center and many more. This year their mission is to help fund the preservation and restoration of historic Lake Mirror Promenade, also known as the Frances Langford Promenade.
What can you expect to see at Lake Mirror Classic Automobile Festival?
What a way to start your weekend off with a party on Friday evening filled with a free outdoor concert held at the Lake Mirror Amphitheater. Rock & roll music, food, drinks and crazy looking cars. Are you ready for some noise? As the band takes a break all the hot rods crank up their engines for a Hot Rod Rendezvous and making noise or music of their own.
There will also be New Car Unveiling for the 2014 new model vehicles presented by Lakeland area car dealers from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the Lake Mirror Park East Promenade.
Florida’s biggest car show takes place in Lakeland annually in October
Ready for the open car show!
Hundreds of classic and collectible are staged in groups of similar makes and models downtown in a 16-block area. Over 500 cars, such as Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Model As, Corvettes and many more are to see. There is also a special area set aside for prospective buyers to view and perhaps purchase the car of your dreams. Don’t forget to stop by at the Lake Mirror Park and view vintage wooden boats, classic motorcycles and amphicars that take it to the water.
The featured event of the Lake Mirror Classic Automobile Festival takes place on Saturday, October 19th, 2013.
The Concours d’Elegance features 125 cars that will be judged in various categories, such as the Brass Era Vehicles, Early Classics 1925 – 1937, Late Classics 1938 – 1948, Pre-war Production thru 1942, Post-war production thru 1966, Golden Anniversary Group 1963 (my personal favorite), Muscle Cars 1962 – 1972, Foreign Sports Cars thru 1972, Small Cars or Trucks thru 1972, Cars of Particular Interest, Historic Racing Cars.
The Concours d’Elegance kicks off at 10:00 a.m. at the Lake Mirror Amphitheater and at 12:00 Noon (one of my favorite) is the lunch parade which begins at the Terrace Hotel and led by Scottish bag-piper, tuxedo-clad Terrace Hotel waiters deliver lunch to the participants of the Concours d’Elegance.
Annual Lake Mirror Classic Car Festival in Lakeland FL
An interview is scheduled with this year’s honorary chairman, Wayne Cherry. Wayne Cherry is known for his design in 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and the first Chevrolet Camaro, moreover he is known for the bold new vision and design of the Cadillac being credited for bringing this automobile back to it’s prominence. He is also known for designing the German Opel Junior concept, which led to the popular model, the 1993 Opel Corsa.
You don’t want to miss the Splash-In into Lake Mirror – The parade of Classic Wooden Boats and Amphicar at 2:00 p.m. This is a picturesque event, don’t forget your camera!
A collector car auction held by Higgenbotham Auctioneers International starts at 10:00 a.m. and his held on the west side of Munn Park, next to the BB&T bank.
The awards ceremony will be held at 3:00 p.m. where the winners & cars will take the red carpet at Lake Mirror Amphitheater.
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There are so many pictures to choose from, so check out the youtube video