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Metro Cruise events happen each month of the summer, starting in May!

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Saturday, MAY 2, 2026, 9AM-1PM – Metro Cruise® Dust Off

Metro Cruise Dust Off

Metro Cruise’s first event of the year – and the first major car event of the year in West Michigan! At this 12th annual event, join 250+ collector cars, car trophies, food and drink specials.

KEY DETAILS:
* Time: 9am – 1pm. Please no arrivals before 8:30am
* Location: Lucky Strike / Woody’s Press Box (Address: 5656 Clyde Park Ave SW, Wyoming, MI) Just south of Meijer at the Clyde Park & Gezon Parkway intersection
* Collector Cars – NO FEE – all types of collector, classic, custom cars & trucks are welcome
* General cars – Free admission, free parking for general attendees – follow signs on arrival
* Breakfast served from 9am-11am; lunch from 11am-1pm. Woody’s Press Box (full-service restaurant) available for inside seating. Select menu items will also be available for taking outside
* Multiple items from the METRO-MERCH official collection: Custom Dust Off T-shirt for $15 to first 75 collector car owners. Also: dash plaques, street signs, sunglasses, other Metro Cruise collectibles
* Head inside at any time for open bowling, food and drink specials, golf simulators, an arcade for the kids, are more!

Date/Time/Location are TBD – Miss Metro Cruise® Meet and Greet & Car Show

Join us for a collector car show and Miss Metro Cruise® pinup contestants! This combination cruise-in car show and Miss Metro Cruise event is free and fun for all. If you have a custom or classic car or truck, park in our show lot – no registration or fee.

To be a Miss Metro Cruise contestant, you must pre-register! Hover on the “EVENTS” menu above, then click the “MISS METRO CRUISE” tab for all the details.

Follow their official Facebook page for updates, pictures, and discussion: Miss Metro Cruise Official Facebook Page

Saturday, JULY 25, 2026, 9AM-3PM – MOPARs at the Red Barns presented by Metro Cruise (Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI)

The annual MOPARs at the Red Barns Show and Swap Meet is West Michigan’s largest all-Chrysler products car show, featuring over 400 vehicles. Allowed in the show will be any car, truck or other forms of transportation manufactured by or for “Chrysler” including: Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Desoto, Ram, Jeep, etc.

This show’s standard fee is $35 for a show car, but sign up through our special link, and you’ll get $10 off! Link will be available soon. The show car fee includes admission for up to 2 people in the car. All areas on the museum grounds are included in this fee.

For a regular attendee/visitor, admission is: $25 for all 18+, $15 for youth aged 11-17, and kids 10 and under are FREE. Interested in a Gilmore membership? It’s only $65 for a year for an individual, $95 a year for a couple. Special events like this are FREE with any membership!

Have a car you want to enter into the show? Signups are now OPEN! Click here: Gilmore Car Museum | MOPARs At The Red Barns. The fee is $35, which gets your car in PLUS 2 adult admissions to the event and all museum buildings. Also, you get a $10 reimbursement on-site by entering Metro Cruise on the Vehicle Registration page under the question “Are you a member of a car club?”

LIVE music by the JR Clark Band from 10am-1pm! JR CLARK BAND – Facebook

A new addition to this event – the Miss Metro Cruise contestants! During the band intermission at about 11:30am, the girls will do a 10 minute meet and greet show. Before and after, they will be mingling amongst the cars and crowd, taking lots of pictures along the way. Remember they are vying for the title of Miss Metro Cruise 2026, so they will be handing out trading cards, and asking you to vote for them.

This show also includes a swap meet. There will be around 100 vendors including a large car corral plus new and used parts, die cast, collectibles, tools, crafts and more.

Awards will also be given at this show, including: Top 20, Best in Show, Director’s Choice, Sponsor’s Choice, and Kid’s Choice.

See you at the MOPARs! Follow the official Facebook page for updates and discussion: MOPARS at the Red Barns presented by Metro Cruise | Facebook

Thursday, AUGUST 20, 2026, 4PM-8PM – Cascade’s Metro Cruise® Warm Up presented by Cascade DDA (Fowling Warehouse lot, 6797 Cascade Rd, Grand Rapids, MI)

This long-standing event continues with it’s laid back feel and community involvement. Located at the end of 28th Street where it meets Cascade Road, this event will feature 5 local food vendors, a live band, Cascade Fire truck, Sheriff’s department K9 unit demonstration and displays, kid’s games, face painting courtesy of United Bank, official Metro-Merch, and of course a very diverse lineup of collector cars.

Follow the official Facebook page for updates and discussion: Cascade Warm Up Official Facebook Page

Saturday, AUGUST 22, 2026 – Metro Cruise® PIT STOP sites

Metro Cruise PIT STOP sites

Visit any or all of our official PIT STOP sites this year! Spread throughout 28th Street in multiple cities, these event sites are all unique, and will features collector cars and clubs, great local food options, kid’s entertainment, official Metro-Merch, car-related entertainment features, and more!

CLICK HERE for detailed info including maps for all these events.

* LOCATIONS: TBD

AUG 21 & 22, 2026 – 28th Street Metro Cruise® MAIN EVENT at Rogers Plaza in Wyoming

** Join 25,000+ people in 2 days for the biggest gathering during Metro Cruise. The Main Event remains by far the largest event site during Metro Cruise weekend. Here’s what to expect this year…

COLLECTOR CAR ROW – the famous collection of 340+ collector and classic cars and trucks
LUCKYS SELF SERVE DYNO – the car testing platform where cars rev to 160mph+
GRNCDA MAIN STAGE – the main stage will be the host of MANY event features and performances
CUMULUS MEDIA KIDS TENT – Coloring sheets, rock decorating, and wooden building kits
FOOD VENDORS – 20+ area food trucks, trailers, and concessionaires will be at this site offering your favorites: authentic tacos, tamales, wood fired pizza, slow-smoked BBQ, corn on the cob, hot and iced coffees, fresh-squeezed lemonade, elephant ears, funnel cakes, nachos, fries, sausages, hot dogs, corn dogs, shave ice, cotton candy, popcorn, and more!
GIVEAWAYS & FREEBIES – we give away over $500 in gift cards at the event through various giveaways, and most of the vendor spaces offer free items also
SHUTTLE SERVICE – we offer a shuttle service to the Main Event site, courtesy of The Rapid. Park at either the Wyoming High School parking lot or KDL Wyoming. Parking and shuttle are FREE.

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