Thread: the american graffiti car show & cruise in in petaluma calif.

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No way I can make it, but I sure do hope somebody gets a bunch of pics!!!!!

That show is only a few minutes south from where I am but I've never attended. They only allow about 200 cars and it's always filled up from the previous years entrants. I could just go and be a spectator but I'd rather participate.

I hear it's a great show though.

It's my home town, and I was killing myself trying to figure out how to get my truck on the road by then! I gave up, but will definately be there, work schedule permitting, and I will take a lot of photos! We are a small for California town of about 50-55k people. Petaluma is a great place. If you come out I'm sure you'll have a good time, and I'd love to meet you. It's a pretty time of the year, weather is usually gorgious and people here are friendly, not to mention tons of great restaurants! We are also only 45 minutes from the beautiful coast line, so a cruise up the US 1 is a must. After being in S. Calif. the hot rod scene is more subdued here, but very active! I would come because it is smaller, easier to get around and a great Victorian downtown to visit.
Here is what I found on the web
Event Dates: May 15, 2008 - May 17, 2008
Location: Petaluma, California

Petaluma’s Salute to American Graffiti is an annual celebration of the “happy days” of the ‘50s and early ‘60s as portrayed in George Lucas’ 1973 film, American Graffiti. This year’s festivities will take place on May 15, 16 and 17, 2008 and will include the Classic Car Extravaganza and American Graffiti Downtown Cruise on the streets of Petaluma, where most of the scenes in the movie were filmed in the early summer of 1972.

Come cruise the same streets where the movie was filmed. Meet the stars of the movie. See the cars that helped make this movie great, the 32 Ford, 55 Chevy, 58 Impala and the 56 T-Bird. Come join us at our downtown street dance as our live bands play all the latest 50's hits.

This years show is dedicated to Manuel Padilla Jr. (Carlos the Pharaoh) 1955 - 2008 RIP my friend.

2008 marks a special year for both the movie and our town of Petaluma. It's Petaluma's 150th birthday and American Graffiti's 35th anniversary so we plan to make this event a big one with lots of special happenings, but we can't tell you because it's a secret! "Stand by for Justice 2!"

Join us at our "VIP Dinner with the Stars" on May 15th. We still have a few tickets left, so make your reservations now. Check out our website for more information, www.Americangraffiti.net We're sorry, but our car show is full.

American Graffiti Salute is produced by Cruisin’ The Boulevard, Inc., an all-volunteer, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit California Public Benefit Corporation. A significant portion of the proceeds from each annual Salute benefit our own community projects; schools; and other community programs that focus on the arts, history, health, safety and welfare of Petaluma.

If I still haven't convinced you, we have a local brew pub(Dempsey's), and a microbrewery(Laganitas) too!