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2024 – 37th Annual British Car Festival, Sept. 8th

2024 – 37th Annual British Car Festival, Sept. 8th

With more than 250 beautiful cars, this is one of the largest celebrations of British automotive design and engineering in the United States.

In addition to the cars, the festival features a variety of classic car parts vendors, presentations, tech workshops, authentic British food and new car dealers showcasing the latest imports from Great Britain.

Admission for the general public is free, with donations encouraged for Shelter, Inc., which is a non-profit dedicated to providing community based, emergency and longer-term housing for abused and neglected children.

Participant registration fee is $25 before August 25th, $30 after and day of the festival. Prizes are awarded.

Your can register: Register British Car Union

The British Car Festival is organized by the British Car Union, which is a non-profit founded in 1986. It consists of representatives from 20 different Chicagoland British car clubs whose sole purpose is to coordinate the events critical to making the British Car Festival a success each September.

Date - Time - Location

September 8 at 9:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT

Organizer

Event Organizer – Dave Bralich
Phone
630-222-3571
Email
dbralich@sbcglobal.net

Venue

Harper College
1200 W Algonquin Rd
Palatine, IL 60067
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