Art Cars Calendar

Art Car Events 2006

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© Tim Klein, www.yarncar.com
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Last updated 11 November 2006

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January 2006

Jan 16

Mon

Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
Houston, Texas, USA

Houston Art Car Klub

February 2006

Feb 4	Sat	Art Cars on Ice Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	.
Feb 9	Thu	Adults Only Art Car Class begins Houston, Texas, USA	Led by Brian "Visker" Mahanay. Mary Urban: (713)926-6368
Feb 24	Fri	Krewe of Southdowns Parade Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	Terry Brooks
Feb 24	Fri	Mardi Gras Louisville Parade Louisville, Kentucky, USA	Patrick Deprey

March 2006

Mar 11	Sat	Bayou City Classic 10k Houston, Texas, USA	Art cars lead this foot race. Rubi Longoria: (281)657-5201 or (713)845-1031
Mar 19	Sun	CelticFest Vancouver St. Patrick's Day Parade Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Artcar Society of Canada

April 2006

Apr 1	Sat	Baton Rouge Art Car Parade Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA	.
Apr 9	Sun	Port Moody Festival of the Arts Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada	Artcar Society of Canada

May 2006

May 4	Thu	Mayfest Fort Worth, Texas, USA	.
May 5	Fri	Drive to Support the Arts West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Alyx Kellington: (561)471-2901 ext 311. Palm Beach Country Cultural Council / Sunfest
May 5	Fri	Mayfest Fort Worth, Texas, USA	.
May 6	Sat	Drive to Support the Arts West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Alyx Kellington: (561)471-2901 ext 311. Palm Beach Country Cultural Council / Sunfest
		Art Tougeau Lawrence, Kansas, USA	.
		League City Village Fair & Texas Music Festival Parade League City, Texas, USA	Entry fee waived for art cars. Trey Schoellkopf
		ARTrageous Parade Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA	Festival-opening parade Sat., art car display Sun. Ranaga Farbiarz: (479)981-3288
		Mayfest Fort Worth, Texas, USA	.
May 7	Sun	Drive to Support the Arts West Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Alyx Kellington: (561)471-2901 ext 311. Palm Beach Country Cultural Council / Sunfest
		ARTrageous Parade Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA	Festival-opening parade Sat., art car display Sun. Ranaga Farbiarz: (479)981-3288
		Mayfest Fort Worth, Texas, USA	.
		Run With the Cars San Francisco, California, USA	.
May 10	Wed	Welcome to Houston Party Houston, Texas, USA	At Last Concert Cafe, 6pm. Houston Art Car Klub
May 11	Thu	Singularity Arts Festival near Primm, Nevada, USA	.
May 11	Thu	Houston Art Car Ball Houston, Texas, USA	.
May 12	Fri	EV1.Net Art Car Weekend Houston, Texas, USA	.
May 12	Fri	Singularity Arts Festival near Primm, Nevada, USA	.
May 13	Sat	EV1.Net Art Car Weekend Houston, Texas, USA	.
		Illuminated Cruise Houston, Texas, USA	Houston Art Car Klub
		Singularity Arts Festival near Primm, Nevada, USA	.
May 14	Sun	EV1.Net Art Car Weekend Houston, Texas, USA	.
May 14	Sun	Singularity Arts Festival near Primm, Nevada, USA	.
May 19	Fri	Tulsa ArtCar Weekend Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Marvin Branham: (918)629-8815
May 19	Fri	The Works Festival Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia	See also
May 20	Sat	Tulsa ArtCar Weekend Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Marvin Branham: (918)629-8815
May 20	Sat	The Works Festival Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia	See also
May 21	Sun	Tulsa ArtCar Weekend Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Marvin Branham: (918)629-8815
May 21	Sun	The Works Festival Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia	See also
May 25	Thu	Burning Flipside near Austin, Texas, USA	.
May 26	Fri	Playa del Fuego near Odessa, Delaware, USA	.
May 26	Fri	Burning Flipside near Austin, Texas, USA	.
May 27	Sat	Vintage at the Vineyards Lewisville, North Carolina, USA	Not an art car gathering, but there is a "create an art car" exhibit.
		Playa del Fuego near Odessa, Delaware, USA	.
		It STILL Ain't Braggin' If It's True Austin, Texas, USA	Herlinda Zamora: 512-936-4625
		Burning Flipside near Austin, Texas, USA	.
May 28	Sun	Playa del Fuego near Odessa, Delaware, USA	.
May 28	Sun	Burning Flipside near Austin, Texas, USA	.
May 29	Mon	Playa del Fuego near Odessa, Delaware, USA	.
May 29	Mon	Burning Flipside near Austin, Texas, USA	.

June 2006

Jun 3	Sat	King Wamba Carnival Parade Toledo, Ohio, USA	Mark Moffett
Jun 3	Sat	Charles Village Festival Parade Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Ed Hargadon: (410)366-6071
Jun 8	Thu	Smoky Hill River Festival Salina, Kansas, USA	Art car parade, show, and neighborhood excursions. Karla Prickett
Jun 9	Fri	Smoky Hill River Festival Salina, Kansas, USA	Art car parade, show, and neighborhood excursions. Karla Prickett
Jun 9	Fri	Tulsa ArtCar Weekend DATE CHANGED. Now May 19-21.	.
Jun 10	Sat	Smoky Hill River Festival Salina, Kansas, USA	Art car parade, show, and neighborhood excursions. Karla Prickett
Jun 10	Sat	3rd Annual Kinetic Art Parade Columbia, Maryland, USA	.
Jun 17	Sat	Art on Wheels Parade Prescott, Arizona, USA	.
Jun 17	Sat	Seattle Art Car Blowout Seattle, Washington, USA	.
Jun 18	Sun	Seattle Art Car Blowout Seattle, Washington, USA	.
Jun 18	Sun	Car as Canvas: Custom Car Show Kansas City, Missouri, USA	"radically altered body work or fantastic paint jobs". Kristy Peterson
Jun 23	Fri	Berwyn Cartopia Berwyn, Illinois, USA	.
		Comfest Columbus, Ohio, USA	Greg Phelps: (614)262-6462
		AthFest Athens, Georgia, USA	.
Jun 24	Sat	Berwyn Cartopia Berwyn, Illinois, USA	.
		Mermaid Parade Coney Island, New York, USA	Usually at least a few art cars participate.
		Comfest Columbus, Ohio, USA	Greg Phelps: (614)262-6462
		AthFest Athens, Georgia, USA	.
Jun 25	Sun	Comfest Columbus, Ohio, USA	Greg Phelps: (614)262-6462
Jun 25	Sun	AthFest Athens, Georgia, USA	.

July 2006

Jul 3	Mon	Ashland's Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration Ashland, Oregon, USA	Wild Art Car Klub of Oregon (WACKO)
Jul 4	Tue	Ashland's Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration Ashland, Oregon, USA	Wild Art Car Klub of Oregon (WACKO)
		Burnin'Bush Gerlach, Nevada, USA	.
		Doo Dah Parade Columbus, Ohio, USA	Greg Phelps: (614)262-6462
Jul 8	Sat	Art Car Show and Shine Reno, Nevada, USA	Stacey Spain: (775)334-6264
Jul 9	Sun	Art Car Show and Shine Reno, Nevada, USA	Stacey Spain: (775)334-6264
Jul 14	Fri	Rolling Sculpture Car Show Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	Mark Moffett
Jul 15	Sat	Riverbend Arts Festival Findlay, Ohio, USA	Lori Scheer
Jul 15	Sat	Ice Hot Cars Reno, Nevada, USA	.
Jul 21	Fri	The ArtCar Parade Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	.
		Autoternatives Baltimore, Maryland, USA	At Artscape. Non-gasoline-powered art cars only. Doug Retzler
		Baltimore Artcar Show Linthicum, Maryland, USA	Conrad Bladey: (410)789-0930
		aLtskape Baltimore, Maryland, USA	See also
Jul 22	Sat	The ArtCar Parade Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	.
		Autoternatives Baltimore, Maryland, USA	At Artscape. Non-gasoline-powered art cars only. Doug Retzler
		Baltimore Artcar Show Linthicum, Maryland, USA	Conrad Bladey: (410)789-0930
		aLtskape Baltimore, Maryland, USA	See also
Jul 23	Sun	Autoternatives Baltimore, Maryland, USA	At Artscape. Non-gasoline-powered art cars only. Doug Retzler
		Baltimore Artcar Show Linthicum, Maryland, USA	Conrad Bladey: (410)789-0930
		aLtskape Baltimore, Maryland, USA	See also
Jul 29	Sat	Drum, Dance & Didgeridoo Festival Reno, Nevada, USA	Roger Stimson
Jul 29	Sat	The Blessing of the Cars Los Angeles, California, USA	Entry fee waived for art cars. Advance contact required.

August 2006

Aug 4	Fri	Kentucky Art Car Weekend Louisville, Kentucky, USA	.
Aug 5	Sat	Kentucky Art Car Weekend Louisville, Kentucky, USA	.
Aug 11	Fri	Central Art Car Exhibit & Celebration Omaha, Nebraska, USA	.
Aug 12	Sat	Central Art Car Exhibit & Celebration Omaha, Nebraska, USA	.
Aug 18	Fri	3rd Annual Mt. Dora Art Car Weekend Mt. Dora, Florida, USA	.
Aug 19	Sat	Route 6 Nebraska Art Car Tour begins Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Ends August 27. Don Robertson, (402)463-5059
Aug 19	Sat	3rd Annual Mt. Dora Art Car Weekend Mt. Dora, Florida, USA	.
Aug 20	Sun	3rd Annual Mt. Dora Art Car Weekend Mt. Dora, Florida, USA	.
Aug 26	Sat	Grant Park Summer Shade Festival Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Phil Cuthbertson: (404)521-0938
Aug 27	Sun	Route 6 Nebraska Art Car Tour ends	Starts August 19.
Aug 27	Sun	Grant Park Summer Shade Festival Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Phil Cuthbertson: (404)521-0938
Aug 28	Mon	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Aug 29	Tue	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Aug 30	Wed	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Aug 31	Thu	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.

September 2006

Sep 1	Fri	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Sep 2	Sat	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Sep 3	Sun	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Sep 4	Mon	Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada, USA	.
Sep 8	Fri	Hot Times Community Music & Arts Festival Columbus, Ohio, USA	.
Sep 9	Sat	Hot Times Community Music & Arts Festival Columbus, Ohio, USA	.
Sep 10	Sun	Hot Times Community Music & Arts Festival Columbus, Ohio, USA	.
		Solano Avenue Stroll Albany and Berkeley, CA, USA	.
		Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival Asheville, North Carolina, USA	.
Sep 14	Thu	ArtCar Fest San Francisco Bay area, California, USA	.
Sep 15	Fri	ArtCar Fest San Francisco Bay area, California, USA	.
Sep 16	Sat	ArtCar Fest San Francisco Bay area, California, USA	.
Sep 17	Sun	ArtCar Fest San Francisco Bay area, California, USA	.
Sep 24	Sun	AltWheels Brookline, Massachusetts, USA	.

October 2006

Oct 6	Fri	MainStrasse Art Car Happenin' Covington, Kentucky, USA	See also
Oct 7	Sat	Fell's Point Fun Festival Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Holly Klemm
Oct 7	Sat	Art Off-Pike Covington, Kentucky, USA	See also
Oct 8	Sun	Fell's Point Fun Festival Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Holly Klemm
Oct 8	Sun	Traders Village Art Car Show Houston, Texas, USA	.
Oct 20	Fri	Austin Art Car Parade Austin, Texas, USA	Katy: (512)459-4070
Oct 21	Sat	Austin Art Car Parade Austin, Texas, USA	Katy: (512)459-4070

November 2006

Nov 4	Sat	World Art Car Day worldwide	Display your art car today, wherever you are!
		World Art Car Day (Baltimore) Linthicum, Maryland, USA	Conrad Bladey: (410)789-0930
		World Art Car Day (Orlando) Orlando, Florida, USA	Deanna Sheffield: (321)356-5860, Carl Knickerbocker: (407)365-5148
Nov 11	Sat	World Art Car Day (Houston) Houston, Texas, USA	.
		World Art Car Day (Minneapolis) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Mina Leierwood: (612)721-4674
		World Art Car Day (Seattle) Seattle, Washington, USA	Gary Watts

December 2006

Dec 16

Sat

Deck the Halls Parade
Houston, Texas, USA

Ember Mandell: (713)205-7372

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