Vancouver folks love looking at vehicles and collecting them, which explains why the region hosts so many exotic, collectible and vintage car shows.
There are British car shows, antique car shows and events showcasing the most modern automobiles on the planet. Examples include the Vancouver International Auto Show, All British Field Meet and Everything Electric Canada. There are also festivals that include lots of collectible cars, like ScotFestBC, plus lots of other car show events. See below for details.
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Summer Car Shows | Fall Car Shows | Spring Car Shows | Other Information
Car Shows in the Lower Mainland
The Vancouver region hosts dozens of auto shows and car-related events each year. Some are massive events with hundreds of vehicles worth millions of dollars. Others are smaller car shows that are just part of larger non-car-focused festivals, like Canada Day events. Some car shows are expensive to attend, while many are free.
Below is a list of some of the main car shows that take place in the Lower Mainland throughout the year.
Summer Car Shows
Around a dozen car shows take place in Metro Vancouver in the summer. Some of the auto shows are car-specific events, while others are simply components of larger and more general community events. Several also take place on or around the Father’s Day Weekend in June.
Sea to Sky ALS Rally
The ALS Rally was founded in 2019. The organization hosts their annual car event in June to raise money for the fight against the terrible disease. Cars of all makes and models drive together from Ambleside Park in West Vancouver up to Whistler. There’s a drag racing event in Lillooet and the chance for drivers to stay overnight in Whistler if they’d like. The 2024 rally happened on June 8th. As of early 2025, details about the event this year are to be confirmed.
ScotFest & BC Highland Games
The BC Highland Games & Scottish Festival isn’t a car show. It’s a sporting and cultural event in Coquitlam. A small British car show is part of the festival, however, which makes it a fun event for multiple reasons. The 2025 festival takes place on June 20th and 21st.
BC Italian-French Car Show
The BC Italian-French Car Show sometimes happens on the Father’s Day Sunday at North Vancouver’s Waterfront Park. As the name suggests, it features Italian and French vehicles. Expect to see 60 or so Citroens, Renaults, Peugeots and Fiats, as well as the occasional Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini.
Fleetwood Villa Classic Car Show
The Fleetwood Villa Classic Car Show happened for the second time in 2024. It took place on June 15th, which was the day before Father’s Day. The event is held at 16028 83rd Avenue. It includes an interesting collection of classic cars along with live music. Guests can vote for their favourite vehicles and prizes are also up for grabs. Admission is by donation and includes a barbeque lunch. Details about the event in 2025 are to be confirmed.
Fraser Valley Classic Car Show
The Fraser Valley Classic Car Show takes place in June in Chilliwack and funds raised at the event benefit Chilliwack General Hospital. The car show usually takes place on the property of the University of the Fraser Valley in Chilliwack (in the parking lot at the corner of Caen Avenue and Dieppe Street).
Admission is by donation for the general public. The Fraser Valley Classic Car Show takes place on June 8th in 2025.
Mission’s Old Car Sunday
Old Car Sunday in the Park is a massive car show at Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission. It normally happens on Father’s Day in June. It attracts hundreds of vehicles, runs all day, and admission is by donation. It’s an impressive event!
Aldergrove Fair Days
Aldergrove Fair Days is a small-town community festival that includes a parade, chili cook-off, family-friendly activities and a car show. The event takes place in Aldergrove in July outside the Aldergrove Kinsmen Community Centre on 29th Avenue. In 2025 its dates are July 18th to 20th.
Edmonds City Car Show
The Edmonds City Car Show takes place in Burnaby during July most years. It’s part of a street festival between Canada Way and Kingsway that includes live music, food vendors, community information booths, family-friendly activities and dozens of classic cars. 2025 details are to be confirmed.
Fort Langley Car Show
The Fort Langley Car Show is a newer event that takes place in the Village of Fort Langley in August. It celebrates its second year on August 24th in 2025. The event features classic, vintage and exotic cars and trucks.
Luxury and Supercar Weekend
The Luxury and Supercar Weekend was a two-day event at VanDusen Botanical Garden featuring the world’s most luxurious and collectible automobiles in September. More recently it happens at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
The event features a couple of hundred million dollars’ worth of Bentleys, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Rolls-Royces and other exotic cars, including some collectibles worth over a million dollars each.
Tsawwassen Sun Festival
The Tsawwassen Sun Festival is a community event in South Delta on the BC Day Long Weekend in early August. It includes a parade, softball tournament, outdoor movie and family-friendly activities. On one day of the event there is also an antique car show. The festival’s dates for 2025 are August 2nd to 4th.
Port Coquitlam Car Show
The Port Coquitlam Car Show is a large event showcasing hundreds of cars in downtown Port Coquitlam in August. Admission is free. The event takes place on August 17th in 2025.
Drive 4 Smiles
The Drive 4 Smiles fundraising event takes place at Mission Raceway. The event is for children who are suffering from serious illnesses. It gives them the chance to experience taking a ride in luxury vehicles.
Drive 4 Smiles happens on August 4th in 2025. It’s normally a private event, so not necessarily open to the general public.
Cruise the Shore
The Cruise the Shore charity car show happens on the North Shore in late August or early September. The annual two-day event raises money for a different charity each year with a vintage car procession, 50/50 draw and silent auction.
All the cars are put on display for people to check out and there’s free BBQ to enjoy at the Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver. The 2025 Cruise the Shore event happens on August 23rd and 24th.
ElectraFest
ElectraFest was an electric mobility and related sustainable technology product event that featured electric cars, motorbikes and bicycles. Just before COVID it took place at the Roundhouse Community Centre in August, although in previous years it was held at Concord Pacific Place near BC Place Stadium. Vancouver’s Best Places has been a proud media sponsor of ElectraFest.
ElectraFest hasn’t happened since the start of the COVID-19 era. It may or may not happen again in the future. Hopefully it will (although it’s not looking likely).
Fall Car Shows
The summer finishes (and fall begins) with a small fundraising classic car rally as well as a major car event – Everything Electric Canada.
Vancouver Classic Car Toy Run
The Vancouver Classic Car Toy Run is a car rally that collects toys and cash for the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau. It involves a couple of dozen cars and runs from Port Moody to Vancouver in mid-September.
Langley Good Times Cruise-In
The Langley Good Times Cruise-In claims to be the largest car show in all of Metro Vancouver. It usually features more than 1,000 classic cars. The event takes place in downtown Aldergrove. In 2025 it happens on September 6th.
Everything Electric Canada
Formerly known as Fully Charged Live, Everything Electric Canada is a home energy and electric vehicle show. It’s based off a popular YouTube program hosted by British comedian Robert Llewellyn. The live version of the show has been touring the world for the past few years. It comes to Vancouver for a third time from September 5th to 7th in 2025.
Horsepower 4 Horsepower
This free event takes place at the Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver. Horsepower 4 Horsepower happened on September 7th in 2024. When it happens in 2025 is to be confirmed.
This event features dozens of luxury cars on display along with a live DJ, food, drinks and horseracing. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The event is a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House.
To learn more about this event, click Horsepower 4 Horsepower.
Spring Car Shows
Vancouver car shows in the spring include the Vancouver Auto Show, All British Field Meet and Easter Vintage Car Rally. Details about these and other spring events are below.
Vancouver International Auto Show
The Vancouver International Auto Show is the region’s first major car show of the year and it takes place at the Vancouver Convention Centre in March. The event features the latest models of most major car manufacturers. After not happening for four consecutive years, the Vancouver International Auto Show returned from March 20th to 24th in 2024. In 2025 its dates are March 19th to 23rd.
BC Classic & Custom Car Show
The BC Classic & Custom Car Show is British Columbia’s longest running indoor car show. It normally takes place at Tradex in Abbotsford in April and features over 200 muscle, custom-built and restored classic vehicles. (Note: This event hasn’t happened for a few years. If and when it happens again is to be determined.)
Easter Vintage Car Rally
The Vancouver Easter Vintage Car Rally usually takes place on the Sunday of Easter Weekend in March or April. It features dozens of classic and vintage vehicles. Members of the Vancouver Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada meet in the morning (recently at Trev Deeley Motorcycles) before heading out for an afternoon drive around town. There is no charge for the public to view the cars.
All British Field Meet
Vancouver’s All British Field Meet (ABFM) is dubbed “The Greatest Show on British Wheels,” and for good reason. On the Saturday of the May Long Weekend hundreds of British-made automobiles gather on the lawns of VanDusen Botanical Garden. It’s an exceptional event and highly recommended. In 2025 the event happens on May 17th.
Visit westerndriver.com for the car show’s official website.
Vancouver ABFM All-Brit RUN
The Vancouver ABFM All-Brit RUN typically takes place the day after the All British Field Meet which happens at VanDusen Garden in May. On the Sunday of the Victoria Day Long Weekend, dozens of classic British Cars meet somewhere in Metro Vancouver before heading up together for the afternoon in Harrison Hot Springs. The event at the start, where they meet in the morning before heading out, is free of charge and open to the public.
Brookswood Community Car Show
The Brookswood Community Car Show takes place at Brookswood Secondary School in Langley in late May. It’s a fundraising event for the school and admission for the public is by donation. In 2025 the event happens on Sunday, May 25th.
Other Information
For a list of other festivals and events throughout the year, check out Vancouver’s Festivals & Events Calendar.
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