The World's Greatest Classic Car Show and Festival. Held every year the week before Labor Day.

Come celebrate the automobile legacy of the Auburn Automobile Company. Auburn Indiana, where the automobile and art converge. Events for the entire family await!

Festival Schedule:

9AM – 7PM: The 55th Annual Auburn Auction & Show—Live Auction

View cars and memorabilia in Worldwide Auctioneers' 200,000 sq ft. climate-controlled auction facility and gallery. 

9AM – 6PM: Destination Auburn Car Show & Corral, Vendors and Swap Meet

Location: Worldwide Auctioneers Headquarters--5634 Opportunity Blvd., Auburn, IN

9AM - 5PM: Fall Swap Meet

Celebrate Labor Day weekend at the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum. Automotive parts, tools and automobilia galore! Pre-registration for vendors is preferred.

Cost: Free to spectators; contact the museum for space rental information

Location: 2181 Rotunda Drive, Auburn IN

9AM - 5PM: Ham Radio Special Event Station

NIARA members, using their amateur radio stations, will be making contacts throughout the United States and Internationally honoring the festival through shortwave radio using callsign K9A.  Modes of operation will be voice, digital, and morse code.

Cost: FREE

Location: Downtown Auburn, near 9th Street Brew

noon: Cruise-In Cuisine

Check out our Cruise-In Cuisine featuring The Brown House, Hoosier Mama, Coterie Pizza, Kona Ice, Waterloo Lions Club Burgers & Dogs, WTFish!, Travelin' Toms Coffee, Another One Bites the Crust!, Drop it Like it's Tot!, and Who Cut the Cheese? Be sure to check out our downtown restaurants, too!

Location: 7th Street between Jackson St. & Main St.

7AM - 1PM: Annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Car Show

Come see 300 classic cars in beautiful Eckhart Park. Food is available in the park with activities for kids from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.

Cost: $5 for adults; $3 for children; 3 and under free.

Location: Eckhart Park

11AM: Connecting Rods Lunch

Did your parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or acquaintance work for the Auburn Automobile Company, Duesenberg, Inc., Cord Corporation, or Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Company?  If so, this is a special luncheon for you to join with other people from around the globe with similar connections to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum!  Reservations are required and can be made by contacting the museum at (260) 925-1444.  

Cost: $15 per person and reservations are required

Location: Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

11AM: Pre-Parade Entertainment

Come and enjoy performances by the Auburn Community Band as you get ready to enjoy the Parade of Classics in the heart of the city. There is no better viewing spot than downtown Auburn! 

Cost: FREE

Location: Courthouse Square

1PM: Parade of Classics

Sponsored by Ben Davis Chevrolet & Ben Davis Ford. Keep your eyes peeled for NATMUS' Futurliner #10 cruising along the parade route as well!

A fan-favorite ACD Festival event! ACD Club members from around the world drive their magnificent classic cars through Auburn streets, from Eckhart Park, with review at the courthouse square. After the parade, these classics are parked around courthouse square for your viewing. This year's Parade of Classics will feature the "Year of the Auburn". Just prior to the ACD Club cars rolling through, see this year's parade Grand Marshal, Sam Mahdavi, along with other VIPs, and the Baron Brigade Marching Band from DeKalb High School also joining in the fun! Keep your eyes peeled...

Cost: FREE

4PM - 5PM: Ticket to Ride

Experience a free ride in some of the coolest cars around! Multiple cars will be available for rides. (Car selection based on availability) All will travel the same predetermined course in the downtown area. 

Cost: FREE; ticket required

Location: Near the corner of 7th Street and Jackson Street

5:00pm: Fast and Fabulous

The ACD Festival proudly welcomes SweetCars and the Fort Wayne Driving Club (FWDC) back to downtown Auburn for the 2025 edition of Fast and Fabulous powered by SweetCars! The fun begins at 5PM when well over 100+ modern exotic and sports cars (Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, Porsches, Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and more!) provided by SweetCars and FWDC begin to fill our ‘SweetStreets’ around the courthouse square. Watch them arrive in style between 5:00PM and 5:30PM. Cars will then be on display from 5:30PM - 7:30PM!
 
Bring the family and enjoy a treat from our food truck area while checking out the cars. Still not ready to go home? Stick around and listen to live music beginning at 6:00 PM with Reload, followed by REkT at 8:15 PM, to rock us well into the night!

Cost: FREE

Location: Courthouse Square, Downtown Auburn

5PM: Official Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Downtown Bar

Take in the sights, relax with friends and grab a cold one that comes with an FAK Logistics collector koozie! Mad Anthony’s Award Winning ‘Auburn Brew’ will be available, in addition to the 2025 ACD Festival wine bottled by Country Heritage Winery and Vineyard, the bar’s famous Freaky Tiki, and more. Enjoy the live music and beautiful cars as you wet your whistle while you walk. 

Cost: No admission charge (Ages 21 and over permitted)

Location: On Main Street in between 7th and 8th St.

6PM - 11PM: Fast and Fabulous Concert

Enjoy live music around the courthouse square, featuring Reload and REkT, while you check out fabulous cars and connect with friends!

Cost: FREE

Location: Courthouse Square

7PM - 11PM: The Gatsby Gala Ball

Grab your dancing shoes and your flapper dress to dance the night away!  Live big band music, cash bar, and heavy hors d’oeuvres are all part of the fun of the Gatsby Gala Ball!  Travel back in time to the Roaring 20’s with complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar featuring signature cocktails from the award-winning publication, Cocktails of the Auburn Automobile Company: A Collection of Mixed Drinks.  

Master the dance floor with the live jazz band and celebrate with friends and family! The rhythm will be swingin’, your feet will be tappin’, and everyone will be dancin’. Make a statement and take part in a dazzling experience!

Cost: $40 Members, $55 Non-Member, $350 Table of 8, $500 Sponsorship Level

Location: Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

9AM–4PM: ACDA Museum Archives Open House

Take a break from the festival crowds and explore the museum’s Reading Room and Archives! Whether you're a researcher, a history buff, or just need a quiet place to rest your feet, stop by and say hello. Our staff will be on hand to answer questions, help with research, or point you toward something good to read from our library.

Cost: Free with museum admission

Location: ACDA Museum; 2nd Floor Reading Room & Archives