Woodward Dream Cruise aka: Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise,Woodward Ave. Dream Cruise

The very first unofficial year was the best. Classic Cars burning rubber, not a gazillion people, awesome cars, what can I say? In recent years it has gotten HUGE and I try to avoid it. The cars are still great, but the cops won’t let anyone have any fun (no burning rubber, no burnouts, closing down roads, etc) If you haven’t been go at least once. If you don’t like classic cars, crowds, and 50s inspired paraphenalia then you could miss it and not miss much.

To say that it’s the Sturgis of classic car gatherings would be an understatement, this thing’s f*ckin HUGE. It’s a 16-mile-long informal parade of classic cars along Woodward Avenue, and it’s like a 16-mile long party! During the best years, the official cruise day attendance has approached 2 million people, more than ten times the attendance of any sport event or concert. The locals around here either love it or despise it for the inconvenience it causes tying up the traffic in all the towns that Woodward Avenue runs through, and it helps some businesses and hurts others. I love it though! And most people here seem to love it. The official day is only one day, but the cruisers really start coming out en masse weeks before then.