Huntingburg Kiwanis Car Show returns to Historic Fourth Street Saturday

Historic Fourth Street in Huntingburg carried more than chrome and exhaust Saturday as the Huntingburg Kiwanis Car Show returned downtown beside the Garden Gate Jazz, Wine & Craft Beer Festival. The pairing put one of the city’s signature blocks to work as both display space and gathering place, bringing added foot traffic for nearby businesses while giving Kiwanis another fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children and other programs.

The car show ran from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET, with day-of-show entries welcome and registration open from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Awards were scheduled for 1 p.m. Visitors found a broad lineup that included classic and antique cars, street rods, recent models, motorcycles and pick-ups, a mix that kept the show appealing to hard-core collectors and families making a casual stop downtown.

For Huntingburg, the value of the event went beyond the vehicles themselves. Historic Fourth Street turned into a walking corridor where people could move between the car rows and the festival activity downtown, a setup that helped center attention on the city’s historic core. The event also reinforced the role Kiwanis plays in local civic life, tying a summer street scene to a fundraising mission that reaches well beyond the show field.

The companion Garden Gate festival, coordinated by the Dubois County Chamber of Commerce, added live jazz, wine and craft beer sampling and food vendors at Market Street Park. Admission was listed at $20 in advance, $25 day-of and free for ages 18 and under, which made the downtown weekend accessible to families while still drawing a crowd built around music, food and beverage tasting.

That charitable connection carries deep Indiana roots. The Indiana District of Kiwanis says fundraising for Riley began in 1919, Riley Hospital opened in 1924 and Kiwanis has supported it continuously since 1926. In Huntingburg, the car show has remained a familiar summer fixture because it blends that history with a downtown format that benefits both the organization and the businesses lining Fourth Street. For anyone needing event details, the listed contact number was (812) 259-1853.