ACD Festival 2025

Presented by the Pageant Committee and the ACD Festival

Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025

Time: 4:00 PM

Location: Kruse Plaza, The Hangar, 5634 Opportunity Drive.

Cost: Pre-registration required for participants; free admission for spectators

The road to Miss America begins at the ACD Festival as we crown our very own Miss Auburn Cord Duesenberg & Miss Auburn Cord Duesenberg Teen! Join us to watch contestants compete for scholarships through various areas of competition, including talent and on-stage interviews. Eligible participants must live, work or attend school in DeKalb, Allen or Steuben counties. Visit missindiana.org for more information, and to register.

Thank you to Kruse Plaza for your generous support of this event!

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Cheers to the Festival, 1950’s Style!

Date: Saturday, August 23rd
Time: 6PM – 9PM
Location: FUEL Social Club/Praxis Detailing; 220 W. Ensley Ave, Auburn
Cost: $50 per person; cash bar; two drink tickets included with admission
**Please note, this event is for those ages 21+

Suggested Attire: 1950’s inspired clothing; Greasers welcome!

Shake, rattle and roll your way into ACD Festival week at this year’s Cheers to the Festival fundraiser and celebration. Enjoy 1950’s inspired heavy hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, live music and a “best dressed” contest at this event. This is the only place where you can bid on a reserved parking space for Friday’s famous downtown Cruise-In as well as a reserved table in the middle of all the action Friday and Saturday nights for the downtown concerts. In addition, become the special owner of the 2025 signed ACD Festival poster art, and much more. This special live auction is sure to impress! Grab those vintage duds and join us for a fun-filled evening. If you love the festival, this event is a must!

Limited tickets are available for this popular event, so purchase yours today through this link:
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Call 260-925-3600 or email leslie@acdfestival.org for additional information.

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Presented by NATMUS & the ACD Festival

Date: Sunday, August 24th

Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: Auburn and surrounding areas

Cost: $10 for entire tour or $5 per stop

Take a Sunday drive to visit garages, shops & select local museums for a behind-the-scenes look at their projects and spaces. You never know what you will see–car memorabilia, antique signs, street rods, muscle cars, classic autos, specialty trucks and more.

Tour the Garage Cruise locations in any order you choose. Visit the National Auto & Truck Museum (NATMUS)–1000 Gordon Buehrig Place, Auburn, for tickets or more information, 260-925-9100. Tickets on sale now!

Garage Cruise stops for this year to be announced, so stay tuned!

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Dates and Times: Hoosier Tour departs from the ACDA Museum at 8 AM on Tuesday, August 26, and returns on Thursday, August 28, at 11:45 AM, just prior to the Kick-Off Luncheon and Celebration.

Cost: Free to spectators; Pre-registration required for participants. **Registration has not yet opened. Details are being finalized. **

The 50th Annual Hoosier Tour welcomes Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs on a traveling tour to promote the ACD Festival and enjoy a variety of fun activities. This year’s tour will take cars to the Goshen, IN area. More details locations to be announced.

The tour arrives back at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 11:45 AM with a performance by the Dixieland Band.
Contact the festival for additional details, leslie@acdfestival.org.

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Date: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025

Time: 12:00 PM

Location: Willennar Hall, Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

Cost: $20 per person

Join us as we celebrate the official start of the 2025 ACD Festival. View Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs parked in front of the museum as they return from the 50th Annual Hoosier Tour around 11:45 AM. Enjoy the sounds of Auburn’s own Dixieland Band as old friends reunite and new friends meet. Enjoy a yummy lunch while hearing highlights of the Hoosier Tour, along with updates on festival events and activities.
Tickets are required and can be purchased online through this link: https://acdfestival.org/events?view=article&id=19:kick-off-luncheon-and-celebration&catid=9

Email leslie@acdfestival.org, or call 260-925-3600 with questions.

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Parade of Classics, Presented by the ACD Club and ACD Festival, Sponsored by Ben Davis Chevrolet and Ben Davis Ford!

ACD Club members from around the world drive their magnificent classic cars through the streets of Auburn with review at the Courthouse Square. These beautifully painted, chrome-laden Auburns, Cords and Duesenbergs are a sight you will not want to miss. After the parade, these classics are parked around the Courthouse Square for your viewing pleasure. This year’s Parade of Classics will feature the “Year of the Auburn”.

Just prior to the ACD Club cars rolling through downtown from Eckhart Park, see our parade Grand Marshal, Sam Mahdavi host of the popular television show and YouTube channel, “Sam’s Garage”, in addition to other VIPs as they arrive downtown. Enjoy the music of the Baron Brigade Marching Band from DeKalb High School, and keep your eyes peeled for NATMUS’ big red Futurliner #10, as it makes its way down the parade route, too!

Pre-Parade entertainment starts at 11 AM with the Auburn Community Band at the MetalX Entertainment Stage.

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Date: Saturday, Aug. 30

Time: 4:00 PM -5:00 PM

Location: 7th Street and Jackson Street, near the James Cultural Plaza

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

Free tickets will be available at the July 17 and August 21 Third Thursday downtown Auburn Cruise-Ins, as well as limited ticket availability at the event.
Visit www.acdfestival.org for more information.

Thank you to the following supporters for providing cars and drivers for this event: ACDA Museum, ACD Club, NATMUS, Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum and ACD Festival board members and volunteers.

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Fast & Fabulous powered by SweetCars, presented by the ACD Festival.

Times: 5:00 to 5:30 PM arrival downtown; 5:30 to 7:30 PM cars displayed.

Location: Courthouse Square, Downtown Auburn

Cost: Free

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!

Fast and Fabulous has quickly become a can’t-miss event on Labor Day weekend at the ACD Festival. Don’t miss out!

(Show car parking for this event is limited to SweetCars and the FWDC only. No exceptions! Spectator parking is available throughout downtown Auburn.)

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available!
Visit www.acdfestival.org for more event info.

Thank you to the generous Fast & Fabulous sponsors who make this event possible:
SweetCars
Bushey’s Windows and Doors
Colvin Kitchen and Bath–Titanium Level
Dupont Family Dentistry–Titanium Level
Visit DeKalb
Nori Asian Cuisine–Gold Level
Freedom Firearms–Gold Level
Custom Engineering & Fabrication, Inc.–Gold Level
Adam Ross, Transworld Business Advisors–Gold Level
D&B Sales–Magnesium Level
Kapocius Family Insurance–Magnesium Level

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