Keene Summer Craftfest

June 8, 2024 — Full name of this event, too long to fit in the title space provided in my blog, is Annual Keene Summer Craftfest & Classic Car Exhibition. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, the event is primarily a gathering of crafts of all kinds, and quite a large one at that, and a relatively small car show on the property of Keene Middle School.

Small as it was, the car section included a good variety of high-quality antiques. Crafts fans would be delighted with the large contingent of craft exhibitors and could easily spend hours there. I included a panoramic view of the crafts field and closeups of some of the more creative presentations.

Crafts and cars can be seen at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/keenecraftfest/

Marlborough Main Street

June 2, 2024 — On the second-in -a-row bright, sunny day, a rarity so far this spring, the Marlborough Main Street Car Show in Marlborough, Massachusetts, took full advantage and hosted a show that had the small downtown area bursting at the seams with show cars and spectators. 

As usual, the show featured a wide variety of cars and trucks, classic and custom, domestic and imported, from Model T's and Model A's through the '80s. The picturesque downtown area with its city hall tower at the mid-point on Main Street and an ornate church anchoring one end offered additional photo ops. As always, a marching band marched through, this year from the Edward J. Beatty American Legion in Canton, Massachusetts.

You'll find photos of the best automotive entries and a video of the marching band at:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/marlborough24/

Goffstown Rotary Car Show

June 1, 2024 — It's hard to find a day more perfect than this in New England. Bright sun, cloudless skies, moderate temperature and comfortable humidity prevailed for the 11th annual Goffstown Rotary Car Show in Goffstown, New Hampshire. As always, the Goffstown show featured a good variety of classics, customs, imports, and this year a large contingent of cars of Ford Motor Company.

Goffstown is a polite show with a friendly crowd, no burnouts, just people who love cars, love showing them off, talking about them, no ear-splitting engine revving, and appreciative spectators who enjoy admiring them. Photographic conditions were about the best you can get. You can see the results at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/goffstown2024/

Memorial Day Car Show

May 26, 2024 — The 28th annual Londonderry Rotary Memorial Day Car Show, now joined by Nor-Eastern Chapter Pontiac-Oakland Club International, got a lucky break for their show on this pleasant, partly sunny day in this otherwise very wet May.

Londonderry, New Hampshire, is the location for this annual show. It's a relatively small show, but never fails to draw some high-quality antiques, later models and customs. Without a lot of fanfare, here are my photographs of some of the best:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/londonderry2024/

Todd Farm

May 24, 2024 — The Todd Farm Classic Auto Parts Market and Car Show held the first of three planned shows this season on the grounds of the farm's sprawling property in Rowley, Massachusetts. The Deep Blue Blues Band entertained. It was a relatively small show, but an interesting variety of vehicles showed up. There are buildings to explore, such as Frank Todd's 1895 barn and the antique shop. Food was served at a large barbecue and the smaller Todd Farm Grill.

The other two shows planned for this season are on July 19 and August 30. All shows are open from 3 p.m. till dusk. It's worth a visit. You can see my two pages of photos and a video at:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/toddfarm/