HIGHLANDS MOTORING FESTIVAL- June 11-14, 2026
Thu, Jun 11
|Highlands, North Carolina
Four-day festival of classic car events including two car shows, evening events, curated driving tours, Main Street parade, and social gatherings.
Time & Location
Jun 11, 2026, 10:00 AM – Jun 14, 2026, 3:00 PM
Highlands, North Carolina, 411-499 Pine St, Highlands, NC 28741, USA
About the event
Highlands Motoring Festival® Newsletter
Happy New Year greetings to friends of HMF. We are reaching out to you with an update on plans for the 2026 Highlands Motoring Festival®. Our early planning team has anchored key event details and venues and are shown below. It is time for our patrons to consider plans for next June. Registration for paid events opens on Monday, January 12, 2026, on our website. Early lodging reservations are also encouraged.
Mr. Wayne Carini will be our 2026 Grand Marshal and guest speaker. Wayne Carini is an authority on classic car restoration and an internationally known media star. His television show “Chasing Classic Cars’” started airing on the Motor Trend channel in 2008. He will be in Highlands for all four days of the festival.
Our featured theme for 2026 will pay tribute to the American Revolution with a reenactment of America verses England, but with…