Berry Cool Car Show

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Berry Dairy Days Grand Parade

Join us for the 2022 Berry Cool Car Show! Car show enthusiasts love the oldies tunes and the wide range of beautiful classics to muscle cars and everything in between; this year there will be pre-1985 motorcycles! The 21st annual Berry Cool Car Show will be held on Father’s Day: Sunday, June 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along E. Fairhaven Avenue. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and costs $20. On average, the show has 150 cars on display. Dash plaques are provided to the first 200 cars.

The event is free to spectators but is organized and financially supported by the NCSRA. Raffle tickets purchased at the show along with prizes donated by local sponsors also contribute to the show’s success. The money raised helps to pay tuition and

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Local merchants on E. Fairhaven Avenue sponsor the show, staying open especially for the event and donating funding for the trophies. Thank you to long-time supporter Stowe’s Shoes & Clothing who opens their store during the show.

First and second place trophies will be awarded to each class, voted on by a team of judges. Show classes are 29 and Older, Best 70s and Newer, Best Truck, Best 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, and 1985 or older motorcycles.

Special trophies are awarded by local car enthusiasts, handpicked the day of the show. Categories include Best Stock, Best Truck, Best Muscle Car, Best Modified, Best Paint, Best Interior, Best Engine Compartment, Best Street Rod, Best Corvette and the

big prize: Kahuna Best in Show. In all, 26 trophies will be awarded to 26 different car owners. Thank you to all of our award sponsors!

Reed Harlow will return for his 7th year organizing the car show. Harlow is a decades-long North Cascade Street Rod Association (NCSRA) member and past president. Born in Mount Vernon and raised in Anacortes, Reed has lived in Skagit County his whole life; he now lives in Burlington. Harlow retired from Cascade Natural Gas in October 2014 after 41 years of service. He has been attending the Berry Dairy Days Car Show since its opening year and is friends with both Garnor Bensen and Les Tokarchuk; founders of the original car shows.

Don’t forget to visit the Burlington-Edison High School cheerleaders strawberry shortcake booth (10 a.m. and 3 p.m.) and the Burlington BBQ Battle (11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.) in front of the Burlington Visitors Information Center at 520 E. Fairhaven Ave.

There will be a complimentary Skagit Transit shuttle, running 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. alternating every 10 minutes between the Burlington-Edison High School parking lot (park your car free) and the corner of Alder and E. Fairhaven Ave.