VWCA Calendar of Events
| Start Date | End Date | Event | Contact | Place | Information |
| 08/16/2022 | 08/16/2022 | Kooler By The Lake | Jason 'Miles' Axlerod: info@koolerbythelake.org or 847-886-2738 | Kennedy Park, Kenosha, WI | Kooler By The Lake is a Midwest Air-Cooled and Water-Cooled Volkswagen / Audi Enthusiast Event held on the shores of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The event features a car show, vendors, live entertainment, food, a beer garden, and donates to a charitable organization each year. This year's charity is the Safe Harbor Humane Society, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in Kenosha which cares for almost 3000 cats, dogs, and other small domestic animals which are homeless, abused, or abandoned. Kooler By The Lake will be donating a portion of registration fees and beer garden sales to the Safe Harbor Humane Society. |
| 08/21/2022 | 08/21/2022 | Bi-State VW Club's 27th Annual Show & Shine Picnic | Hampton, Illinois | Bi-State VW Club's 27th Annual Show & Shine Picnic, Empire Park, Great River Trail (on the Mississippi), Hampton (Quad Cities area) Illinois. Registration from 8:00 am to noon. Entry fee is $15.00 with proceeds going to charity. Dash plaques, swap meet and awards for Best of Bunch presented at 3:00 pm. Camping available at nearby Iliniwek Park. For further information, contact Nick Nelson (563-357-2834) or Phil Vernon (563-386-8205). Visit Bi-State's web site for more details. | |
| 08/27/2022 | 08/27/2022 | NIVA SuperDawg Invasion | www.niva_club.org | SuperDawg Drive-In, 333 S. Milwaukee Ave., Wheeling, IL | All VWs are welcome. Just cruise in, grab some food and enjoy the mild and wild VWs. No entry fee. An official event of the Northeast Illinois Volkswagen Assn. (NIVA). |
| 09/02/2022 | 09/05/2022 | Buses Nowhere Near the Arch #36 Annual Campout | Bill Bowman: bill@bnnta.com | Hannibal, MO | Located in the "Group Campground" located in the Indian Creek Recreational Area on Mark Twain Lake, about 30 miles west of Hannibal, Missouri. A family-oriented camping event held on an 18,000-acre lake featuring an informal VW Bus show with awards, informal parts swapping, "site-to-site" socializing, a Saturday morning scenic Bus caravan through Mark Twain country, awards and door prizes on Saturday evening, campfire activities and for the first time at BNNTA we will have a "lantern walk" through the event, so bring your vintage or modern lanterns! The total event and camping fee for the full four-day weekend is still only $30! For more event details, visit the web site http://www.bnnta.com or e-mail Bill Bowman at bill@bnnta.com. For information about this VW campout from someone who attends from the Greater Chicago area, contact Gary Hanson vwgary@att.net or (630) 325-4671. If you own a Bus (or any model or year of Volkswagen), this is where you must go every Labor Day! |
| 09/11/2022 | 09/11/2022 | 33rd Annual Vintage Picnic - Rockford, IL | Alpine Park Rockford, Illinois | Stateline Vintage Volksfolks Vintage Picnic & Car Show if for all VWs, air- or water-cooled, rusted (sorry, I meant "patina") or restored. Event is held rain or shine - a large pavilion will protect you from rain or sun. Ten bucks enters your car in the show; registration at 9:00 am to noon. Be sure to bring a picnic lunch, blanket and lawn chairs if you like, or even an EZ-up. There's plenty of room in the park. | |
| 09/25/2022 | 09/25/2022 | NIVA's VW-Fest 2022 | www.nivaclub.org | Volkswagen of Crystal Lake 5213 W. Northwest Hwy. (Ill. Rte. 14) Crystal Lake, IL | Summer doesn't last forever. Have one last hurrah at the Northeast Illinois Volkswagen Association's "VW-FEST" hosted by Volkswagen of Crystal Lake! This is Northern Illinois' largest All-VW Car Show and Swap Meet and is open to any year or model VW. Gates open and show car registration 9:00 am until Noon; $15 per show car. Swap Meet setup begins at 7:15 am; spaces are $25 each. Dash Plaques - Trophies - Participant Voting; Spectator admission is FREE!!! Restored working Good Humor truck. 50/50 Raffle for Charity. |