[free] Lowrider Car Show // Redwood City
Old school cars will be shown off in the first ever North Fair Oaks car show hosted by the community council.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
10:00am to 02:00pm
3060 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
The car show will be held this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 18th, at 3060 Middlefield Road in Redwood City.
The goal for George Saman, a member of the North Fair Oaks Community Council who is planning the event, is to make it so Redwood City residents don’t have to leave to have something to do.
“North Fair Oaks is known as little Mexico, little Michoacan,” Saman said. “It has a taqueria on every corner, but it’s not a destination. The challenge is, how do we get business back? How do we keep people here?”
In response, there’s “no alternative” but resiliency and joy, Saman said. Part of that is embracing the city’s culture, where latinidad and classic cars “go hand in hand.”
“There are car shops all over the area,” Saman said. “As we walk through the neighborhoods, we’ve got beautiful hidden gems that are in people’s driveways and garages.”
Some of those gems are a part of Puro Estilow, a car club based in Redwood City, that Ramirez and Jorge Alfaro Garcia are both a part of — signified with their plaques seen through their rearview mirrors.
“Lowriding, it’s a part of life to people,” Ramirez said. “It’s not just a hobby, it’s a way of living.”
Members of this lowrider club will be just some of the residents showing off their cars. Puro Estilow hosts its own annual car show and has tried to spread the word of the North Fair Oaks event, knowing how big of a community event it can be.
“It’s such a great feeling to have people show up and gather and have a good time,” Ramirez said. “Our car club has a lot of following, so once they see our name on there, people show up. And when I see something else with another club’s name, we show up. We back each other up.”
