Glendale Cruise Night

Cruise Night is basically an evening of showing off cool cars to your buddy’s. Keep note that they only allow a certain model year and older. As a free event it’s worth hitting especially since this event happens once a year.
Nice perk is that it’s like a giant block party for the residence of Glendale. There are a few food trucks scattered through the venue. But conveniently located on the main shopping area of this neighborhood.
Parking wasn’t bad if you know the area well. I was able to find parking instantly upon arriving. So why the 3 stars, well maybe was the exhaustion or that I wasn’t wowed.
I digged the showcase of cars and live music. Enjoyed walking down Brand on a cool summer night. And the crowds of sardines wasn’t bad at all, it just was missing something. The showcase of cars was okay, perhaps the jaded mind was too much for this happening spot. At the end it wasn’t a bad way to spend a Saturday night.

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It’s that time of year again — tomorrow, actually — and yayy for that. I LOVE classic cars, and therefore I love Cruise Night. There are hundreds of cool cars lined up on Brand Blvd. There’s live music and tons of people. I personally always find it to be so much fun. I don’t mind the crowds or walking, as it’s such a huge display of classic cars that it’s totally worth it. It’s definitely a family friendly event, and it’s freee. ;)

Wish there was less than 1 *
This is the 1^st time I review a business and most probably last.
I paid $ 15 for super wash, they had some issues with the rails so I saw them just pressure wash my car with no soup.
The guy told me the car is ready but i could see lot of stain on the car and no wells dressed and air fresh, he did little bit more and but no air fresh, being a convertible, they didn’t clean the sits.
called the manager and he said for $ 15 they don’t wipe the sits
Family owned? glad not my family…
Don’t waist your money there… pay 4.99 and go to a cheap car wash…

Attended the Glendale cruise night the 1^st time and had a blast although I know very little about cars let alone class cars. There were about 400 pre-​1979 class cars participating this year. The event was held on N. Brand Blvd between Broadway and Milford and the main stage for entertainment was at the corner of N. Brand and Milford Street. Needless to say, you have to plan your driving route and parking accordingly while driving to the event. In addition to the Glendale public parking lots, some private public lots of the nearby commercial bldg offer event parkings at a fee The one at the corner of Doran and Maryland with entrance on Maryland charged $ 10 and the one on Doran at Orange charged $ 5. I would suggest that the organizer includes the exact blocks of the event and parking info in the future. You need not be a classic car lovers to enjoy this event. It is an event for all ages, some people even brought their 4 legged friends along. There were food vendors and of course most restaurants on Brand Blvd were open so there were plenty of food choices to choose from or you can bring your own picnic basket and chairs and enjoy your meal while watching the performance on the main stage. If you do, bring a low back chair. Thanks to the organizer, car owners and vendors to make this a great community event to us.

First and foremost… set your expectations accordingly when you go:
— Street closures
— 400+ Classic Cars
— People
— Music
Now, if you’re against those things listed above, don’t come.
Ok, now for my experience. Any opportunity to get out and walk around on Brand is always a plus in my book. They blocked off somewhere between Doran and Colorado. There were a lot of classic cars to look at and explore, but shouldn’t touch. There were lots of people but not too much to annoy you. There were also fire trucks which kids were allowed to climb into. While passing by, a firefighter gave my 2.5 year old daughter a «Glendale Fire Department» badge sticker and she was glowing. Firefighters truly have that magic to melt a girls’ heart. young and old! It was a free event and you can tell a lot of work and effort was behind it all. There were 2 bouncies for the kids to enjoy, but I blinded my daughter while passing by as I didn’t want her skinny little legs to get trampled by the big kids.
My list of how I think this event can improve and work its way to 4 – 5 stars:
— Label each car with its history (if any). so people like me can learn and appreciate each car
— The band and stage belong in the middle of the event so you can hear music throughout
— Bring more high-​end food trucks! All I saw was a burger/​hot doing truck.boo.
— Bring in carnival rides

99% of the vehicles who enter this show are daily drivers, not show quality and the reason is that anyone who cares about their vehicle won’t bring it here.
The people who go to this show touch the cars, lean across the door to peer in the cars and don’t respect the concept of keeping a safe distance. People who aren’t type-​A personalities or who have never owned a nice vehicle in their life, cannot wrap their head around the fact that the zipper on their jacket WILL leave a mark on paint and that the sign that says «Look, don’t touch» applies to them.
I used to own a ’66 Shelby Clone… show quality, not a daily driver and the kids with grubby hands and people with cameras dangling from their necks leaning in would stress me the f**k out so I only took it to the big Ford meetup at Knott’s Berry Farm and events at the Peterson museum.

The 19^th Annual Glendale Cruise Night expected somewhere around 400 pre-​1979 cars as that is how many there were last year. It definitely wasn’t as crowded as last year which you could tell because last year the cars were closer together and they went further up the street toward Doran. I don’t mind because it was a lot easier to walk around and take photos. There were plenty of nice muscle cars this year, so that was good. My favorites were probably the Chevy Chevelles. There were also a bunch of Camaros and a Nova I liked. Check out my photos.
This event takes place every year and you can check this website for more info: