2025 KiwanisLand Car Show Rolls Into Garden Grove
Garden Grove’s annual automotive love‑fest, the 7th Annual KiwanisLand Car Show, turned Kiwanis Land Park into a rolling gallery of shiny steel on Sunday, September 7, 2025. It’s where engines purr like pianos and community heartbeats sync with v‑8 rhythms along Larson Avenue.
The vibe was strictly chill and family‑friendly. Vendors offered tasty bites, raffles teased your luck, and early birds—specifically the first fifty—scored snazzy event T‑shirts, perfect for bragging rights or sandwiching between sun‑block and road tar. Over a hundred classic cars turned out—no trailers allowed; it’s all about the driver’s presence—and spectators packed the lanes in admiration.
Behind the scenes, the Kiwanis Club of Garden Grove quietly steered the show. Since 1952, this club has served its community with a steady hand and a servant’s heart—helping youth groups, hosting fundraisers in KiwanisLand Park, and now, putting on one of Southern California’s coolest grassroots car shows.
This event wasn’t just nostalgia on wheels—it was about connection. Kids raced Hot Wheels style at past shows, Scouts raised flags with reverence, and Kiwanis members smiled through raffle mayhem, making sure no one walked away empty‑handed.
What’s invigorating here isn’t just the gleam of chrome or the sound of a perfect V‑8 note—it’s that this is community doing what it does best: showing up, caring, giving, and rolling forward together.
