Every first weekend of May, Old Town Front Street stops being a tourist district. The wine bars stay open. The antique shops stay open. But for two days, five hundred-plus classic cars take over the brick-lined street, and the people who built them stand beside their machines ready to explain every decision they made. The Temecula Rod Run ran May 1-2, 2026, at Old Town Front Street in Temecula, CA. Free admission both days. No tickets. No registration. You just show up. Friday is Cruise Night (5-8 PM): the cars move. Engines running, owners driving slow through the crowd. You hear it before you see it — that low, purposeful …