Rediscover your childhood at Classic Plastics Toy Expo 2024! Browse through aisles filled with vintage toys, action figures, and collectibles. Meet fellow collectors, find rare treasures, and relive nostalgic memories of classic toys. Don't miss this opportunity to indulge in your love for toys!
In 4 days· Jun 19
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, …
Two rings. One arena. SoCal Pro Wrestling brings its luchador and traditional style wrestling to the Del Mar Arena during the San Diego County Fair on June 19, from noon to 8 p.m.
The format is built for the serious fan and the casual fair-goer simultaneously: two rings running at once mean the technical wrestling fans and the lucha libre crowd are watching different things in the same room, and that tension is the show. The day runs as a tournament -- the Summer Classic Championship -- with the main event settled in a cage match. Wrestler photo ops, a dunk tank, and jousting activities fill the non-ring hours.
SoCal Pro Wrestling has been running out of Oceanside since 2009; this is an organization with a community, not a corporate event. Fair admission gets you in the door. Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar, CA 92014. Parking on-site. Fair runs June 10 through July 5.
In 13 days· Jun 28
1801 W. McKinley Ave., Gate 17, Po…
The Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show at Fairplex is one of Southern California's most beloved monthly automotive events. Held the last Sunday of most months at Gate 17, Fairplex Pomona — June 28, 2026. Hundreds of vendors sell vintage auto parts, tools, accessories, memorabilia, and collectibles alongside a classic car show featuring everything from pristine muscle cars to project builds. Doors open 5:00 AM (early buyer) or 7:00 AM (general). Car show runs 7 AM to 2 PM. Whether you're hunting a specific part for a restoration, chasing vintage automotive literature, or just want to walk the lot and talk to people who know what they're looking at — this is the room for it. General admission 0. Cash recommended. Food vendors on site. Parking at the gate. Address: 1801 W. McKinley Ave., Gate 17, Pomona, CA 91768.
Jul 15, 2026
Free
200 E Main St, El Cajon, CA 92020
They believed downtown El Cajon deserved a signature gathering — something that made the neighborhood feel like a destination rather than a pass-through. In 2026 the Cajon Classic Cruise marks its return every Wednesday evening at the corner of Main and Magnolia, the beating heart of downtown El Cajon.
The format is elemental: classic vehicles roll in beginning at 3pm, the show opens to spectators at 5pm, and by 6pm the intersection becomes the kind of scene that reminds you car culture in Southern California is still very much alive. Chrome, custom paint, lowriders, muscle cars, and the occasional survivor-condition barn find — the mix changes every week because the community turns over.
The regular Wednesday series runs through August 26 and is free for both owners and spectators. Themed nights are scattered throughout the season. The Lowrider Royale edition draws the region's most dedicated lowrider builders for its own showcase.
Show up on any Wednesday between July and late August and you'll find something worth looking at. Bring someone who's never been to a car show — it converts them.
Every Wednesday, 5–7:30 PM through August 26. 200 E Main St, El Cajon.
Jul 16, 2026
Free
Downtown La Mesa Blvd between 4th …
They believed that a two-block stretch of downtown La Mesa could become something worth building your week around. Thirty-two years later, that belief shows up every Thursday evening in the form of chrome bumpers, coachwork that took a decade to restore, and owners who can tell you the story behind every panel.
The La Mesa Classic Car Show runs every Thursday from late May through late August along La Mesa Boulevard, between 4th and Spring Street. No registration fee. No rope line. Just vehicles parked bumper to bumper on a boulevard that becomes, for a few hours each week, a moving portrait of California car culture at its most personal.
What makes it different from a one-day car show is the regulars. Owners bring the same car for the full season — and by August, you start to recognize them. Live bands perform from the bed of a restored La Mesa Lumber truck, which serves as the permanent stage. The music doesn't match the cars. That's part of it.
Free to attend. All makes and models welcome — classic, custom, lowrider, or rat rod. A block from restaurants and shops if you want to make a full evening of it.
Every Thursday, 5–8 PM through August 27. Downtown La Mesa Boulevard.
The Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show at Fairplex returns July 26, 2026 — Gate 17, 1801 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. One of Southern California's longest-running monthly automotive events: hundreds of vendors with vintage auto parts, tools, accessories, memorabilia, and collectibles alongside a classic car show. Doors open 5:00 AM early buyer / 7:00 AM general. Car show runs 7 AM to 2 PM. Whether you're hunting a specific part for a restoration, chasing vintage automotive literature, or want to talk to people who actually know what they're looking at — this is the monthly room for that. General admission 0. Cash recommended. Food vendors on site. Parking at the gate. The Fairplex venue is organized across several lots making it easy to navigate by vehicle type and vendor category.
The Sultans Car Club presents their 33rd Annual Classic Car Show at ShoreLine Aquatic Park in Long Beach on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Thirty-three years. The same car club, the same beautiful park setting overlooking the harbor, the same community of SoCal car culture -- year after year after year. This is what a real car show looks like.
Up to 250 registered vehicles from 1975 and older will be on display across the park grounds. Categories span customs, lowriders, hot rods, classics, and trucks -- judged by a panel with deep roots in the community. Vehicle registration is $50 (includes t-shirt and dash plaque) and is capped at 250 vehicles, so enter early. Spectator admission is free.
Beyond the cars: live entertainment, food vendors, and the kind of afternoon that moves slowly in the best way. ShoreLine Aquatic Park offers a backdrop that is hard to beat -- water on one side, classic metal on the other. The Sultans Car Club is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and proceeds from the event benefit local charities (the club raised $10,500 for local causes at their last show).
Location: ShoreLine Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802. Parking is available in the nearby Shoreline Village lots. This event is family-friendly, dog-friendly, and free to attend as a spectator. The Sultans Car Club has been doing this for 33 years -- they are not stopping now.
The Pacific Classic — the West Coast's signature Grade I stakes race — runs August 22, 2026 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, with a $1.25 million purse and the best horses on the coast competing on one of the most beautiful tracks in American racing.
Del Mar on Pacific Classic day is Del Mar at its best. The crowd dresses for it. The energy is different from a regular Saturday card — you feel it in the paddock before the first race, in the bar by the second, in the infield when the big horses walk to the gate. The Pacific Classic has been run here since 1991, and the names on the past performers list are names that matter in racing. Watching it in person, at that rail, in that track, is the experience.
Del Mar opens at 12:30 PM for Pacific Classic day. Gates off Jimmy Durante Boulevard. Grandstand, turf club, and paddock box options — the infield is the move for the atmosphere, the turf club for the view. This is the one race day on the Del Mar calendar that sells completely differently from the rest of the meet.
The Pacific Classic on August 22 is the most important race run at Del Mar — a Grade I event at one and a quarter miles, the longest and most prestigious race of the entire summer meet, with a $1 million purse and a starting field that has historically included the best horses in training in North America. Pacific Classic Day is Del Mar's Kentucky Derby equivalent: the grandstand at capacity, the infield filled, the mutuel windows handling their largest volume of the year. Past winners include Zenyatta, Shared Belief, and Accelerate — horses whose names still appear in conversations about the West Coast's greatest performances. The Classic itself runs in the late afternoon, preceded by a full card including the Grade I Torrey Pines Stakes for three-year-olds. For anyone with a serious or casual interest in Thoroughbred racing, Pacific Classic Day is the annual appointment the summer calendar builds toward.