Check back soon for the updates to the 2023 Full Schedule of Events!
DOWNTOWN HUTCH ROD RUN
2023 EVENT SCHEDULE
(For Hutch Fest Events happening during the Rod Run, click here)
Friday October 6th
7:00 AM to 12:00 Noon- Vendor Set-up
12:00 PM–Vehicle registration starts (16 E Ave A)
Public Access Begins
Park Show Cars
12:00 PM THE PIT STOP- Craft Beer & Food Truck area opens @ 1st & Main
1:00 PM National Anthem
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM- Car Judging Starts
5:00 PM Salty Cycles @ Ave A
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Rod Run Cruise/ Rod Run Cruise Poker Run
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM – Pettipaw at the Lowen stage at 1st & Main
7:30 PM Movie in the Park- Top Gun: Maverick @DCI Park 2nd & Main
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Saturday October 7th
8:00 AM - Event Opens
8:00 AM -12:00 PM Vehicle Registration
8:00 AM Salty Cycles @ Ave A
8:00 AM to 10:00 PM THE PIT STOP- Craft Beer & Food Truck opens @ 1st & Main
8:45 AM National Anthem
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM - Walk to end Alzheimer's - Hutchinson @ DCI Park
9:00 AM to ? PM Sherman Street Emporium
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM – Judging Starts
11:00 AM Bands start at the Lowen stage at 1st & Main
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Kids Zone @ DCI Park
1:00 PM Toy Depot Drags – Bring your Match Box Racers!
1:00 PM Pin Up Show starts at the Lowen stage at 1st & Main. Ends at 3pm
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM Hutch Brew Fest on East 1st Street by the Fox Theatre
4:00 PM Dillons Ice Cream Social @ 2nd and Main
5:00 PM Trophy Presentations –Lowen stage 1st & Main stage
6:00 PM Burnout Competition with Salty Cycles @ Ave A & Main
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM – The band Paramount at the Lowen stage at 1st & Main
10:00 PM – End of Rod Run Event
2023 Event Map
Registration-16 E Ave A
Poker Run
Main Street Cruise/ Poker Run
The popular Friday Night Cruise is back again! The cruise will be open to everyone who has registered their car, truck or motorcycle for the weekend Rod Run & Classic Car Show and has their registration card posted on their windshield. Cruise route will Main Street from 3rd St to 27th Street. Check back for our map soon! Cruise begins 6pm Friday.
Those wanting to participate in the Poker Run should register at 16 E Ave A. You will enter the Kansas State Fairgrounds @ gate #3 at 23rd and Main Street. Poker Run cards will be issued at Registration, and you will leave your card at the last stop. Winners will be notified on Saturday during the judging ceremony.
Show & Shine
For both days of the Downtown Hutchinson Rod Run & Classic Car Show weekend, visitors will be surrounded by some of the most beautiful hot rods, street rods, rat rods, antique and classic cars, trucks, motorcycles and wrapped vehicles to be found. They will be displayed on Main Street from Third all the way down to Avenue B. You can be sure all of them will be polished and shined for public viewing, each one more fascinating than the last, bringing back memories you'd all but forgotten.
Judging will begin at 2:00 PM on Friday.
