Get ready for 3 days of family friendly entertainment at the Creek County Fairgrounds featuring over a dozen hot air balloons, kite show, helicopter rides, tethered balloon rides, food truck and vendor's market, live music and so much more. Follow Route 66 Balloon Festival FB and event pages for more details!

Cowboys will be kickin' up dust Friday-Saturday nights, Sep 11-12, 2026, at the Sayre City Park Rodeo Arena along Route 66 south of Sayre, OK. Gates open at 6pm and rodeo starts at 7 pm, A boot-scootin' rodeo dance/concert at the Park Pavillion will follow the Saturday night event.

Celebrate Route 66’s 100th Anniversary at Historic Old Town Victorville with a Car Show & Block Party on 7th Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy live music, classic cars, art, food vendors, and family-friendly fun—join the celebration!

Join us in Sapulpa, Oklahoma on September 12, 2026, for the 37th Annual Route 66 Blowout Car Show & Festival! Celebrating the Centennial of Historic Route 66, this long-standing event showcases over 300 classic cars and trucks, plus food trucks and arts & crafts vendors along our iconic Route 66 corridor. From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., enjoy hometown hospitality as local shops, eateries, and museums open their doors with family-friendly activities and shopping throughout the day.

Heartland Farms is kicking off their fall season a week early and celebrating the Route 66 Centennial!
Vendor show, food and drink, live music, access to our Route 66/America's Birthday corn maze, PLUS access to our 20+ play activities!
September 12, 2026, 10am-4pm

Get Your Licks on Route 66® annual pet adoption and fund raising event for Eastside Animal Shelter 10-2. Great dogs and cats looking for new forever homes. Attendee have a chance to win prizes for a donation.

Join us as we celebrate Illinois' state insect, the Monarch Butterfly, and Route 66's 100th anniversary! Enjoy FREE games, activities, giveaways, and more at this family-friendly event - rain or shine!

Illinois State Fairgrounds
Route 66 Experience (Gate 2)
2-8 pm

Fall Centennial Concert Series

As Albuquerque continues celebrating the Route 66 Centennial, the Department of Arts & Culture is excited to share that the free Centennial Concert Series, presented by the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame, is returning this Fall!

Get Your Licks on Route 66® annual pet adoption and fund raising event for Espinoal Humane Society at Petsmart. 10-2. Great dogs and cats looking for new forever homes. Attendee have a chance to win prizes for a donation.

HOT ROD Drag Week
9/13/2026-9/18/2026 various stops on Route 66
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Route 66 Raceway, Byron Dragway, Cordova Dragway, World Wide Technology Raceway

The annual Missouri Preservation Conference is headed to Lebanon! Our conference brings together preservation professionals and enthusiasts from across the state and the surrounding areas for three days of networking and educational opportunities. This year, we are joining the rest of the country in celebrating the birth of Route 66! Join us September 14 - 16th at the Kenneth E Cowan Civic Center to learn more about historic preservation, including a keynote address from Rhys Martin, Kate Lenzer, Madie Gereighty, and Allison Lehn of the Preserve Route 66 Initiatve from the National Trust for Historic Preservation!

95th Annual Navajo County Fair and Rodeo begins Wednesday, September 16th, when gates open at 4 pm. Gates will open daily at 8 am and close around midnight.

Navajo County Fair Rodeo is a four-day event held in Holbrook, Arizona, beginning September 16th at 4 pm and ending September 19th at midnight. Make your way to our small county for adrenaline-pumping Demolition Derby (9/17), Heart Pounding Rodeos (9/18 + 9/19), and all the nostalgic Fair Food and Goodies you could ask for, as we celebrate our theme "Honoring our Past, Shaping our Future" Rooted deep in Route 66 and the 250 years of this great Country.

Hollywood Piano presents Dynamic Piano Duo in a special piano four-hands concert inspired by rhythm, color, and the spirit of Route 66. Friday, September 11, 7:30-8:30 PM. Join us for an exciting live performance by Giulia Varga and Siro Saracino.

Get Your Licks on Route 66® annual pet adoption and fund raising event for Moore Animal Shelter 9/17. 11-3. Great dogs and cats looking for new forever homes. Attendee have a chance to win prizes for a donation.

Get Your Licks on Route 66® annual pet adoption and fund raising event for Moore Animal Shelter 9/17. 11-3. Great dogs and cats looking for new forever homes. Attendees have a chance to win prizes for a donation.

This is Southern California's ultimate weekend celebration of America’s love affair with the automobile and its world-famous highway, Route 66. Two days of cruisin’, contests, live entertainment, fabulous food and revelry make it one of the best events of its kind. Held annually, the third Friday and Saturday each September, along historic, tree-shaded Euclid Avenue in Ontario, California, Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion is where classic cruisers, convertibles, hot rods, and wicked Woodies fuel a jam-packed jamboree.

Enjoy the flapjacks, adore the classic cars, and hum along to the music. We look forward to seeing you at RC Sports Center - 8303 Rochester Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. This breakfast will raise funds for the Cucamonga Service Station to build “The Garage”!

Purchase your participation packet in advance our website. Pick up the packet at the RC Sports Center on the morning of the 18th and get ready to rumble. Join others with a visit to 5 locations on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga located in Southern California.

Williams Rendezvous Days: 8am Sept 18 through 10am Sept 20th, 2026 at Bucskinner Park S. 6th Street, Williams, Az 86046.
Visit www.williamsaz.gov or email taleshire@williamsaz.gov for more information.

8th Annual New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival

The New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival is BACK for our 8^th year! Returning to the gorgeous grounds of the Guterriez Hubbell House, located on the pre-1937 original Route 66, for another year of food, music, arts and crafts and a lot more celebrating everything prickly pear.

The Riverton Car Show in Riverton, Kansas, showcases classic and vintage cars, attracting enthusiasts and families for a fun-filled day of automotive celebration.
Open to the public at 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cross Roads Christian Church
8448 SE Hwy Alt. 69
Baxter Springs, Ks 66714

Powered by the Citizens Bank of Edmond, Heard on Hurd is a free, family friendly street festival in downtown Edmond held every third Saturday from March through October, 6–10 p.m. Enjoy 70+ local vendors, food trucks, pop up shops, live music.

Davenport 2nd annual car show benefiting the police department. Classes for everyone from old to new, import to domestic, and mild to wild. Vendors and food as well.