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Spurfest Mini-Tour and Festival – Gatesville, Texas
September 20 - September 21
Weather was great for this event. We secured a great parking spot in the shade and saw a wide variety of about 240 cars. Here are some random pictures:
What is Spurfest, you might ask? It is the annual event in Gatesville, Texas, centered around the Coryell County Museum and Historical Center that houses the extensive Lloyd and Madge Michell Spur Collection, among many other exhibits. The festival has been going on for twenty-two years. In recent years, it also features the Cruzin Cruzers car show on the courthouse square and an old-time fiddlers contest in the City Auditorium – both only a block away from the museum.
Wendel shared a nice article about the event in 2023 in our November 2023 Fender Talk newsletter.
Potential Attractions:
- Drive-In Movie (Friday night)
- Car Show
- Coryell County Museum and Historical Center that houses the extensive Lloyd and Madge Michell Spur Collection
- Music Festival and Shoot-Out
- Wendell shares his hometown with the club
Details:
The Cruzin Cruzers Car Show begins at 8:00 on Saturday, 9/21, so Road Relics members will likely want to go up Friday night, 9/20. I recommend the Comfort Inn. In addition to the parking spaces immediately around the hotel, It has open parking in a lot it shares with the restaurant next door, which is as good a place to eat as any. It is one mile from The Drive-In Picture Show, if anyone is interested in an old-fashioned movie experience. (It’s not really the last, but that’s their name.). A second choice is the Holiday Inn Express, which is a 3-minute walk from the Drive-In. Parking is not as good and there is no adjacent restaurant, although it has free hot breakfast. Both have rooms available now, but probably will be running low in a few weeks.
Car show registration is $25 in advance or $30 day of. Below are web sites for the car show, hotels, and Spurfest events going on at the same time as the car show.