Event Alert: February Calendar of Automotive Events
by Frank Filipponio on Jan 31st 2009 at 4:08PM 
This year's Chicago Auto Show should be even bigger than last year despite dropouts
Thanks to your suggestions, we added a Google Calendar after the jump so you can bookmark it and constantly receive updates as we add them. We appreciate all of your input and hope you find our calendar a useful tool. We also appreciate your comments listing events we might have overlooked or that are just near-and-dear to your hearts. Event cancellation notices are also greatly appreciated.
Highlights for February include the Chicago Auto Show, which we will be covering obsessively from McCormick Place; the kickoff of the NASCAR and NHRA seasons with the Daytona 500 and the Winternationals, respectively; and the RetroMobile show in Paris. There's plenty of other fun stuff scheduled all over the country and indeed around the world.
As always, we want to give a shout-out to our two favorite sources; The New York Times automotive calendar for national and international stuff, and for local stuff here in Southern California, our buddy Dave Lindsay's SoCalCarCulture pages. Dave's photographic coverage of these local events is fantastic. So check out the February event calendar we put together for you after the jump and start adding to it. Happy Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day to everyone as well!
FEBRUARY 2008
2 Happy Groundhog's Day
4-8 Washington, D.C. - Washington Auto Show - Walter E. Washington Convention Center
5-8 Portland, OR - Portland International Auto Show - Oregon Convention Center
5-8 Pomona, CA - NHRA 49th Annual Winternationals - Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
6 San Diego, CA - Hot Rod Sock Hop - San Diego Automotive Museum Balboa Park - 6PM - 8P
6-8 Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Autorama
6-8 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - RM Auctions: Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center
6-15 Paris, France - RetroMobile - Porte de Versailles
7 Daytona Beach, FL - NASCAR Sprint Cup: Budweiser Shootout - Daytona Speedway
12-22 Chicago, IL - Chicago Auto Show - McCormick Place
13-14 Honolulu, HI - Kruse Hawaii Collector Car Auction
13-15 Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville International Car and Truck Show - Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
14 Happy Valentine's Day
15 Daytona Beach, FL - NASCAR Sprint Cup: Daytona 500 - Daytona Speedway
15 San Diego, CA - Cars and Coffee in the Park - San Diego Automotive Museum Balboa Park - 7AM - 9AM
19-22 Zephyrhills, FL - Zephyrhills Winter AutoFest
20-21 Oklahoma City, OK - Leake Car Auction - Oklahoma City Fairgrounds.
20-22 Boca Raton, FL - Boca Raton Concours - Boca Raton Resort and Club
20-22 Palm Springs, CA - McCormick's Exotic Car Auction - The Spa Resort Casino
20-22 Fontana, CA - NASCAR: Stater Bros. 300; San Bernardino County 200, Auto Club 500 - Auto Club Speedway
21-22 Jupiter, FL - Battery Beach Burnout - Florida Atlantic University
23 Westminster London, UK - Electric Vehicles: Advanced Battery Technology - 9:30am – 4:30pm
2/25-3/1 Rochester, NY - Rochester International Auto Show - Rochester Riverside Convention Center
2/28-3/1 Palm Springs, CA - Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance - O'Donnell Golf Club
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brent Schmidt 4:21PM (1/31/2009)
Flying out to Chicago on the 9th through the 17th... will Autoblog be at Chicago?
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Mike Serebrennikov 4:29PM (1/31/2009)
Don't forget the Pittsburgh Int. Auto Show.
Feb 12-15
http://www.pittautoshow.com/AutoShow/
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phewop 4:35PM (1/31/2009)
I also noticed that the Pittsburgh International Auto Show was missing on that calendar.
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nardvark 4:49PM (1/31/2009)
The Philadelphia auto show is going on now through February 8th. This is a big show...shouldn't it be on the list?
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alex 3:37AM (2/01/2009)
it's not a big show. and by big, i'm not talking about attendance (i have no idea what the attendance is like), but no new products will be unveiled there, so no one really cares unless they live there.
nardvark 10:50AM (2/01/2009)
OK, I guess I don't understand what the point of this calendar is, if it's not to encourage people to go to events. The Philadelphia event is basically the Detroit show (all of the same cars), but a few weeks later.
DGTLLVR 5:08PM (1/31/2009)
Don't forget the Morning After event in Austin @ Uprev
Sunday Feb 15th 10am-6pm
http://www.uprev.com
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Ben Badenoch 5:39PM (1/31/2009)
Toronto Auto Show, February 13-22.
http://www.autoshow.ca/2009/
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Ben Badenoch 5:41PM (1/31/2009)
Wow, sorry. I accidentally rolled to January and didn't see it.
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nanotube 8:40PM (1/31/2009)
Baltimore Auto Show Feb 13-15 or something like that.
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skylin3gtr013 12:16AM (2/01/2009)
I'll be at the Washington Auto Show next week :)
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Jordan 9:01PM (2/01/2009)
Hey, don't miss out on the worlds largest autoshow;CIAS (Canadian International Autoshow) - February 13th - February 22nd
http://www.autoshow.ca
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