Leave Your Mark You can be part of Springfield’s Route 66 legacy by helping fund the creative components of the Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park. The park already includes a replica of the Red’s Giant Hamburg sign, and future plans include: filling station replica with restrooms, vending machines and … Read More
Calling Rotarian Classic Car Owners The Rotary Clubs of Springfield are asking all District 6080 Rotarians who own classic model cars to display them in the Rotary Rendezvous area of this year’s Birthplace of Route 66 Festival on Saturday, Aug. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Enjoy the cars, live … Read More
Register Now! Help us reach 700 cars for this year’s show by registering your unique set of wheels. Register OnlineGet a Printable Form Prize & Award Sponsors Highlights from Current & Past Years Every year during the festival weekend, hundreds of cars, trucks and more fill downtown Springfield with eye-popping … Read More
Food, Merchandise & Services No festival is complete without a selection of tasty food, interesting things to buy and services to make each visit fun and memorable. Vendors Interested in Participating: Email Tom Mast at masterfuleventsmo@gmail.com. Vendor Map 2024 Vendors by Festival Location: Park Central Square 417 Spine North – … Read More
New This Year: Vintage Biplanes! Look to the sky this year for two Stearman Formation Pilots to kick off the festival on Thursday and fly over the parade on Friday. Pilot Rod Hightower and a fellow Stearman pilot will perform their flyovers in two vintage World War II biplanes at the … Read More
Register below for the second annual Rapid Roberts Cornhole Classic! Location: Springfield Expo Center Date: Saturday, Aug. 10 | Doors open at 9:00 a.m. Seniors 55+ Singles $25/thrower | 10:00 a.m. double elimination Coed $40/team | 10:00 a.m. double elimination Choose coed or seniors – cannot participate in both. Rounders … Read More
Birth of the Mother Road U.S. 66, also known as Route 66, the Mother Road, the Main Street of America, and the Will Rogers Highway, was officially named “U.S. 66,” via telegram at a meeting of highway officials in Springfield, Missouri on April 30, 1926. Calvin Coolidge was President, Prohibition … Read More
The road that once was the main east-west thoroughfare for travelers now offers scenic tour through America’s past. Many traces of the Mother Road are still visible here along Kearney Street, Glenstone Avenue, St. Louis Street, College Street and Chestnut Expressway. If you begin your tour at 2939 E. Kearney … Read More
