Houston Art Car Parade

The Houston Art Car Parade is a yearly event in Houston, Texas, featuring a display of all types of rolling art. The first and largest Art Car Parade in the world, at any given parade you will see cars, bicycles, motorcycles, roller-skaters, and many other types of motorized and human-powered vehicles all decorated in various themes. There are also classic cars, lowriders, and various other highly modified roadworthy vehicles. The parade has been a Houston tradition since 1988 where 40 decorated vehicles were featured during the Houston International Festival. The first art car parade took place on May 14, 1986, when 11 vehicles participated in a parade down Montrose Boulevard. In recent years, the parade has been held on Allen Parkway. [ [http://www.orangeshow.org/artcar_map.html 2005 Everyone's Art Car Parade (map)] ] [ [http://www.orangeshow.org/artcar.html 2006 Everyones Art Car Parade: Another Record Breaking Year (pictures)] .] The 2004 parade featured 250 entries observed by a live audience of over 100,000 people. There were over 260 entries in the 2006 parade. The 2007 Parade featured 282 entries.

ee also

*Art car
*Art Car Museum

References

External links

* [http://www.orangeshow.org/artcar_history.html Official Art Car Parade site]
* [http://www.artcarscalendar.com/ A comprehensive Art Car Calendar which lists this event each year]
* [http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.artcarmuseum.com The Houston Art Car Museum]

Photo collections

* [http://www.scehardt.com/photos/2005acp.html 2005 Parade (120 photos)]
* [http://www.scehardt.com/photos/2004acp.html 2004 Parade (55 photos)]
* [http://www.artcarmuseum.com/Art_Cars/artcars.htm Art Car Museum]