Car shows are as hot as July

There's only space this week for the weekend's shows; visit www.autoswalk.com for information on metro weeknight cruise-ins and outstate and Wisconsin car shows (two are listed below). (NOTE: Spectators admitted FREE at events unless noted.)

Tonight

North St. Paul History Cruze, downtown (6-10 pm, 612-801-8107).

Prior Lake Roll-In, downtown (5-9 pm; 952-440-2789, 612-791-0630).

City Centre Mall, St. Francis (5 pm-dusk; 763-753-6116, www.stfranciscarshow.com).

DQ Grill & Chill, Edina (6-10 pm, 952-830-0330).

Denny's, Hudson, Wis. (5-9 pm, 715-377-2725).

Minneapolis Aquatennial Free Car Show, Bobby & Steve's Auto World, downtown (10 am – 3 pm, 612-333-8900, pats1969gtx@msn.com).

Cops & Rodders Car Show, State Fairgrounds (9 am – 2 pm, 651-464-4764).

Charity Car Show, Lehman's Garage, Bloomington (10 am – 2 pm, 612-834-1460, 612-866-6129). Donations accepted for American Cancer Society Hope Lodge.

LifeFest Car Show & Free Hog Roast, 6300 212th St. SW, Farmington (noon-3 pm, 651-353-6448, anna@gunners.com).

Charity Car Show, High Tech Institute, St. Louis Park (10 am – 2 pm, 952-240-7719, d.plocek@mchsi.com). Donations accepted for Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery.

Slice of Shoreview Car Parade & Show, Island Lake County Park, Shoreview (noon-5 pm, 651-483-2416, www.sliceofshoreview.com).

Kolacky Days Car Show, Community Club, Montgomery (8 am – 3 pm, 507-364-7427, www.kolackydays.com).

Car & Bike Show, Northern Attitudes Bar & Grille, Princeton (noon-3 pm, gelapoint@embarqmail.com).

Classics at Canterbury Park, Shakopee (reg. noon-2 pm, 952-278-3102, sgraf@nemerfieger.com). Rods, etc., get in free; no reservations nec.

Saturday night

Historic Hastings Cruise-in (5-9 pm, 651-438-7949, 651-437-4400, www.hastingsdowntown-mn.com/cruise-in).

Fatboys Bar & Grille, East Bethel (6-10 pm, 763-434-8181).

A&W Drive-In, Little Canada (6-9 pm; 651-484-5133, 651-231-1433).

Hideaway Speedway, Isanti ($4, kids $1, full car $10; 5-10 pm; 612-978-7034, www.backalleycruisersmn.org). 1/4-scale stock car racing.

Sunday

Scavengers Car Show, Mermaid Event Center, Mounds View (9 am – 3 pm, 651-334-8181, 763-757-9638). MSRA voting event.

Maaco Car Show, 1480 Osborne Rd., Fridley (11 am – 4 pm, 763-572-2222, www.msma.net).