The 3rd Annual Cars and Carnivores Street Festival presented by The Rotary Club of Wake Forest returns to historic downtown Wake Forest, N.C., on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
Hours:
Car Show: 9 a.m. Check-in. Enter Brooks St from the north (Roosevelt/Wait Ave—near Norse Brewing, 203 Brooks). 2 p.m. Award Show
Steak Cookoff 10 a.m. Cook's Meeting, 4 p.m. Award Show
The street festival is set up on Brooks Street and E. Owen Avenue and is free for the public to visit the classic/modern car show and nationally sanctioned steak cookoff raising funds to pay off past-due medical bills for local cancer patients.
Vendors and food trucks are invited to join us on E. Owen Ave. Please register/email us on our Wake Forest Rotary website www.WakeForestRotary.org/cc
The Steak Cookoff, sanctioned and hosted by the Steak Cookoff Association (SCA), offers cash prizes for top grillers of ribeye steaks and a dessert category.
An SCA Certified Judge’s Class will be offered again this year on Friday, June 6, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at The Forks Cafeteria, 339 Brook St, Wake Forest. This class, open to anyone, is not only for those who want to become a certified judge for SCA competitions but will offer the knowledge of what judges are looking for in the competitions.
The 3rd annual car show is now accepting up to 150 car and truck entries online, in advance only, for $25 per car. Entries will be judged by a panel of experts and the public for Best of Show and People’s Choice trophies. Cars will enter at 9 a.m. and the show will end at 2 p.m. with an Awards program in front of Town Hall at the corner of Brooks Street & E. Owen Ave
To enter the steak cookoff, sign up for the certified judge’s class, register a car, become a vendor, volunteer or sponsor, visit www.wakeforestrotary.org/cc
Registration for this Car Show and Steak Cookoff is only available on our website www.wakeforestrotary.org/cc and NOT through anyone on social media.
About the Rotary Club of Wake Forest
Rotarians are people of action, driven by a desire to create opportunities, strengthen communities and find solutions to challenges. The club meets at The Forks Café, in Wake Forest every Monday night 6:45 p.m. - 8 p.m. Wake Forest Rotary Club is a service organization of business professionals, neighbors, friends and community leaders who join together to create positive change in Wake Forest, the Triangle, our state, nation and the world.
Also check out other Festivals in Wake Forest, Workshops in Wake Forest.
