The fourth annual Roswell Motoring Festival takes place Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill St. Admission is free for festivalgoers. Donations made during the event benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A donation box will be set beside a stage and podium.
Car owners can register vehicles for the festival through Sept. 29. Pre-registration is $30; $35 on the day of the event.
Philip Carroll, co-founder of the event with his wife Pualani, said the goal is to raise $5,000 for St. Jude.
Roswell Mayor Pro Tem Christine Hall is Grand Marshal of the event. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend. Carroll said.
Festivities include a beer garden, live music, children’s activities and a new feature in which representatives from Hagerty Classic Car Insurance will teach youth ages 6-18 how to judge the nuances of a classic car.
“They will learn how to judge the authenticity of the car, how it came off the assembly line; does everything function; is everything spotless,” Carroll said.
The festival founder said the young participants will also learn to judge the wear and tear on a classic vehicle.
Carroll, a longtime car enthusiast, said he owns a modest collection that include a 1998 Aston Martin DB7 convertible, a Jaguar XJ8, “and a couple of mascot support vehicles, I call them, a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado and a 2005 Vespa UK Mod.”
For more information on the Roswell Motoring Festival visitatlmotoringfest.org.
