International Car Show and Music Festival - 2009 Events

Rock'n August is an international car show and music festival taking place in St. Albert, Alberta - a suburb of Edmonton. This year the event will take place from Tuesday, August the 4th through Saturday the 8th. Past events have seen approximately 500 classic car entries into the event and more than 50,000 people attending altogether, making Rock'n August one of the largest events to take place in the province of Alberta. 2009 plans to be another huge year with at least as many people estimated to attend as 2008. Visitors to Rock'n August not only come from our home province of Alberta, but also British Columbia and Saskatchewan, and even Washington, Idaho and Montana - truly making Rock'n August an international car show.

In Support of Diabetes Research and Education.

A week of fun

Five days of activities begin early Tuesday morning at the St. Albert Inn when Citytv kicks off Rock'n August with the Breakfast Television. Many of the classics that will be competing in Saturday's Show'n Shine competition will be at this event. Each evening until Friday Night's Cruise and Street Dance, a different location in St. Albert hosts an evening of classic car shows, community barbecues and musical entertainment.

Also there will be draws for prizes at sponsored events; including a chance to win a custom framed drawing of your car by artist Alex Wong through raffle ticket purchase. Draw will be held at the Platinum Centre, Gold Dust Casino, St. Albert at the RNA wrap-up Dinner, Dance and Auction (1000 Tickets Printed)

Saturday August 8th, 6:00pm-Close. A Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction will wrap up the week long events with the fabulous entertainment at the Platinum Centre in the Gold Dust Casino, St Albert. The theme for the night will be dress in your best 50's or 60's clothing or just come as you are for all the fun that you can remember of these fun and simple days. Tickets for this night will be on sale at the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce or the Gold Dust Casino Platinum Centre, for details all contact information is on this site.

The primary goal of Rock'n August is to continue to be a significant contributor to diabetes research and education. The Alberta Diabetes Institute at the University of Alberta has set the international benchmark for treatment of diabetes with Islet Cell Transplantation. Rock'n August will make every effort to bring $100,000 to the doctors and researchers who specialize in this disease that will affect one in four Canadians in the next three to four years. All funds raised by Rock'n August remain within the province of Alberta.

We are very pleased to report that the 2008 Edition of Rock'n August was a record-setting success. The committee consisting of The Cruisers Car Club, Cosmopolitan Clubs of Edmonton, St. Albert, Sturgeon and the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce worked countless hours to ensure the success of this year's classic car show fund raiser for the Alberta Diabetes Foundation.

It is truly a community event when many come together as one to succeed. As we look forward to the 13th annual Rock'n August in 2009 (mark your calendars now for August 4-8-2009), we face new challenges of accommodating everyone who wishes to participate in this event. Planning has already started and we will make the 13th Rock 'n August the best ever.