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2025 Celebration of Brass V

July 17 @ 8:00 am - July 19 @ 5:00 pm

Celebration of Brass V Registration is Now Open! 

This is the 5th year Brass Era car enthusiasts will gather at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, MI to celebrate Brass Era automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. The Celebration of Brass V, hosted by the Museum of the Horseless Carriage, has become a not-to-be missed tradition featuring the two-day Car Show, Pre-WWII Swap Meet, special speakers, demonstrations, Brass Era car rides, Vintage Fashion Review, Ice Cream Social on Thursday, Friday evening banquet, and Saturday farewell picnic.

The HCCA National Tour highlights include a lunch cruise on Lake Michigan aboard the Holland Princess, Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park, Cruise-In night at the Gilmore Car Museum, the Kellogg Manor House, the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, and more.

You may register for the event online or via print out form and mail in your registration with a personal check. Online registration this year is being hosted by Eventbrite and additional service charges do apply. You can access the online registration at https://celebrationofbrassV.eventbrite.com and the printable forms are located below. 

Link to printable registration forms

If you have any issues downloading the registration forms, please contact: Kyle Blake, Event Chairman, at events@museumofthehorselesscarriage.org or call 443-564-7268. 

Our host hotel is the Springhill Suites, 850 Trade Center Way, Portage, MI, 49002. The group rate is $174 plus taxes and fees. The Celebration of Brass - Museum of the Horseless Carriage has a room block with a cut-off date of June 2, 2025. The block is available Monday, July 14 - Saturday, July, 19, 2025. Call 269-238-3254 or book online: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1737045271265&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink

REGISTRATIONS ARE DUE JUNE 23, 2025You may register after June, 23 and at the Celebration of Brass V show, but registration materials are not guaranteed. THE TOUR MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED. No refunds after June 23, 2025.

Questions and inquiries should be sent to Kyle Blake, Event Chairman, at events@museumofthehorselesscarriage.org or call 443-564-7268.