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APRIL 10-13, 2025
The Parade Rolls April 12 @ 2pm

Allen Parkway & Downtown Houston

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VIPit Party & Benefit

The Orange Show's 38th Annual Art Car Parade presented by Team Gillman returns Saturday, April 12 and tickets to the VIPit Party & Benefit at City Hall are now available at 


Private Luxury Suite for 40 $25,000
Reserved Grandstand for 40 $12,000
Shared Grandstand for 20 $6,000
Private Table for 8 $3,500
Private Table for 4 $2,000
General Admission Adult $250
General Admission Child $100

2024 Ann Harithas Legacy Award Winner

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The Ploppet

Claire & Kyle Johnson and The Ploppet Crew

Scottsdale, AZ

Houston Art Car Parade Photo Archive

For 38 years, people around the globe have captured photos of the unique, surreal, and majestic rolling masterpieces presented annually in the Orange Show's Houston Art Car Parade. We've spent hundreds of hours compiling these images into an online archive free for anyone to view and enjoy.

Do you have photos of Art Cars rolling in the Houston Art Car Parade that you'd like to submit to our archives? Email us at archives@orangeshow.org!

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2025 Houston Art Car Parade Grand Marshal

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Announcement Coming Soon

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2025 Featured Artist

Chris Lockwood
Illustrator

2025 Honorees

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Jesse Sifuentes  
Artist
Texas Southern University 

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Julon Pinkston 
Art Teacher
Waltrip High School 

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Will Robinson
Patron & Board Member of the Orange Show

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Watch the Video

Schedule

History of the Parade

Houston's largest free cultural event and one of its most iconic celebrations started out nearly four decades ago with humble beginnings. Through the passion and commitment of like-minded artists across the country and the leadership of the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, the Houston Art Car Parade has become a world-wide phenomenon, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators to witness the awe and splendor of mobile art on wheels.

Photo Galleries

2024 Main Street Drag

Photos by Ben White

2024 Sneak Peek at Discovery Green

Photos by Ben White

2024 Legendary Art Car Ball

Photos by Emily Jaschke

2024 VIPit Party & Benefit

Photos by Emily Jaschke

2024 Houston Art Car Parade

Photos by Morris Malakoff

H-E-B Kids Creative Zone

Photos by Morris Malakoff & Danitza Ladwig

Art Car Awards Ceremony

Photos by Emily Jaschke & Ben White

Photos

What is an Art Car?

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Art Car /ärt kär/

noun

A vehicle whose owner has modified its appearance in a way to suit their own aesthetic, personality, or creative inspiration.

Since the invention of the automobile, art cars have been found in cultures across the globe as a way to express individuality, rebel against cultural norms, and stand out from the mundane. People of all walks of life have created art cars, from the most celebrated of contemporary artists, to your weird neighbor with the chickens, and everyone in between. Most art cars have started out as something you may see in a car dealership parking lot - four normal wheels, a socially-acceptable color, and a major auto company's chrome-plated branding. It's through the eyes, brain, and sweat of an Art Car Artist that the Art Car is born. Whether it's been painted, welded, sculpted, dropped, chopped, beaded, smashed, crashed, lit, or lifted - Art Cars come in all shapes, sizes and forms! The only rule is that it must roll!

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