The June 6 parade is followed by the Graffiti Festival and Car Show on Saturday and Sunday at Modesto Junior College's West ...

Modesto gears up for the 26th Annual American Graffiti Festival & Car Show from June 6–8, 2025, celebrating classic cars and ...

American Graffiti Festival in Modesto has kicked off. Thousands gathered downtown on Friday to watch classic cars cruise and ...

Despite the fact that the 1973 classic “American Graffiti” — written and directed by Modesto native George Lucas — is more ...

Modesto, prepare to get your motor running. June will mark the return of Graffiti Summer. It’s the region’s annual celebration of “American Graffiti” and that groovy weekend ritual that ...

MODESTO — The city of Modesto may be best known as the home of the movie "American Graffiti." In fact, there's a museum there dedicated to preserving that history. "American Graffiti" is the ...

Held every year on the first Saturday night after high school graduation, it’s the ultimate cruising celebration, a time when all of Modesto ... his 1973 film “American Graffiti,” the ...

THE MOVIE AMERICAN GRAFFITI WAS BASED ON ALL THE CHARACTERS THAT LIVED HERE. PEOPLE LIKE SAMMY AUTRY. THIS IS ME. WHEN I WAS A JUNIOR IN DOWNEY HIGH SCHOOL, AUTRY KNOWS MODESTO, AND HE KNOWS CARS.

But the greatest asset from Lucas was his experiences growing up in Modesto during the early ‘60s. The “American Graffiti” script is terrific and Lucas shot the film quickly and dealt with ...

“Tight Heads” is the title of actress Candy Clark’s new book. It’s a nod to the term used by fashion photographers during her modeling days and the act of putting heads together to watch a Polaroid ...

OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY. AND RIGHT NOW, A CELEBRATION OF CAR CULTURE IS HAPPENING IN MODESTO. IT’S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL AMERICAN GRAFFITI FESTIVAL AND CAR SHOW KICKED OFF WITH THE PARADE OF ...