How to navigate the world’s biggest car event, the Woodward Dream Cruise

Posted by Talbot Payne on August 12, 2026

Cars roll up and down Woodward Ave. during the Woodward Dream Cruise, in Birmingham, August 16, 2025.

Cars roll up and down Woodward Ave. during the Woodward Dream Cruise, in Birmingham, August 16, 2025.

David Guralnick, The Detroit News

As is tradition, the Cruise actually kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, on Nine Mile in Ferndale with a ribbon-cutting led by Michael Lary, Ferndale special events director and president of the Dream Cruise for 21 years.

At 5:30 p.m., the Ferndale Emergency Vehicle Show in Nine Mile rumbles to life ― rolling up Woodward to 11 Mile and back for the annual Lights & Sirens Cruise Parade. Look for an array of modern/classic police, fire, military and other EMS machinery.

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