
A Brief History of the
Toy Town Car Show
The Toy Town Car Show has been held on historic Main Street East Aurora since 1986. The show is the last vestige of the once huge annual Toy Fest celebration. The car show was put on by the East Aurora Toy Town Museum, as was Toy Fest until the museum closed in 2009. In 2011 the show was resurrected by the East Aurora Moose Lodge #370. The Moose Lodge and associated volunteers made the show a community event with all proceeds being distributed to the local Boys and Girls Clubs. In 2022, American Legion Post 362, with help from Chuck Facklam, took over the responsibilities of the show, which ended up with close to 450 entries. The show field starts on the brick Main Street (corner of Olean Rd) and continues down to Maple Road. Registration and preregistration check-in is from 9am – 12 noon at the Moose Lodge at 905 Main Street, East Aurora. This year, judging will encompass nine different classes, with trophies (hand-made by Legion volunteers) given out at 4:00 pm. Show headquarters will again be in front of the First Presbyterian Church of East Aurora at 9 Paine Street. The proceeds this year will go to sponsor scholarships for local high school students. Special thanks to main sponsor West Herr Buick GMC Cadillac of East Aurora, to our many local sponsors, and to all of the volunteers who help make the car show a success. We look forward to seeing everyone at the show.