Three longstanding events in the city of Orange will be consolidated into one weekend going forward.
The Orange Rotary Car Show, where visitors can traverse Old Towne viewing hundreds of classic cars lined up, usually takes place the third Sunday of April. And the Orange May Parade and Taste of Orange — a tasting event featuring local restaurants and breweries organized as a fundraiser by the Assistance League of Orange — are usually held the first weekend in May.
The events draw tens of thousands of visitors to the city’s downtown each year.
But after representatives of the three posed the idea, the City Council agreed recently to combine the events into one, to run annually on the first weekend of May, with the event organizers agreeing to work together and share expenses to deliver the weekend.
Consolidating the events, Councilmember John Gyllenhammer said, would help “bring a lot of people together and ensure the continuity of the events.”
The car show footprint and the parade route, which loops around Plaza Park, will remain the same. And, both will continue to be free and open to the public. But ticket costs for Taste of Orange may be adjusted, organizers said.
The events in 2026 — they will be on May 2 and 3 — will be held during another fiscal year in which the city is grappling with a general fund budget deficit. As part of its plan to mitigate a nearly $2 million shortfall, the city put some community events on hold, including opting out of hosting a Third of July fireworks show for the first time in nearly three decades.
And the Orange May Parade, organized and hosted by the Orange Chamber of Commerce, was cancelled in 2025 due to “the dramatic increase in the cost associated with organizing the event.”
The parade, which dates back to the 1930s, had faded away in the 1990s because of a lack of funding. It was rekindled in 2019, drawing dozens of participating groups and floats, with crowds again lining the streets of the plaza area.
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