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The dates have been announced for the 2nd Annual Port City Spectacular:

Friday, October 31, 4:00PM-9:00PM

Saturday, November 1, 9:00AM-9:00PM.

The show is taking place again at the VanDyk Mortgage Convetion Center.

Follow @portcityspectacular on Instagram to keep up with the latest news.

Read about last year’s show below!

The 2024 Port City Spectacular

Last year’s show was one of the highlights of my year! Like many shows in their first year, a lot rides on every moving part and person involved. Nobody wants to see a flop! The inaugural PCS was everything but a flop, but lets go back to the beginning and talk about how I got involved. I’ll sprinkle my favorite photos I shot over the course of the weekend in between.

Last year was my first foray into really cranking up an Instagram account. I spent my evenings scrolling and following when I ran across talk of this show happening for the first time that year. I was intrigued, and since Muskegon, MI is semi-local, I reached out to Brandon Morrison who put on the show asking if he had anybody to cover video of the show. He got back to me saying there were a couple photographers coming, but nobody on video, and that he would be happy to have me there. I jumped at the opportunity!

I was trying to grow my YouTube presence and looking to branch out from videos of myself wrenching on my projects and get into doing some videos on local cars, owners, and events, so this was perfect!

I knew a few people in the local scene, but really not too many. It was a huge opportunity for me to cover the show, and it helped the show out huge too! I’m still pumping out content from November, 2024, because there were just so many good cars under one roof.

The cars are only half of the story, though. The people I got to know that weekend have already become friends, and I have made plans to be involved with the show again this year, so if you’re able to, try to make it out to Muskegon, MI for the 2nd Annual Port City Spectacular!

Watch the 2024 Port City Spectacular Video right here!

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Jon - Hard Luck Garage