DOWNTOWN Effingham CRUISE

SEPTEMBER 5 & 6, 2025

Start your engines!
Show off your ride around downtown Effingham.

It’s time again for the Downtown Effingham Cruise!

On Friday, September 5, it’s Mopar Muscle Night at Goeckner Bros and a post-party gathering at Gabby Goat.

On September 6, 2025, we’re taking over downtown Effingham with a day of music, food, fun, and most of all, your pride and joy!

Cars & Coffee at Gabby Goat from 8am-10am, then cruise Route 40 to Chances R in Greenup for lunch at 11. Get back to Effingham and show off your ride at our Show & Shine, starting at 2, then cruise down Jefferson Ave and around beautiful Downtown Effingham.

Additional Events

The Downtown Effingham Cruise is the final event in a series of Summer Cruise-In Nights throughout Effingham.

Trucker’s Pub - May 29

Food by Lickin’ My Chicken BBQ, fun, games, prizes, drink specials, music, and more!

Legacy Harley-Davidson - June 26

Food by Keller Convention Center, fun, games, prizes, drink specials, music, and more!

The Orchard INN - July 31

Food by Country Rhodes, fun, games, prizes, drink specials, music, and more!

Gabby Goat - August 28

Food by Gabby Goat, fun, games, prizes, drink specials, music, and more!

Located in the Heart of Effingham, Illinois

From the courthouse to the railroad tracks on Jefferson Ave. in beautiful Downtown Effingham, we’ll have cars, food, fun, vendors, and more!

 

Race Car Display / Parade

Register your race car to run the first lap!

Sponsor

Interested in being a sponsor?

NET PROCEEDS GO TO

Operation Blackhawk is a 501(c)(3) charity which provides for active-duty soldiers’ families in our community.

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY SEPT 5

  • Mopar Muscle Night - 6-9pm @ Goeckner Bros.

  • Late Night @ Gabby Goat - starts at 8pm

SaturDAY SEPT 6

  • Coffee & Cars @ Gabby Goat 8am-10am

  • Cruise Rt 40 to Greenup, Lunch @ Chances R - 11am

  • Show & Shine an the Courthouse in Downtown Effingham - 2pm

  • Food Trucks and Music - 2pm

  • Lineup for the Cruise 4:45pm

  • First lap 5pm

  • Beer Garden @ Village Wine - 5pm

  • Danny Shelton & the Birddogs - 7pm @ the Village Wine Beer Garden