There is perhaps nothing more iconic of the rad era than the DMC DeLorean!

Back in May 2021, the The Historic Vehicle Association (HVA) announced the newest car to hitch its National Historic Vehicle Register, an inventory and collection of documentation of historically significant automobiles. which car is that the instantly recognizable DeLorean DMC-12 time machine from the well-known sci-fi movie “Back to the Future”. 

Because of Covid, our inaugural event was delayed by more than a year, so all of these things: The HVA designation, the DeLorean "screaming" and 80's & 90s vibe and us getting "back the the future" is why we are featuring special DeLorean display smack dab in the center of Rock N Rad 2021! 

If you know of someone who needs to bring their DeLorean, send them this registration link!

A very special Thank you goes out to Justin Flagg for developing all of the art work for our 2021 Event!  Give Justin a follow in his Instagram @jflagg!

COVID-19 NOTICE:  Due to the uncertainty of the pandemic and the planning delays caused by it, we are going to postpone the inaugural #ROckNRad show until 2021.

We hope you understand that there are many moving parts to make the event happen that require sponsors, vendors, and entertainment to arrange transport, travel, hotels, equipment rental and set up.  We're going to put everything on hold until things settle down, we can lock down all the plans, and restrictions have been lifted for the sponsors to travel here.  

When we first embarked on this project, the team decided that music was a big part of the 80's and 90's scene. and should also be a big component of our Rad Era car event.

Soundtracks from movies were popular during the period and sometimes movies got made because of the songs.. "Okay, fine... Fer sure, fer sure."  Music and cars just fit well together in that 80's & 90's era.  The Miami Vice television show pioneered the use of current popular music and musicians in their shows and that tradition has carried on to this day in television and movies. Need was say more than Bueller?… Bueller?… Bueller? before a Ferrari comes to mind?

So, we approached the folks at Allegheny County to talk about holding our event at Hartwood Acres Amphitheater on a Sunday afternoon before one of their free concert series evenings. 

"We can bring some people to the park and celebrate the 80's & 90's in the afternoon if you guys can book an 80's or 90's band for the evening to round it out." we told them. 

And they, where. AWESOME! They loved the idea!

They already have food trucks, craft beer an porta-johns at the park so we can just plug things in earlier in the day and rock into the evening with rad tunes.

If you haven't been to Hartwood Acres you should plan a trip before our Rock and Rad event and get a lay of the land.  Check out their event schedule. for the Summer Concert Series which should be updated by early Feburary.

It's really an amazing venue and it's what makes Allegheny County a really terrific place to call home..

Allegheny County hosts an annual Father's Day Car Cruise in June. if you want to see how a car show is set up there. The Fathers Day Car Cruise typically runs from 2:00 pm-7:00 pm. with the Concert staring at 7:30 pm..

Hartwood Acres Amphitheater
4000 Middle Rd,
Allison Park, PA 15101