{"id":88551,"date":"2026-01-16T14:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:20:40","slug":"what-auto-lovers-can-look-forward-to-as-car-show-rolls-into-allentown-fairgrounds-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/88551\/","title":{"rendered":"What auto lovers can look forward to, as car show rolls into Allentown Fairgrounds | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Calling all car enthusiasts — one of the region’s largest indoor auto flea market is rolling into Lehigh County Friday.<\/p>\n

69 News Reporter Sydney Kay has the story from the Allentown Fairgrounds with what auto lovers can find at the three-day Auto Mania event.<\/p>\n

Mike Garland, Public Relations Manager with Carlisle Events, said the show is the state’s largest indoor, heated automotive flea market event.<\/p>\n

Garland said the event is a perfect meet-up spot for automotive enthusiasts who want to start something fresh in advance of spring car show season, or that need to further a project they’ve been working on.<\/p>\n

A couple of hundred vendors will mix and mingle with thousands of guests, he said. They will be selling car parts, collectibles, merchandise, signage, and “a little bit of everything in between,” he said.<\/p>\n

Auto Mania is about “making moments, connecting people, and furthering the automotive hobby,” he said.<\/p>\n

Doors open at noon Friday. People can go to carlisleevents.com<\/a> to get tickets in advance at a discount. The venue has a dedicated entry door for people who bought their\u00a0tickets in advance.<\/p>\n

Allentown area Lions Club members will be collecting donations to support various causes in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Calling all car enthusiasts — one of the region’s largest indoor auto flea market is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,232,153,155,154,3705],"class_list":{"0":"post-88551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-allentown-area","10":"tag-bethlehem","11":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","12":"tag-bethlehem-news","13":"tag-sunrise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}