15th Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival

At the Carolina Renaissance Festival, the entire 22-acre kingdom forms the set for comic adventures, in which you can be both audience and part of the fun! It is a medieval amusement park with a 10 stage theater, a jousting tournament, a twenty acre circus, and an arts & crafts fair with a cast of over 500 costumed characters. The festival is like a Monty Python movie come to life!

Visit the Carolina Renaissance Festival for some family fun from October 4th through November 16th from 10 am until 5:30 pm, rain or shine. Click here for more information about the Festival and to purchase tickets online.

Labels: Carolina Renaissance Festival, Charlotte NC events, Family Entertainment, Hendrick Chevrolet Cadillac

MyRide.com Announces Best Deals for New Cars

As manufacturers ramp up incentives to help clear dealers' lots before 2009 model-year units arrive, MyRide.com named the month's best deals.

In order to qualify for the list, models must score better than average on crash tests from the National Highway Travel Safety Association and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (if tested). Ideally, the models must also have a combined fuel economy of 20 miles per gallon.

We are excited to announce that 2 of our models made the list! They are:


The Chevrolet Corvette

The Cadillac CTS

For more information, visit www.myride.com.

Labels: best buy, Cadillac CTS, Corvette, employee pricing, EPA, MPG, NHTSA

Festival In The Park

It's Family… It's Art… and It's Free. The 44th annual Festival in the Park, held in Freedom Park near uptown Charlotte begins on Thursday, September 18th and continues through Sunday, September 21st, 2008.

Since 1964, Festival in the Park has been bringing good music, good art and good times to Charlotteans and visitors from around the world. The sounds of "big band music" drift across Freedom Park's lake whose still surface reflects the lights strung from Camelot exhibit tents.

This fun filled event is designed to promote and stimulate interest in the arts. It provides the opportunity for all to see, hear, and learn from over 150 artists and crafts people who actively demonstrate and display their art. Nearly a thousand entertainers provide free ongoing performances at the main band shell and many stages surrounding it.

Festival in the Park has been chosen as one of Sunshine Artists Magazine's 200 BEST festivals. Over 100,000 visitors are estimated to have attended the 2007 Festival in the Park.

We encourage all to participate and get involved with the Festival in the Park!!

Labels: Family Entertainment, Festival In The Park, Free Events

zMAX Dragway is finally open!

After all the controversy and debate, the zMAX Dragway at Concord will set the new standard for drag racing facilities around the world. "The Bellagio of Dragstrips" will open in grand fashion with the NHRA Nationals on Sept. 11-14.

The top drivers from all four of NHRA's professional categories - Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle - will descend on zMAX Dragway to begin the six-race NHRA POWERade Series Countdown to the Championship and race for the chance to be crowned NHRA POWERade world champions.

If you are in town for the grand opening, come visit Hendrick Chevrolet Cadillac and take advantage of GM Employee Pricing PLUS bonus cash on all 2008 and select 2009 models! Contact Courtnay Mayhew for more details today!

Labels: Funny Car, Hendrick Chevrolet Cadillac, Hendrick Motorsports, Lowe's Motor Speedway, NHRA, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycles, Top Fuel Dragsters, zMAX Dragway

Miss Justine Hammack, age 17, daughter of Tammie Hammack, our CDC / Internet Assistant Manager, has won the following State Pageant Title: Miss North Carolina American Teen which qualifies her to represent North Carolina in the National Miss American Teen Pageant!

She will attend the National Pageant for her age group at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, during Thanksgiving week where she will compete with other outstanding girls from across the United States for thousands of dollars in cash scholarships and prizes.

In addition, Justine won the Talent Award, Best Personality, and Most Promising Model in her age division. She was awarded a free photo shoot with the John Casablanca Modeling Agency.

We are proud to have a member of the Hendrick family representing our state and our community! Congratulations!

Labels: Beauty Pageants, Hendrick Chevrolet Cadillac, John Casablanca Modeling Agency, Miss North Carolina

Brooks and Dunn, ZZ Top, and Rodney Atkins at Verizon!

What a way to end the Summer! If you love a little country and a little bit of rock and roll, this is the concert for you! Brooks and Dunn, the legendary ZZ Top, and Rodney Atkins will all be performing at the Verizon Amphitheatre this Friday, September 5th at 7:30.

Do you know what would be great to drive to this concert? A brand new, 2008 Chevrolet Corvette ! Now through September 30th, take advantage of GM Employee Pricing on all 2008 Chevrolet Corvettes. Contact Courtnay Mayhew for more details on how to own your American Masterpiece today!

Labels: Brooks and Dunn, Charlotte Concerts, Charlotte Events, GM Employee Pricing, Rodney Atkins, Verizon Amphitheater, ZZ Top