Organizers today announced the highly anticipated return of Slow&Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival to Navy Pier on Saturday, Oct. 12. Positioned as a grand finale to Hispanic Heritage Month, the storied event will fill the Pier’s Festival Hall with an impressive display of more than 250 meticulously customized automobiles, alongside a diverse collection of uniquely modified bicycles and motorcycles. Enthusiasts can also look forward to a curated program of local deejays, folkloric dancers, live musical performances, a children’s play area, and captivating pop-up art installations.
Established in 2011, Slow&Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival is a cultural heritage event celebrating the Lowrider movement. This thoughtfully curated community and cultural heritage exhibition showcases the distinctive artistic and mechanical Lowrider characteristics, highlighting its significance as an American folk and contemporary art form. Now in its 13th year, the event continues to be recognized as the largest gathering of Lowrider culture and community in Chicago, with more than 60 car, bicycle, and motorcycle clubs represented.
The roots of Lowrider culture date back to the 1940s in urban and predominantly Latino communities when automobile culture began to flourish across the United States, with southern California serving as a vibrant epicenter. The Lowrider movement is a recognized Chicano-American cultural innovation and a multi-billion-dollar global phenomenon.
Tickets for Slow&Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival are available at www.navypier.org/slow-and-low/. General admission prices are $15 per person (age 3 and up) and $52 for a four-pack.