Calendar of events!

 
Classic Car Shows:
Two classic car shows call Lake Havasu City home. For more than 20 years, the Relics and Rods Run to the Sun has dazzled spectators with as many as 1000 autos in mint condition on display. This event is held in October. The fun-filled Havasu Happening car show is held the last weekend in March and includes all motorized vehicles, including motorcycles, trucks and boats
 
Festival of Lights:
For six weeks during the holiday season, the London Bridge Resort sponsors the spectacular Festival of Lights featuring a million holiday lights throughout the English Village and the London Bridge. The event includes holiday concerts and activities that uplift the soul and spirit throughout the special season
 
Food Festivals:
Lake Havasu hosts two annual food festival. The International Halva-Salsa Challenge is held in April and includes a salsa competition, ethnic dancers, music concerts, food vendors, children activities and other entertainment. The annual Chili Society Cook-Off, held in February, includes a chili competition and other activities for the whole family to enjoy.
 
Holiday Boat Parade of Lights:
On the first Saturday and Sunday nights of December, the Lake Havasu Yacht Club presents a brilliant boat parade of lights under the London Bridge. Thousands of spectators line the Bridgewater Channel to view over 40 boats light up the night skies with glittering holiday lights.
 
IJSBA (Jet Skies) World Finals:
For 18 years the International Jet Sport Boating Association has held their world racing championships every October in Lake Havasu City. Eight hundred personal watercraft racers from 35 countries converge on Lake Havasu for a week-long, action-packed event. It has grown to be the largest local event and generates a multi-million dollar impact on the city
 
July 4th Fireworks and WPA Winter Blast:
Lake Havasu City boasts two spectacular annual pyrotechnic events. Every July 4th the City presents its annual display of fireworks in celebration of Independence Day. During President's Day Weekend every February, the Western Pyrotechnics Association holds their annual Winterblast convention which includes a dazzling, public display of state-of- the-art fireworks
 
London Bridge Days and Festival:
This event got its start 30 years ago when the London Bridge was completed and dedicated in October 1971. Held each year during the last week of October, this special event includes a parade, concerts, family activities, and a full-fledged Renaissance Festival including knights, horses and jousting
 
Racing and Watersport Events:
Water-related events grace the lake each year including boat regattas, fishing tournaments and water-ski competitions. Two major racing events include the Havasu Classic in February and the Havasu National Speed Week in September featuring various classes of powerboats including the Grand Nationals, Cracker Boxes and Tunnel Lights.
 
History Channel Great Race:
 Rally-racing street legal vintage cars 170 to 480-plus miles each day on sporty back roads, over all kinds of terrain and in every kind of weather imaginable, The Great Race is a race with a goal other than speed. Best described as a timed endurance rally-race, the smallest error or mechanical malfunction can end a team's chances of winning.

Here's how the competition works: Great Race Director of Competition, John Classen, logs more than 20,000 miles on three trips across the USA, searching for the most challenging back roads to incorporate into the competition. Most of the roads traveled by racers are back roads, so Interstates are used only to enter and leave cities. Each speed change, stop, start and turn is specifically detailed in driving instructions. Exact speeds and "perfect" drive times are allotted for each maneuver. The competitors' objective is to match the perfect times established by John. To make it very interesting, no electronic devices of any type, including calculators and cell phones, are allowed in the cars, and odometers are removed or sealed.

Twenty minutes before each team starts the race, each team picks up daily driving instructions. These instructions are very specific, detailing every stop, turn and speed change made to the finish that night. These directions are accurate to within one second. Racers may use only a wristwatch, an analog clock, speedometer and pencil and paper to chart their miles. As if following directions and doing calculations weren't hard enough, Great Racers must function perfectly while driving fractious antique cars.

Several times thoughout the day, racers' progress is clocked at secret checkpoints by video cameras with electronic timers. Racers' times are relayed to central scoring via special field uplinks. A perfect score is zero, and each second off schedule at each checkpoint is a penalty point. As in golf, low score wins. Winning scores of 5 to 10 second error for a day are typical.
 
Activities Year Round: