BREAKING NEWS – NEW LOCATION FOR 2026
Dehn’s Pumpkins & Event Center
17270 125th Avenue North
Dayton, MN 55327
MIDWEST RIDE-IN MOVES TO NEW LOCATION
You commented and we listened…
Midwest Vintage Snowmobile Shows, Inc. is proud to announce a new location for the 35th Annual Midwest Ride-In, January 30-31st, 2026.
Based on your feedback, we searched for a location adjacent to a lake that was close to the Twin Cities Metro area. In the Dayton/Osseo/Rogers area is Dehn’s Pumpkins & Event Center. It fits the bill because it is adjacent to 450-acre French Lake and also the NW Trails/Elm Creek Snowmobile Trail. The venue allows us to reduce the footprint of our event, while retaining all the show elements that you have come to appreciate at the Midwest Ride-In — like trail rides, judged show, swap meet, and a heated event center. Moreover, we are bringing back your favorites, like pork chops and “cruising the lake”.
Just off I-94 freeway, the new location feels rural, although it is within easy driving distance for our loyal (and new) fans. We are able to reduce admission pricing while also revising the experience and aura of past shows on Lake Waconia. While we appreciate the past support that we received at ERX Motor Park over the past five events, this new venue represents an exciting new chapter in this “World’s Largest” old snowmobile event.
MVSS MIDWEST RIDE-IN 2026
Racing Through the 90s
January 30-31, 2026
Dehn’s Pumpkins & Event Center
17270 125th Avenue North
Dayton, MN 55327
2026 PRICING AND AGENDA COMING SOON
This agenda is subject to change:
The Midwest Ride-In is the world's biggest family-friendly vintage snowmobile get together.
Our Organizational Committee is working hard to hold our end-of-January event.
Held annually the last weekend of January. It’s the world’s largest show of old sleds! Join hundreds of antique, vintage, and classic snowmobiles tooling around on this 450-acre property. We offer daily trail rides, indoor displays, judged show, swap meet, brand loyalty corrals, and vintage snowmobile racing.
Come celebrate winter with some of the finest folks in the world on the last weekend in January
Thank a Volunteer!
Thanks to all the volunteers that helped pull this off:
- Midwest Vintage Snowmobile Show Committee
- River City Snow Riders
- Palmer Powder Hounds
- Elk Lake Easy Riders and many North Metro snowmobile clubs
- Carver County Snow Runners
- CentraSota Vintage Sledheads
- Chaska Sno-Hawks
- Westonka SnoBlazers
- Southwest Trails
- SouthTonka Snowmobile Club
- Region 8 – MnUSA
Join a snowmobile club near you!
The volunteers who help you get all those cool shirts and stuff at every Midwest Ride-In!
Just How Big is the Midwest Ride-In?
Checkout these images from our event when held in Waconia. It really was a perfect location for close to 30 years, but the city has expanded and much of the onsite parking is now a housing development necessitating our move in 2020.
ERX Motor Park in Elk River, MN is the Midwest’s premier year-round motorsports and event facility, featuring off-road and snowmobile racing, concerts and charitable events. There are over 10 miles of wooded trails on the 500 acre private property, a world class snocross track, and a nearly one mile dirt off-road truck track.
This is Sunday. Foreground is the sleds lined up for the judged show. Behind see the oval race track from our previous location before moving to Elk River for the 2020 show.
The view from outside the plane window – the event is so big that it is hard to fit it all in one photo!
On the lake are the drag racing lanes to the right, parking to the left and oval track.
This shows Sunday morning action — judged show area in the forefront, ballroom to the right and behind it the swap meet area.