In the wake of the Cruise-A-Palooza classic car cruise at the Butler Farm Show grounds in June, the Rodfathers of Butler car club is holding a second Cruise-A-Palooza in downtown Butler next month.

Scheduled for Aug. 12 from noon to 7 p.m., Cruise-A-Palooza II will be held on Main Street between Pearl and Jefferson streets.

DJs will be set up on Main Street and vendors will be selling food.

If the second cruise goes well, the club could hold a cruise at each location every year.

“Some people like it at the Farm Show. Some people like downtown. We’re now planning to have two a year, but we’ll see how it goes this year. We hope we can make both work,” said John Malinski, Rodfathers president.

The cruises were held in Butler for many years before the club moved the event to the farm show grounds several years ago.

The idea to bring the cruise back to the city was suggested to the club by Mayor Ben Smith and Jamie Lee Goehring, who ran against him for the mayor’s office, while campaigning before last year’s election.

“Last year both candidates, Ben and Jamie, asked us to bring it back,” Malinski said.

He said he’s been working with Smith to plan the second cruise.

“I’m really excited. It was an event that everyone liked, including me,” Smith said. “It definitely made some waves in the community and I’m looking forward to it.”

Dan Cunningham, who is in charge of publicity for the car club, said he is expecting a big turnout.

“We’re getting a lot of feedback already. I expect there will be pretty big crowd there,” Cunningham said.

Malinski said there are pros and cons with both venues, but it costs the club more to hold the cruise in the city.

Smith said the club will be charged 25 percent of the cost of the overtime wages paid to city police for security during the event, but that cost hasn’t been determined.

The city and state require the club to have insurance to hold the event on Main Street, which is a state-owned road, and the club has to obtain a state permit to use it, Malinski said.

The club has to rent portable restrooms for the city cruise, but that cost is included in the fee it pays to use the farm show grounds. He said renting restrooms will cost $1,800.

In addition, the club is paying the CB Rangers to direct traffic in the city.

Some expenses such as advertising, T-shirts and dashboard plaques for show cars are incurred regardless of the venue.

“If you add that all up it’s a lot of money,” Malinski said.

The club’s expenses from cruises in the city have ranged from a low of $14,000 to a high of $22,000, he said. Hiring a Beach Boys tribute band to perform one year is what led to the $22,000 cost, he added.

“In the city more local people are coming. At the farm show we have plane rides and helicopter rides. There’s pluses and minuses to both,” Malinski said.

Many people can walk to the cruise in the city, but some people bring tents and host family gatherings during cruises at the farm show, he said.

T-shirt sales and fees the club charges food vendors offset some of the expenses, Malinski said.

Cruises at both venues have received acclaim.

Cruisin Times Magazine has ranked the club’s cruises at both locations among the top 10 cruises on the East Coast, Malinski said.

“We actually had people from Oklahoma, Canada, Illinois last year. A lot of people travel the circuit to see these car shows,” he said.