ALPCA Chesapeake Region

The regional chapter of the Automobile License Plate Collectors' Association in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. 

Upcoming Chesapeake Region Events

March 2024 – Northern Virginia

ALPCA Chesapeake Region "Spring Thaw" Meet
Saturday, March 9, 2024 – 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

The United Baptist Church fellowship hall
7100 Columbia Pike
Annandale, Va.  22003

1972 Virginia well drill plate

undated Washington, D.C. clergy plate

The long-running "Spring Thaw" meet is now an ALPCA Chesapeake Region meet!  Same location as past Annandale meets.  Annandale is a suburb of Washington, D.C., and is located just inside the Capital Beltway (I-495). 

See detailed information about this upcoming meet, including printer-friendly, detailed written directions and links to online maps.  

This event is not open to the general public. 

May 2024 – Central Virginia

10th Annual ALPCA Chesapeake Region Late Spring Meet
Saturday, May 18, 2024 – 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Fairmount Christian Church gymnasium
6502 Creighton Road
Mechanicsville, Va.  23111

1975 Westmoreland County trailer lot permit

1962 Maryland road tax permit

New indoor location!  Mechanicsville is northeast of Richmond.  Fairmount Christian Church is immediately off I-295 at exit 34-A, Route 615 East / Creighton Rd. 

See detailed information about this upcoming meet, including printer-friendly, detailed written directions and links to online maps.  

This event is not open to the general public. 

August 2024 – Maryland

14th Annual ALPCA Chesapeake Region Summer Meet
Saturday, August 17, 2024 – 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

St. Michael Catholic Church of Poplar Springs
1125 St. Michael's Road
Mount Airy, Md.  21771

1966 Maryland boat trailer dealer

1977 Virginia dealer

We will once again gather in the gymnasium at the St. Michael Catholic Church in Mount Airy, Md.  This is an air-conditioned facility with about 58 8-foot tables available.  Mount Airy is between Baltimore and Frederick, just off of Interstate 70. 

See detailed information about this upcoming meet, including printer-friendly, detailed written directions and links to online maps. 

This event is not open to the general public. 

Future Chesapeake Region meets

We haven't yet made any specific arrangements for plate meets beyond August 2024, but we're working on it.  We do plan to continue to hold meets in northern Virginia each March, in central/southern Virginia each May, and in Maryland each August.  We would also very much like to hold additional meets in other locations within our territory, such as in Delaware, or along the I-81 corridor in western Virginia.  To do this, we need to find suitable venues and people willing to help plan and host meets in these locations. 

If you know of an inexpensive meet hall (maximum $500 to rent for 8 hours) that has at least 40 8-foot tables (or can accommodate 300 people seated banquet-style), level access, and adequate parking, located anywhere in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, or Washington, D.C., we'd very much like to hear the details.  Tell us about it! 

Be sure to check back here periodically for the lastest information on upcoming Chesapeake Region plate meets!

Upcoming ALPCA conventions

1975 Maryland vanity

ALPCA conventions are held annually every June or July in various locations around the United States.  The ALPCA convention is the mother of all plate meets, with many hundreds of collectors in attendance, and probably millions of plates being displayed, traded, and sold.  Below are the locations and dates for the next few years.  Check the ALPCA web site for more details. 

  • 2024 – Lansing, Michigan; June 26-29
  • 2025 – Tulsa, Oklahoma; July 9-12
  • 2026 – Ft. Wayne, Indiana; July 15-18
  • 2027 – St. Cloud, Minnesota; July 14-17

Other plate collecting events

Check the following links for info on other plate meets and plate-related events througout North America. 

2005 Virginia vanity
ALPCA Regional License Plate Meets
ALPCA-sanctioned meets, as well as some plate meets not affiliated with ALPCA, are both listed. 
Hershey Region AACA Eastern Fall Meet
An absolutely massive antique car show, with a vast outdoor antique car parts flea market, held annually over several days each October in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Many ALPCA members and other license plate collectors have vendor booths and sell plates at this show each year, as do many of the vendors primarily selling car parts. 

Past Chesapeake Region Events

See photos and read more about our previous plate meets. 

  • Summer 2023 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 12, 2023
  • Spring 2023 meet – Mechanicsville, Va.; May 20, 2023
    (See meet report and photos in our July 2023 newsletter.) 
  • "Spring Thaw" 2023 meet   Annandale, Va.; March 11, 2023
    (See meet report and photos in our April 2023 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2022 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 20, 2022
    (See meet report and photos in our October 2022 newsletter.) 
  • Spring 2022 meet – Mechanicsville, Va.; May 21, 2022
    (See meet report and photos in our July 2022 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2021 meet – Hampstead, Md.; August 28, 2021
    (See meet report and photos in our October 2021 newsletter.) 
  • Spring 2021 meet – Mechanicsville, Va.; May 22, 2021
    (See meet report and photos in our July 2021 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2019 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 10, 2019
  • Spring 2019 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; May 11, 2019
  • Summer 2018 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 11, 2018
  • Spring 2018 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; April 28, 2018
  • Summer 2017 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 12, 2017
  • Spring 2017 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; April 29, 2017
  • Summer 2016 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 13, 2016
  • Spring 2016 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; April 23, 2016
  • Summer 2015 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 15, 2015
    (See meet report and photos in our March 2016 newsletter.) 
  • Spring 2015 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; June 6, 2015
    (See meet report and photos in our July 2015 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2014 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 9, 2014
    (See meet report and photos in our April 2015 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2013 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 10, 2013
    (See meet report and photos in our June 2014 newsletter.) 
  • Summer 2012 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 11, 2012
  • Summer 2011 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 13, 2011
  • Spring 2011 meet – Chesterfield, Va.; April 2, 2011
  • Summer 2010 meet – Mount Airy, Md.; August 14, 2010