Monterey Car Week 2026: The Complete Schedule, All 48 Events
Every Monterey Car Week 2026 event i could find — 48 across 8 towns, with times, venues and admission. 27 are free to spectate.
monterey car week is 48 events across 9 days and 8 towns, and almost nobody sees more than a handful of them.
the problem isn't picking. it's that nothing lists all of it. the concours has its own site, the auctions have theirs, and a lot of the smaller stuff only ever shows up on an instagram flyer a week out.
so here's all 48 in one place. 27 are free to walk into, including the pebble beach tour d'elegance at 7am on thursday. that's the one people are most surprised by.
the full schedule
Saturday, August 8
- Monterey Pre-Reunion — 7AM · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas · Ticketed
- Monterey Car Week Kick-Off — 5PM · Downtown Monterey · Free
Sunday, August 9
- GGC Meet & Greet - Monterey County — 11:30AM · Baja Cantina, Carmel · Free
- Corkscrew Hillclimb & Community Day — 5PM · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas · Ticketed
Monday, August 10
- Automobilia Collectors Expo — 10AM · Embassy Suites Monterey Bay, Seaside · Ticketed
- The Porsche Monterey Classic — 3PM · 1781 Del Monte Blvd, Seaside · Ticketed
Tuesday, August 11
- Concours for a Cause — 10AM · Ocean Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea · Free
- Piazza Motor Nights — 5:30PM · The Piazza, Sand City · Ticketed
Wednesday, August 12
- Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion — 7AM · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas · Ticketed
- RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction — 10AM · Portola Hotel & Monterey Conference Center · Ticketed
- Astons on the Avenue — 11AM · Ocean Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea · Free
- The Little Car Show — 12PM · Downtown Pacific Grove · Free
- Pebble Beach Motoring Classic Arrival — 4:30PM · Casa Palmero at Pebble Beach · Free
- Night Rider at Asilomar — 6PM · Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove · Ticketed
- Car Week Paint Night — 6:30PM · 381 Cannery Row, Monterey · Ticketed
Thursday, August 13
- Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex — 7AM · Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance Start · Free
- DWA! Tour Hang d'Elegance — 8AM · Starbucks Coffee Company, Carmel · Ticketed
- Concours Village at Pebble Beach — 9AM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Pebble Beach RetroAuto — 9AM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Legends of the Autobahn — 9AM · Pacific Grove Golf Links · Free
- Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance — 9AM · Pebble Beach Golf Links · Free
- Bonhams|Cars Laguna Seca Auction — 9AM · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (Lakebed), Salinas · Ticketed
- Broad Arrow Quail Auction — 10AM · Quail Lodge & Golf Club, Carmel · Ticketed
- Prancing Ponies Car Show — 10AM · Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea · Free
- Mecum Auctions // Monterey 2026 — 10AM · Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa · Free
- Committing to Passion: Restoration, Experience, and the Business of Collectible Cars — 12PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Woodies in the Woods — 12PM · Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove · Ticketed
- AI and Authenticity: Protecting Provenance in the Collector Car World — 2PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Heroes of the Forest: Revisiting the Pebble Beach Road Races — 4PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Luau at Asilomar — 5PM · Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove · Ticketed
- Motorlux 2026 — 6PM · Monterey · Free
Friday, August 14
- Werks Reunion Monterey — 7AM · Monterey Pines Golf Course · Free
- Festorics — 8AM · Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas · Free
- The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering — 9AM · Quail Lodge & Golf Club, Carmel · Ticketed
- 2026 Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally — 10AM · Lighthouse Avenue/Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove · Free
- Gooding Christie's Pebble Beach Auctions — 11AM · Pebble Beach Parc du Concours · Ticketed
- The Speedster: America’s Turn of the Century Supercar — 11:30AM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- FIVA & the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance - Celebrating Living History in Automobiles — 2PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- The Paddock at Bayonet Black Horse — 3PM · Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside · Ticketed
Saturday, August 15
- 2026 Concours d'Lemons California — 8AM · Seaside · Free
- Spike’s Car Radio Live at the 2026 Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum — 10AM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Concorso Italiano — 10AM · Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course, Seaside · Ticketed
- Exotics On Broadway 2026 — 11AM · Broadway Avenue, Seaside · Ticketed
- Back to the Beach: 100 years of the 1000 HP Sunbeam — 12PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Women Behind the Wheel: Concours Chairman Sandra Button in Conversation with Supercar Blondie — 2PM · Concours Village at Pebble Beach · Free
- Ferrari Owners Club Gathering — 4PM · The Barnyard Shopping Village, Carmel-by-the-Sea · Ticketed
Sunday, August 16
- Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 75th Edition — The Lodge at Pebble Beach · Ticketed
- Monterey Motorsports Festival (car week) — 5PM · Monterey, CA · Free
keeping up
times move and events get added right up to the week itself. i keep the live version at ryvve.app/events/monterey, no app or login needed to look.
if you know one that isn't on here, tell me and i'll add it.
Still to come near Monterey
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Monterey Car Week Kick-Off
Monterey, CA
Car Week's opening night: 30 classic race cars displayed downtown with fans able to meet the vehicles' drivers.
Monterey Pre-Reunion
Salinas, CA
Practice-and-qualifying weekend ahead of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion — the same historic race cars on track with smaller crowds…
Corkscrew Hillclimb & Community Day
Salinas, CA
Community evening at the raceway during Pre-Reunion weekend — historic cars run the famous Corkscrew in a hillclimb format.
GGC Meet & Greet - Monterey County
Carmel, CA
Join Monterey County Area Representative Gina Paolini for a meet & greet! Golden Gate Chapter social events are a great place to meet…
Automobilia Collectors Expo
Seaside, CA
Three days of automobilia: vintage posters, signs, models, literature, and collectibles from dealers worldwide, plus the Automobilia…
The Porsche Monterey Classic
Seaside, CA
Get ready to rev up and mingle with fellow Porsche fans at the Monterey Classic—cars, fun, and good vibes!
Piazza Motor Nights
Sand City, CA
Evening Car Week social at Sand City's Piazza — cars, food, and music.
Concours for a Cause
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Charity concours along Carmel-by-the-Sea's Ocean Avenue during Car Week — fine automobiles downtown with proceeds benefiting local causes.
Night Rider at Asilomar
Pacific Grove, CA
Experience an unforgettable evening where chrome shines, engines inspire, and California culture comes alive.
Car Week Paint Night
Monterey, CA
Join us for Car Week Paint Night—sip, relax, and create awesome car-inspired art in-person!
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Salinas, CA
One of the world's most prestigious historic-motorsport gatherings: 500+ historic race cars and motorcycles competing across four days…
RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction
Monterey, CA
RM Sotheby's flagship Monterey sale: preview Wed-Thu from 10am, bidding Thu 5:30pm and Fri-Sat 10am. 2026 highlights include Clark Gable's…
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