Jacksonville Car Culture events calendar
8th Annual San Jose Car & Truck Show at Dupont Station: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, 6271 St. Augustine Road. Spectators are free; show vehicles $25 at the gate. Proceeds will be donated to the Bishop John J. Snyder Community Center.
The next Caffeine and Octane is set from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, at The Avenues mall at 10300 Southside Blvd.
For all future C&Os, cars should start arriving by 7 a.m. each Saturday to the Southside Boulevard side of the shopping mall, the best way in through Malabar Boulevard. As always, there will be a Porsche Jacksonville corner, an MBCA Southern Stars section, exotics area, Classics Rows and more at the August C&O. And look for literally hundreds of vintage and classic cars, muscle cars and so much more.
- Official Caffeine and Octane merchandise is on sale at all Caffeine and Octane Jacksonville events
Gentle reminders – All vehicles parked in the Central Lot must remain in place until the show concludes at 11 a.m. Please Park in the Exhibit Lot if you need to leave prior to 11 a.m. Those parking in the Exotics Lot and the Porsche Corner are free to arrive and leave at any time.
Upcoming events….
Seize The Day Car, Truck and Bike Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at 1 World Golf Village Place in St. Augustine. Show vehicles are $20 each. Proceeds benefit Mayo Clinic Epilepsy Center and Michael Gullion.
Lowes of Orange Park Car Show: 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday at 2285 Kingsley Ave.
Destination Church Car Show: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at the church at 88 Arlington Road N. Free to spectators and show vehicles.
Jax Speed Shop Grand Opening: 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday at the speed shop at 48 Lee Road. The classic car show includes live music by Paul Ivey and the Souls of Joy. RM Garage was founded by Joseph Maurer in 2016, and now operates in a new 18,000-square-foot facility.
8th Annual San Jose Car & Truck Show at Dupont Station: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, 6271 St. Augustine Road. Spectators are free; show vehicles $25 at the gate. Proceeds will be donated to the Bishop John J. Snyder Community Center.
JEA Drive Electric Earth Day: 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, at the University of North Florida’s Lot 18 on 1 UNF Drive. The free event allows EV owners and EV-wanna-bes to test drive the latest models; meet local EV drivers; how off your EV; learn how to make the change to electric; and learn why thousands have switched. Register here.
Piston-N-Paws: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1 at J-Tech, 8813 Western Way.
Pistons and Paws Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 pm. on Saturday, April 1, at J-Tech Institute, 8813 Western Way. Benefitting K9s United.
Manx in the Sunshine – a dune buggy show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, atthe Classic Car Museum of St. Augustineat 4730 U.S. 1 S./Dixie Highway South in St Augustine. Free, with Winifred Meyers, widow of Bruce Meyers, who invented the Meyers Manx.
Second Annual Easter Showdown: 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, at 10407 Centurion Pkwy N. This will be the 2nd Annual Easter truck, car and bike show located in Jacksonville FL. All makes and models will be welcomed. Gates open at 3pm for early set up. The show will be from 4pm to 8pm. Judging will begin at 6pm. After all categories are judged, we will then begin with audio contestants. Audio demos will be allowed throughout the show. Food trucks and vendors will be present.
Christ, Chrome and Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 at Hopewell Church, 1351 Roberts Road in Saint Johns. Free for spectators and $20 per show vehicle.
Courtesy Brumos Collection
Brumos Collection Saturday Social: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, at The Brumos Collection at 5159 San Pablo Road S. Tickets are $19.99 here, and include admission to the collection, with extra cars displayed outside; hear unique engines from some of their cars; Porsche Concours from The Florida Crown Region Of The Porsche Club Of America; and Jaguar Concours from The Jaguar Car Club Of North Florida. Charity and automotive vendors, food trucks and UNF’s Osprey Racing Team will display and start their Formula SAE car.
Rockabilly Resurrection: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, at the Armed Forces Motorcycle Club, 5444 U.S. 17 in Kingsland, Ga. Event by Callahan Cruisers of North Florida.
Riding into History Concours D’Elegance: Set for April 15 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, with Competition Motorcycles as the featured class and Grand Marshal Mary McGee, AMA Hall of Fame and Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee. McGee will join the Grand Marshal Tour that weekend, as well as the Grand Marshal Banquet. Riding into History is a non-profit organization with its primary charity, K9s for Warriors, which provides service dogs for disabled veterans. Riding into History has donated more than $600,000 to local charities since its founding in 1999.
Car Show: 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 22 at Dave & Buster’s, 7025 Salisbury Road. Presented by Ole Headz Car Club.
St. Augustine Cruisers CarShow: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, atthe Classic Car Museum of St. Augustineat 4730 U.S. 1 S./Dixie Highway South in St Augustine. Free for spectators and $25 show vehicle registration day of show.
Outlaw Builds Car/Truck Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, at Detail Garage, 9390 Arlington Expressway.
Rumble at the Ranch: Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, at the WW Motocross Park/WW Ranch at 1439 Otis Road in Jacksonville. Gates open at 3 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. Saturday – burnout contest, valve cover racing and a car show that’s free.
Hilliard First Assembly Car Show: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, at the church at 550920 U.S. 1. Free.
13th annual Rev It Up Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Moosehaven at 1701 Park Ave. in Orange Park. Free for spectators and $25 per show vehicle.
20th annual Mustang and Ford Regional Show: Rescheduled to 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 at Duval Ford, 1616 Cassatt Ave. Free for spectators and $30 per show vehicle..
PT Cruiser Car Show: Saturday, May 20, at the Classic Car Museum of St. Augustineat 4730 U.S. 1 S./Dixie Highway South in St Augustine.
Good Sam Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Tanglewood Station, 1241 Blanding Blvd. Free for spectators and $25 per show vehicle.
Memorial Day Rod Run: Callahan Methodist Church at 449648 U.S. 301. Proceeds go to Barnabus FIT and Gear Up for Graduation.
4th annual Duval Car Club Show: 10 am. To 2 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at 15022 Max Leggett Parkway. Free for spectators and $20 per show vehicle.
The FIRM (Florida International Rally and Moto Park): Open Track Days held most weekends at the road course and rally course at 7266 Airport Road in Starke.
Hemmings Great Race presented by Coker Tire: June 24th to July 2nd, launching from Francis Field in St. Augustine to Colorado Springs, with Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas stops in between.
All the Cruise-ins
Clay County Cruzers, Callahan Cruisers and Amelia Cruizers all hold regular weekend cruise-ins, so check their Facebook pages.
Caffeine and Octane Jacksonville: 8 to 11 a.m. every second Saturday at The Avenues Mall at 10300 Southside Blvd. Information: https://bit.ly/3gPRvVQ.
Caffeine and Gasoline: Date Change this month – 3 to 6 p.m. this and each first Saturday of the month at J-Tech Institute at 8813 Western Way in Jacksonville. House rules – “respect the property.”
North Florida Domestic Car Club’s cruise-in: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each first Saturday of the month at a new site – the Crossroad Church UMC, 10005 Gate Parkway.
Gripping Gears Car Meet: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month at Adamec Harley-Davidson at 380 Outlet Mall Blvd. in St. Augustine, presented by Jacksonville Headturners.
New cruise-in: Abandoned Treasures Thrift Store cruise-in: 5 to 8 p.m. each first Friday at 7358 Florida 21 in Keystone Heights.
New cruise-in: Wings & Wheels Cruise-in: 2 to 6 pm. on Saturday, March 4, at Dicks Wings & Grill at 6055 Youngerman Circle.
New cruise-in: Rides and Coffee: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every fourth Sunday at Detail Garage, 9390 Arlington Expressway.
First Coast Car Council: All cruise-ins postponed.
Callahan Cruisers: 4 to 7 p.m. every second Saturday at Hardee’s at 542309 U.S. 1 in Callahan.
Auto Legends Amelia Cars and Coffee: 9 a.m. to noon every second Saturday at Mocama Beer Company, 629 S. 8th St. in Fernandina Beach.
Johnny Angels: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every third Friday at Johnny Angels diner at 3546 St. Johns Bluff Road S.
Cruise Fruit Cove: noon to 4 p.m. every third Saturday at the PDQ at 194 Florida 13 in Saint Johns, just south of Julington Creek.
New cruise-in: noon to 3 p.m. every third Sunday at Bald Eagle Pub, 5398 Timuquana Road – held by Sunshine State Chevelles.
New cruise-in: 1 p.m. every third Saturday at Hardee’s at 6852 Wilson Blvd.
Amelia Cruizers: 3 to 6 p.m. every third Saturday at Cold Stone Creamery, 808 Sadler Road, Fernandina Beach. The Amelia Cruizers Car Club will stage a cruise to the ice cream store, staging at 2 p.m. in the parking lot next to the closed Krystal’s (2020 Sadler Road), then make an informal parade along the ocean and on Centre Street through downtown to end at Cold Stone.
Yulee Cars and Coffee: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every third Sunday at the Sonic Drive-In at 463939 Florida 200 in Yulee.
Clay County Cruzers’ events: 3 to 6 p.m. every first Saturday at Big Dawg Sports Restaurant, 1330 Blanding Blvd.; 3 to 6 p.m. every second Saturday at Dick’s Wings Fleming Island at 1803 E. West Parkway; 5 p.m. every third Friday at Freddy’s Steakburgers at 386 Blanding Blvd.; 8 to 10 a.m. every fourth at Nicole’s Café at 1101Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park; and 2 to 5 p.m. every fourth Saturday at Gator’s Dockside Oakleaf, 316 Merchants Way, Jacksonville.
Classic Car Museum of St. Augustine monthly cruise-ins: St. Augustine Cruiser’s “Cruise In” from 5 to 7 p.m. every third Saturday, and Cars and Coffee from 8 to 10 a.m. every fourth Saturday, both at 4730 U.S. 1 S./Dixie Highway South in St Augustine.
Cars and Coffee Fleming Island: 8 a.m. every fourth Sunday of the month at 2310 Village Square Parkway, Fleming Island.
New cruise-in: 6 p.m. every fourth Saturday at Mission BBQ, 8440 Blanding Blvd. in Jacksonville, hosted by Modern Mustangs of Jacksonville.
New cruise-in: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every fourth Saturday at the Rockin’ 50’s Eatery at 3501 N. Ponce De Leon Blvd. in St. Augustine.
New cruise-in: Custard Cruise-in from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, at Culver’s, 3433 U.S. 1 in St. Augustine.
Show and Tell: 6 to 9 p.m. every fourth Thursday at Advance Auto Parts at 10014 Atlantic Blvd.
Cars and Brunch at Beachwalk: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., every fourth Saturday at the Beachwood Amenity Center at 1000 County Road 210 in Saint Johns.
Azalea City Cruisers: Monthly cruise-in from 5 to 8 p.m. every fourth Saturday at Velchoffs Corner, 105 N. 2nd St. in Palatka.
Historic Springfield Main Street Cruise: 4 p.m. every fourth Saturday between 8th and 17th streets at Main Street in Jacksonville’s Springfield community.
And finally….
Acura today announced its 2024 Integra Type S will launch this summer with 320 horsepower, 310 lb.-ft. of torque and class-leading power-to-weight ratio from a race-proven, high-revving 2-liter VTEC turbocharged engine with a short-throw 6-speed manual transmission.
The 2024 Integra Type S will be officially revealed next month ahead of the 48th annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Dodge is introducing the quickest, fastest and most powerful muscle car in the world – the 1,025-hp Challenger SRT Demon 170, the brand’s seventh and final “Last Call” special-edition model. With its 945 lb.-ft. of torque (at 4,200 rpm) production HEMI® engine, the Demon 170 reaches 60 mph in 1.66 seconds, and features the highest G-force acceleration of any production car at 2.004 gs. The Demon 170 can also reach 900 horsepower and 810 lb.-ft. of torque on E10 fuel.
The Demon 170 is the quickest vehicle ever produced in the brand’s 100-plus-year history, Dodge says. It is the first factory production car to run the quarter-mile under nine seconds with a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)-certified 8.91-second ET at 151.17 mph. On the drag strip, the Challenger SRT Demon 170 receives an NHRA violation letter for running a sub-nine-second quarter-mile without a safety cage or parachute, following in the footsteps of the original Demon, which was also banned from NHRA quarter miles.
“To celebrate the end of the HEMI muscle-car era, we pulled off all the governors to reach a new level, a new benchmark of ‘factory-crazy’ production car performance,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer – Stellantis. “In 2015, Dodge shocked the world with the 707-horsepower Hellcat. Then, in 2018, we did it with the 840-horsepower Demon, and now we are doing it again with the 1,025-horsepower Demon 170, the world’s first sustainable-energy, eight-second, factory-production, street-legal muscle car.”
Dodge “Last Call” vehicles commemorate the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger, which are coming to an end in their current HEMI-engine-powered forms at the end of 2023. Six special-edition “Last Call” vehicles were previously introduced, leading up to the reveal of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 – Dodge Challenger Shakedown, Dodge Charger Super Bee, Dodge Challenger and Charger Scat Pack Swinger, Dodge Charger King Daytona and Dodge Challenger Black Ghost.
And here’s another last call – after nine model years in the market, the sixth generation Chevrolet Camaro will retire at the conclusion of model year 2024.The final sixth generation Camaros will come off the assembly line at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan in January 2024.
Available in coupe and soft-top convertible variants, this latest generation Camaro Collector’s Edition package is available on the 2024 Camaro RS and SS, and on a limited number of ZL1 equipped vehicles available in North America. The Collector’s Edition pays homage to Camaro, resurfacing ties that date back to the development of the first generation Camaro in the 1960s, most notably the program’s initial code name: Panther.
More information on the 2024 Camaro line and Collector’s Edition package will be available closer to the start of orders this summer.
