Chris Brewer - Editor, Author and Photographer • Jacksonville (First Coast) Car Culture

Chris Brewer is a regular contributor to numerous automotive magazines and founder of Jacksonville (First Coast) Car Culture, an automotive lifestyle brand that produces Caffeine and Octane Jacksonville, Jekyll Island Holiday Lights Tour, San Jose Car and Truck Show and much more.

L to R: Chris Brewer with Jaxon De Ville and his good friend, Malcolm Hogan from AutomotiveAddicts.com Jacksonville Car Culture works with the Jacksonville Jaguars to host a yearly show at TIAA Bank Field.

Chris serves as the director of event communications for Hagerty, a leading automotive lifestyle brand, leading coms for The Amelia Concours d’Elegance, a world-renowned automotive event and two-time winner of the International Historic Motoring Event of the Year award, the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, the Detroit Concours d’Elegance, Motorlux, RADwood, Concours d’Lemons and other Hagerty stewarded events.

Chris is also the co-creator of Paul Jr’s The Next American Innovator, an online contest that allows builders and customizers to compete for notoriety and prizes.

Chris worked with John Oates in 2019 to create “Cars of the Rock Stars” a special class that combined celebrity cars with guitars on the showfield of the 24th Amelia Concours d’Elegance.
Automotive Photography by Deremer Studios LLC – 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

Chris has a passion for Datsun Z cars and loves to spend his free time working on cars, boats and watches. He also has an extensive background in theological education and a doctorate degree from The Institute for Worship Studies.