Jacksonville Car Culture events calendar
The next Caffeine &Octane is set for 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at The Avenues mall at 10300 Southside Blvd.
Cars should start arriving by 7 a.m. for this second-Saturday-of-each-month C&O from 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 each C&O. Official Caffeine and Octane merchandise is on sale at all Caffeine and Octane Jacksonville events. Check out more at firstcoastcarculture.com.
Gentle reminders – All vehicles parked in the Central Lot must remain in place until the show concludes. If you cannot stay until then, please park in the exhibit lot. 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.
Recent car events:
Clay County Touch A Truck: What happens when you display everything from a huge ladder truck to a bulletproof SWAT vehicle under the roof at the Clay County Fairgrounds in Green Cove Springs?:
You get hundreds of kids climbing all over some neat equipment that helps save lives, with Clay Sheriff Michelle Cook and Fire Chief Lorin Mock on site.
Military Hero’s Car Truck & Bike Show: Last Saturday at the Harley-Davidson dealership at 380 Outlet Mall Blvd. in St. Augustine, hosting this year’s East Coast Headturners Meet:
Upcoming events…..
Ky’moni’s Labor Day Weekend Birthday Car & Truck Show: 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Northeast Florida Fairgrounds at 543378 US-1 in Callahan. Registration will be $10.
Brewz Bartram Park Classic Car and Motorcycle Show: noon to 4 p.m. this Saturday at Brewz at 14866 Old St. Augustine Road.
Jacksonville Sports Car Museum – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday Sept. 9 at 7601 Centurion Parkway, celebrating Italian cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. The museum has a Lamborghini Diablo VT that appeared in a Car and Driver magazine road test in period, and was actually housed in the building when it was Lamborghini USA’s American headquarters. Entry fee – $15.
The event focuses on the Italian tricolore, with themed food and drinks available.
First Responders Car Truck and Bike Show: 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing 13700 SW 16th Ave., Ocala. Proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Program at UF Health.
New Millenium Cars, Trucks and Motorcycle Show: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at 11057 Camp Weed Place in Live Oak. Free for spectators and $20 per show vehicle, proceeds to benefit the Florida Veterans Association.
Second Annual Best of the Nest Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Yulee High School, 85375 Miner Road in Yulee. $20 registration.
Cars & Cannons Vintage Car Show at Fort Clinch – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Fernandina Beach’s Fort Clinch State Park. The regular park entry fee of $6 per vehicle (2 to 8 people). The regular park entry fee is $6 per vehicle (2 to 8 people). The event benefits the Friends of Fort Clinch.
North Jax Baptist Church Car Show: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the church at 8531 N. Main St. And yes, the burnout contest returns.
Town of Hilliard Car Show: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Hilliard Town Hall Park, 37236 West First Street. Food trucks and music, spectators free and $20 registration day of show.
First Coast Car Council Fall Crusin’ to the Creek: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Trout Creek Memorial Park, 6550 Florida 13 N. in St. Augustine. Free for spectators and $25 pre-registration through our website carcouncil.org via PayPal. All proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville.
Car and Bike Show: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat. Oct. 21, at the Barn at Maple, 545 Cathy Tripp Lane in Jacksonville. Free for spectators and $20 per show vehicle, proceeds benefit veterans and the community.
Exchange Club of Jacksonville Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 pm. on Saturday, Nov. 4, at St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church, 12760 Beach Blvd. Free for spectators, $25 for show vehicles, proceeds benefit Exchange Club programs to prevent child abuse.
Ancient City Auto Club Car Show: Saturday, Nov. 11, at The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, 207 San Marco Ave. in St. Augustine.
Ponte Vedra Auto Show registration open now, for a show set for: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. Only pre-registered cars will be allowed on the Nocatee Station Event Field, 245 Nocatee Center Way in Ponte Vedra Beach, so be sure to register early! Spectator parking and admission is free. To learn more about the show, visit PVautoshow.com
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.
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 secondSaturday at The Avenues Mall at 10300 Southside Blvd. Information: https://bit.ly/3gPRvVQ.
Cruise in: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Advance Auto Parts, 542035 U.S. 1 in Callahan.
Pharoahs of St. Johns cruise-in: 8 to 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month at Adamec Harley-Davidson at 380 Outlet Mall Blvd. in St. Augustine.
Saturday Morning Cruise-in: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Aug. 19, and every third Saturday at Big Boy Airbrush in a neighborhood at 7822 Fox Tail Lane.
Funday Sunday: noon to 3 p.m. every third Sunday at Bald Eagle Pub, 5398 Timuquana Road – held by Sunshine State Chevelles.
Caffeine and Gasoline: 8 to 11 a.m. 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 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.
Cruise-in: 6 to 9 p.m. each second Friday at Boston’s Pizza at 13070 City Station Drive.
Car Show Market and Music: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday August 5 at The Cove Plaza at 1415 S. Orange Ave, in Green Cove Springs.
Abandoned Treasures Thrift Store cruise-in: 5 to 8 p.m. each first Friday at 7358 Florida 21 in Keystone Heights.
Wings & Wheels Cruise-in: 2 to 6 pm. each first Saturday at Dicks Wings & Grill at 6055 Youngerman Circle.
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.
Downtown Kingsland Cars & Coffee: 9 a.m. to noon each second Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Historic Downtown Kingsland Homegrown Market at U.S. 17 and Georgia 40.
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.
Update – Cruise Fruit Cove: Starting in August, the Sunshine State Chevelles’ cruise-in hours are 3 to 7 p.m. every third Saturday at the PDQ at 194 Florida 13 in Saint Johns, just south of Julington Creek. In the winter months, noon to 4 p.m.
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; New – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every third Saturday at Mr. Chubby’s Wings at 2349 Village Square Parkway in Fleming Island; 5 p.m. every third Friday at Hooter’s/Miller’s Ale House at 1756 Well’s Road – replaces Freddy’s; 3 to 6 p.m. every third Saturday at the OP Dreamette at 1177 Park Ave. 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 cruise-ins are 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: Vaughn Motorgroup’s “Cars & Coffee Reunion” is 8 to 11 a.m. on Sunday at dealership at11350 San Jose Blvd. First Come First served on indoor parking.
Show and Tell: 6 to 9 p.m. every fourth Thursday at Advance Auto Parts at 10014 Atlantic Blvd.
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 …
Courtesy Porsche/Pixar
The stars of Disney and Pixar’s “Cars” will reunite at Rennsport Reunion 7 between Sept. 28 and Oct. 1st at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The full size Sally Carrera and Lightning McQueen now call the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, and the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles their respective homes. For this event, the two museums have loaned Sally and Lightning to allow them to be brought together once again.
“You can’t have a celebration of motorsport and Porsche without Lightning McQueen and Sally Carrera!” explains Jay Ward, Creative Director of Franchise of Pixar Animation Studios. “The life size cars were created back in 2006 for the premiere of the original Cars movie, held at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte. Sally was made from a real 996-generation 911 and actually runs and drives. Sally and Lightning often travelled together to celebrate key moments and they got to see a lot of the world as new “Cars” movies were launched. In the past decade, though, they’ve been on display far apart, an even on different continents – it’s wonderful that they’re being reunited at Rennsport after so many years.”
Both Ward and Cars production designer, Bob Pauley (who originally designed Sally over 20 years ago) will be attending the Rennsport Reunion 7.
The one-off 911, equipped with dozens of unique parts and finishes created in collaboration between Pixar and Porsche, sold for $3.6 million at the Sotheby’s auction at Monterey. Every dollar of the sale price was split between Girls Inc. and the UNHCR, respectively providing help and educational support to young girls across America and aid to children and families as a result of the war in Ukraine. More information about Rennsport, and how to obtain tickets, can be found here.
The Amelia concours d’elegance returns for its 29th iteration from Feb. 29 to March 3 of 2024. And the Broad Arrow Amelia Auction will return as the official auction of The Amelia for 2024. The Amelia Auction will be extended to two days for 2024 (February 29 – March 1) following a successful inaugural event that saw $31 million in total sales and 81 percent of all lots sold. Consignment information is available at broadarrowauctions.com.