The major events of the global collector car year — concours, auctions, rallies, historic racing and salons. Confirmed dates are shown where organisers have published them; otherwise entries display "dates TBC" for the next expected year and roll back annually until re-confirmed.
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7 – 16 August 2026 · Monterey, California
The collector world's centre of gravity for ten days each August: concours, historic racing and the year's most important auction results all on one peninsula. If the market has a mood, it's set here.
12 – 15 August 2026 · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, California
Over 400 historic racing cars competing in anger at Laguna Seca, not parked on lawns. The place to see significant competition cars proving their provenance at speed.
13 August 2026 · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, California
Bonhams' flagship American sale, now staged at Laguna Seca within the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Consistently strong on European sports and racing cars.
Note: Relocated from Quail Lodge for 2026 — the first venue change in 29 years — and now held within the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Previews 11–12 August.
13 – 14 August 2026 · Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California
Broad Arrow's Monterey sale, held as Official Auction Partner of The Quail after four years at the Monterey Jet Center. Around 175 cars across two days.
13 – 15 August 2026 · Monterey Conference Center, California
RM Sotheby's flagship Monterey sale, staged across three evenings at the Monterey Conference Center during Car Week.
13 – 15 August 2026 · Hyatt Regency Monterey, California
Mecum's Car Week sale at the Hyatt Regency Monterey, running across three days alongside the Peninsula's headline auctions.
14 – 15 August 2026 · Pebble Beach, California
The official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, selling across two evenings on the Monterey Peninsula during Car Week.
2026 dates TBC · Silverstone, Northamptonshire
Typically: Late August
The UK's biggest historic race meeting on the full Grand Prix circuit, with the Iconic Auctioneers sale attached — a fixture for competition-car and fast-Ford results.
16 August 2026 · Pebble Beach Golf Links, California
The most prestigious concours on earth, held on the 18th fairway since 1950. Best of Show at Pebble alters a car's value permanently. The 2026 edition is the 75th, with Ferrari as featured marque.
Note: Organisers have announced the event moves from its traditional mid-August slot beginning 2028 — re-verify annually.
2 – 6 September 2026 · Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
The UK's grandest automotive garden party: a world-class concours, manufacturer debuts and over a thousand privately owned super and hypercars across five days at Blenheim Palace. Dealer and private-treaty activity make it a sales environment in all but name.
4 – 6 September 2026 · Hampton Court Palace, London
Around sixty of the world's rarest cars in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace, many never before shown in the UK. Deliberately intimate, with an owner-judged Best of Show.
10 – 12 September 2026 · Las Vegas Convention Center, West Hall, Nevada
Barrett-Jackson's return to Las Vegas, its first sale in the city since June 2023.
2026 dates TBC · Château de Chantilly, France
Typically: September, held intermittently
France's grandest concours, held intermittently in the gardens of the Château de Chantilly, pairing classics with couture in the Villa d'Este mould.
18 – 20 September 2026 · Goodwood, West Sussex
Historic racing's greatest theatre: period dress, period machinery and genuinely competitive racing on an unaltered 1948–66 circuit. Values of Revival-eligible cars carry a measurable premium.
26 September 2026 · Park Hyatt Zürich, Switzerland
RM's Swiss sale has quickly become a fixture for European-supplied modern supercars and hypercars — recent editions have set XX Programme and limited-series benchmarks.
7 – 11 October 2026 · Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Belgium's answer to Monterey: concours, rally, GT tour and auctions spread across the seaside resort of Knokke-Heist. 2026 marks its 50th anniversary edition.
7 – 8 October 2026 · Hershey, Pennsylvania
RM Sotheby's long-running Hershey sale, held in Pennsylvania alongside the AACA Fall Meet.
9 October 2026 · Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Broad Arrow's sale within Zoute Grand Prix Car Week.
2026 dates TBC · Newport, Rhode Island
Typically: Early October
Rhode Island's Gilded Age mansions host one of America's fastest-rising concours weekends, backed by the Audrain museum group.
2026 dates TBC · Bologna, Italy
Typically: October
Italy's largest classic fair, now in Bologna: vast dealer halls and the best single view of Italian-market pricing each October.
2026 dates TBC · Hershey, Pennsylvania
Typically: October
America's great vintage institution: a giant swap meet, car corral and show field in Pennsylvania, strongest on pre-war and brass-era machinery.
2026 dates TBC · Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Typically: October
Australia's premier concours and classic show in Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building — the Asia-Pacific region's benchmark event.
31 October 2026 · London
RM's UK flagship sale each autumn, spanning veterans to hypercars — the November barometer for the British market.
7 November 2026 · Zurich, Switzerland
Held as the official auction partner of Auto Zürich.
13 – 15 November 2026 · NEC Birmingham
The UK's biggest indoor classic gathering: 3,000-plus cars and the world's largest club presence at the NEC, with a headline Iconic Auctioneers sale that regularly sets fast-Ford and modern-classic benchmarks.
2026 dates TBC · London to Brighton
Typically: Early November
The world's longest-running motoring event, for pre-1905 cars only, run each November since the Emancipation Run of 1896. Eligibility defines the veteran market.
2026 dates TBC · Rotating circuit
Typically: Late October / November
Ferrari's season-closing festival: Challenge finales, F1 demonstrations and XX Programme running, plus reveals that matter to the collector market — the FXX-K Evo debuted here.
20 November 2026 · Munich, Germany
RM Sotheby's German sale, held in Munich each November.
2026 dates TBC · New Bond Street, London
Typically: December
A boutique December sale of exceptional motor cars in Bonhams' New Bond Street galleries — small catalogue, high calibre, a year-end market signal.
2026 dates TBC · UAE
Typically: November / December
The UAE's flagship concours brings blue-chip classics and hypercars to the Gulf's growing collector scene.
2026 dates TBC · Saudi Arabia
Typically: Season varies
Saudi Arabia's emerging concours calendar is attracting significant cars and serious backing; dates and formats are still settling year to year.
5 – 17 January 2027 · Osceola Heritage Park, Florida
The world's largest collector car auction: around 4,500 vehicles over nearly two weeks in Florida. The year's first major market signal, and increasingly the venue for eight-figure headline results.
2027 dates TBC · Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona
Typically: Mid-to-late January
Multiple houses selling nearly simultaneously across the Phoenix valley each January. Volume at Barrett-Jackson, blue-chip consignments at RM Sotheby's, Gooding Christie's and Bonhams — together the year's first broad market read.
2027 dates TBC · The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
Typically: Late January
The benchmark Ferrari-only concours, held at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Platinum awards here matter to Ferrari values the way Pebble class wins matter elsewhere.
2027 dates TBC · Maastricht, Netherlands
Typically: January
The Benelux season-opener: a high-quality indoor show with a strong dealer presence and serious cars changing hands quietly.
23 – 31 January 2027 · WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona
The house's flagship nine-day sale, and the volume anchor of Arizona auction week.
29 January 2027 · Phoenix, Arizona
RM Sotheby's Arizona sale, staged in Phoenix during Scottsdale/Arizona Car Week.
3 February 2027 · Paris, France
RM Sotheby's Paris sale, held during Rétromobile week.
3 February 2027 · The Peninsula Paris, France
Broad Arrow's inaugural Paris sale, held during Salon Rétromobile week.
Note: Inaugural edition, announced June 2026. RM Sotheby's also holds a Paris sale on the same date.
2027 dates TBC · Paris, France
Typically: Early February
Europe's great winter gathering: a museum-grade show in the exhibition halls while five auction houses sell across the city in the same week. The European market's January barometer.
2027 dates TBC · Bremen, Germany
Typically: February
Northern Germany's season-opening indoor show, with a strong youngtimer and pre-war mix and a serious trade presence.
2027 dates TBC · Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Typically: Late February
The UK's historic motorsport show: live rally stages, competition car displays and an on-site auction at Stoneleigh Park each February.
2027 dates TBC · St. Moritz, Switzerland
Typically: February
Concours cars driven on the frozen lake at St. Moritz. The most photogenic event of the winter, and an increasingly serious concours field beneath the spectacle.
2027 dates TBC · Amelia Island, Florida
Typically: Early March
America's spring market moment: a top-tier concours with Gooding Christie's, RM Sotheby's and Broad Arrow selling around it. Smaller and more curated than Arizona, with results to match.
2027 dates TBC · Essen, Germany
Typically: Late March / April
Europe's largest classic trade fair: two-plus thousand cars for sale across the Essen halls. Less glamour, more commerce — a genuine price-discovery event.
2027 dates TBC · London
Typically: April
Salon Privé's spring London edition brings the concours-and-hypercar format to the capital, opening the UK season in April.
2027 dates TBC · France (route varies)
Typically: April
The modern descendant of the Tour de France Automobile: five days of racing and regularity across France in period competition machinery. Eligibility enhances a car's value.
2027 dates TBC · La Jolla, California
Typically: April
Southern California's standout spring concours, on the Pacific at La Jolla Cove with a consistently strong European field.
2027 dates TBC · Lake Como, Italy
Typically: Late May
The European concours pinnacle since 1929, on the shores of Lake Como. Small, invitation-only, and the continental equivalent of Pebble Beach for a car's CV.
2027 dates TBC · Brescia–Rome–Brescia, Italy
Typically: May / June
The thousand-mile regularity re-enactment from Brescia to Rome and back, open only to car types that contested the original 1927–1957 races. Eligibility alone adds value; participation adds provenance.
2027 dates TBC · Greenwich, Connecticut
Typically: Late May / June
The US Northeast's leading concours weekend, with a broad field from brass-era to modern supercars on the Connecticut waterfront.
2027 dates TBC · Honourable Artillery Company, London
Typically: June
Three days of curated classics in the gardens of the Honourable Artillery Company — the City of London's garden-party concours each June.
2027 dates TBC · Cliveden, Berkshire
Typically: June
An intimate, high-grade concours in the grounds of the celebrated Berkshire country house hotel, with a strongly collector-focused field.
2027 dates TBC · Milan, Italy
Typically: June (some years November)
Milan's classic fair blends Italian-marque depth with a strong dealer and auction presence — a useful window on the domestic Italian market.
2027 dates TBC · Goodwood, West Sussex
Typically: Late June / July
The world's largest celebration of motoring and motorsport, built around the hillclimb at Goodwood House, with manufacturer debuts.
2028 dates TBC · Monaco
Typically: Late April / May, even years
Historic Grand Prix cars racing the actual Monaco circuit, with RM's biennial sale alongside. Even-year weekends only, and among the most valuable grids assembled anywhere.
2028 dates TBC · Circuit de la Sarthe, France
Typically: Late June / July, biennial
The 24 Hours' heritage counterpart: grids spanning 1923 to the GT1 era racing the full Circuit de la Sarthe, day and night. Biennial, and a provenance event for any car that competes.
Showing 57 of 57 events. Every entry is re-verified annually; confirmed dates roll back to TBC each year until organisers publish the following year's schedule.
