The Loud Pedal's 2023 Car Week Events Guide
Due to life’s complications we’re a little late with our guide to this year’s Car Week festivities. That said, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel, and many of the mainstays and true-isms of Car Week don’t really change, so if you want to do a deeper dive of the annual tradition, please take a look at any of our past re-caps here and here. If you’re just looking for the skinny to try to pack as many events and happenings into the week as possible, here is what’s going on across the Monterey Peninsula for this year’s Car Week.
Saturday August 12th - 13th - Pre-Union - Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca
August 14th - 16th - Automobilia Monterey Expo - Embassy Suites, Seaside
August 14th - Porsche Monterey Classic - Porsche Monterey, Seaside
August 15th - Classic Motorsports Magazine Monterey Kickoff - Pacific Grove
August 15th - Acura in the Park - Davendorf Park, Carmel-by-the-Sea
August 16th - 19th - Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion - Salinas
August 16th - Hagerty Motorlux - Monterey Jet Center, Monterey
August 16th - Pebble Beach Motoring Classic (arrival at Casa Palermo) - Pebble Beach Resort
August 16th - The Little Car Show - Pacific Grove
August 16th - Concours for a Cause - Davendorf Park, Carmel-by-the-Sea
August 17th - Ferrari Owners Club Concours Carmel - Dolores Street - Carmel-by-the-Sea
August 17th - Legends of the Autobahn - Pacific Grove Links, Pacific Grove
August 17th - 18th (preview from August 16th) - Monterey Jet Center Auction (“Radius”) - Monterey Jet Center - Monterey
August 17th - 19th - Mecum Monterey Auction - Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa - Monterey
August 17th - 19th - Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum (11 Events) - Pebble Beach Resort - Pebble Beach
August 17th - 19th - Pebble Beach Retro Auto - Pebble Beach Resort - Pebble Beach
August 17th - Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance - 17 Mile Drive to Big Sur and then back to Pebble Beach
August 17th - Prancing Ponies Car Show - Ocean Avenue - Carmel-by-the-Sea
August 17th - 19th (preview from August 16th) - RM Sotheby’s Auction - Monterey Conference Center (Portola Hotel), Monterey
August 18th (preview from August 16th) - Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction - Carmel
August 18th - 19th (preview from August 16th) - Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auctions - Pebble Beach Parc du Concours, Pebble Beach
August 18th - Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally - Lighthouse Avenue - Pacific Grove
August 18th - The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering - Quail Lodge, Carmel
August 18th - Werks Reunion Monterey - Monterey Pines Golf Course, Monterey
August 19th - Exotics on Broadway - Seaside
August 19th - Monterey Motorsports Festival - Monterey
August 19th - Annual Ferrari Club Owners Gathering - Carmel
August 19th - Concorso Italiano - Seaside
August 19th - Concours d’Lemons - Seaside
August 20th - Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance - Pebble Beach Golf Links
This list is a bit daunting, but remember, you can’t do everything, and you don’t have to spend a ton of money to enjoy Car Week. If you have any questions, or need advice, just email or DM us on Instagram or Facebook for suggestions.
-The Loud Pedal