Monterey Auto Week is the umbrella name for all things automotive collectively presented for 10 days during mid-August. It all began with the Pebble Beach Road Race in 1950.
The races were called “The Del Monte Trophy” and were held on the twisty, leafy and narrow Pebble Beach roads. The series lasted until 1956.
The Concours d’Elegance, now the world-renowned finale to international collections of races, rallies, auctions, memorabilia and car debuts, began as an afterthought.
Now, Monterey Auto Week attendees have to make decisions. Where does a visitor go first? How many events can be taken in on any given day?
Here’s a calendar of events for the 2021 edition of Monterey Auto Week.
For details of events, click on links for previous coverage:
MONTEREY AUTO WEEK EVENTS SCHEDULE
August 6 Monterey Car Week Kick-Off
August 8 Monterey Pre-Reunion
August 9 Monterey Pre-Reunion The Porsche Classic
August 10 Automobilia Pop-Up Show (NEW) Concours on the Avenue Monterey Kickoff Cruise-In
August 11 Automobilia (New) Little Car Show McCall’s Motorworks Revival Pebble Beach Motoring Classic Russo & Steele Auction
August 12 Mecum Auction Monterey Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum Pebble Beach RetroAuto Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Russo & Steele Auction
August 13 Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions Mecum Auction Monterey Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum Pebble Beach RetroAuto RM Sotheby’s Monterey Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Russo & Steele Auction The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering Werks Reunion
August 14 Concours d’LeMons Concorso Italiano Ferrari Owners Club Gathering Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions Legends of the Autobahn Mecum Auction Monterey Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum Pebble Beach RetroAuto RM Sotheby’s Monterey Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
August 15 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
RESCHEDULED EVENTS FOR 2022
August 8-11 Worldwide Auctioneers
August 10 Carmel Mission Classic
August 11 Prancing Ponies Women’s Car Show
August 13 Exotics on Broadway
August 15-17 Automobilia Monterey Expo
For a synopsis of every 2021 event, visit: Monterey Auto Week
Article Last Updated: March 26, 2026.
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