Cars and Coffee North Carolina: 10 Biggest City Meets

North Carolina has one of the deepest Cars and Coffee North Carolina scenes in the Southeast. The big meets run on fixed monthly schedules. Most are free, and most are over by 11 a.m. If you know the week, you can usually find a meet near you within half an hour of home.

This guide goes city by city through the state's 10 largest cities by population, with a confirmed cars and coffee event, and lists the meet that comes up when you search each city's name. The strongest options are the third-Saturday meet at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, the first-Saturday meet in Morrisville, and the fourth-Sunday meet in Raleigh.

How We Built This List

We searched "[city] Cars and Coffee" for each of the state's 10 largest cities and checked the top result against the organizer's own page or at least two independent, dated listings. Cary is replaced by Morrisville, which is next door and has the bigger meet.

1. Cars and Coffee Concord (Concord, NC)

• Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway Fan Zone, 5555 Concord Pkwy S, Concord, NC 28027
• When: Third Saturday of every month, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Details: Free for spectators and display cars. No registration. Presented by HendrickCars.com

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Concord

This is the largest regular meet in the state, and the setting has a lot to do with it. You park on speedway property, inside a facility built for crowds, and there’s room for everything from family sedans to supercars. It began in February 2019 and now runs every month of the year. Charlotte Motor Speedway also hosts AutoFair Cars & Coffee, a separate event that requires registration and a fee.

2. Cars & Coffee Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)

• Where: Rooster’s Wood-fired Kitchen Uptown, 1030 Woodward Ave, Charlotte, NC 28206
• When: Monthly, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Details: Listings trace the meet back to 2008. It formerly met near the NC Music Factory

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars & Coffee Charlotte

This is Charlotte’s in-town meet, a short drive from Uptown. Event listings show monthly dates but no consistent weekday, so check the group’s Instagram before you go. If you live in Charlotte and want a guaranteed date, Concord’s third-Saturday meet is about 20 minutes up the highway.

3. Cars and Coffee Morrisville (Morrisville, NC)

• Where: 5425 Page Road, Durham, NC 27703
• When: First Saturday of every month, year round, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Details: Free. A $5 donation to that month’s charity is appreciated. Each month has a theme

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Morrisville

Morrisville runs one of the best-organized meets in the state. Each month has a theme, and each month raises money for a charity. October 2026 was Classic Car Day for cars from 1979 and older, paired with Breast Cancer Awareness. For more on how the meet runs, read our full Morrisville guide.

4. Cars and Coffee Raleigh (Raleigh, NC)

• Where: 6270 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC (Regal Raleigh Grande lot)
• When: Fourth Sunday of every month. 8 to 11 a.m. from August through October, 9 a.m. to noon from November through December
• Details: Themed months. October 25 is Right Hand Drive day, November 22 is RAD Day and December 27 is rally-inspired

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Raleigh

Raleigh holds its meet on Sunday, which sets it apart from most of the state. The themes give it some variety. Right-hand-drive day tends to bring out imported JDM cars you won’t see at other meets. Note the later winter start time before you set an alarm.

5. Waterbean Cars and Coffee (Cornelius, NC)

• Where: Waterbean Coffee, 19420 Jetton Rd, Cornelius, NC 28031
• When: Second Saturday of every month
• Details: Free. Open to anyone who wants to show a car. Running for more than a decade

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Waterbean Cars and Coffee

Waterbean is the opposite of Concord. It’s a small, early meet held outside a neighborhood coffee shop on Jetton Road, a short drive from the Lake Norman shoreline. There’s no stadium lot and no sponsor tent. People pull in, grab a cup and walk the rows. Lake Norman Publications reported in 2024 that the meet was already in its 11th year, which makes it one of the longest-running small meets in the Charlotte region.

6. Cars & Coffee at Truist Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)

• Where: Truist Stadium, home of the Winston-Salem Dash, downtown Winston-Salem
• When: Second Saturday of every month, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Details: Free. No tickets. The April 2026 meet drew more than 600 vehicles

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars & Coffee Winston-Salem

The meet is hosted by a minor league baseball team at its ballpark, and that’s part of the draw. The stadium lot holds a big crowd, and the downtown location is easy to reach from anywhere in the Triad. With 600-plus cars at a single meet, it rivals Concord for size.

7. Cars & Coffee Greensboro (Greensboro, NC)

• Where: UNCG lot, 1720 W Gate City Blvd at Chapman St, across from the Greensboro Coliseum
• When: Fourth Saturday of every month. Gates open 7:30 a.m. The meet runs 8 to 10 a.m., and gates close by 10:30 a.m.
• Details: Free. Police are on site. No weapons of any kind, because the lot is UNCG property

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars & Coffee Greensboro

Greensboro has the earliest finish on this list. If you arrive at 10, you’ll catch the tail end. The organizer allows no burnouts or loud revving and enforces it. Some older listings say the meet runs on the first Saturday. The organizer’s own site says the fourth, with occasional changes when campus events need the lot.

8. Cars and Coffee Asheville (Asheville, NC)

• Where: Biltmore Park Town Square, 53 E Schenck Crest Dr, Asheville, NC 28803
• When: Third Saturday of every month.
• Details: Free. Run by a local group of enthusiasts that also hosts other meets through the year

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Asheville

Asheville’s meet is in Biltmore Park Town Square, a walkable shopping and dining district in south Asheville just off I-26. That makes it easy to reach from Hendersonville and the surrounding mountain towns as well as from the city. Listings show an early start and a short window, so this is a meet you plan your morning around. Come early, walk the rows and get coffee nearby.

9. Cars and Coffee Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)

• Where: The Pointe at Barclay, 2029 Stonecrop Dr, Wilmington, NC 28412
• When: First Saturday of every month, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Details: Free. The meet ends at 11 a.m. sharp

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Wilmington

Wilmington’s meet sits in a shopping and dining development on the south side of town, so breakfast and coffee are a short walk away. It’s the only big monthly meet on the coast, which means it pulls drivers from the beaches and surrounding towns as well as from the city. Coastal winters are mild, which helps attendance through the colder months.

10. Cars and Coffee Fayetteville (Hope Mills, NC)

• Where: Millstone Towne Centre, by the Millstone Theatre, Hope Mills, NC
• When: Second Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. to noon.
• Details: Free. Rain or shine. All makes and models. No revving, burnouts or speeding

Don’t want to miss this one? Attend Cars and Coffee Fayetteville

The meet carries Fayetteville’s name but sits just over the line in Hope Mills. It starts later than most, at 9 a.m., which suits drivers coming in from Fort Bragg and the Sandhills. The area has a large military community. People move in from all over the country, so the cars do too. You’ll see plates and builds here that don’t show up at the Triangle meets.

If your city's meet doesn't fit your schedule, GarageApp is a good place to find smaller NC car shows 2026 listings and one-off cruise-ins that never rank in a Google search. And if there's a gap near you, you can always create an event on GarageApp and start your own.