The Amelia Concours 2026
March 5–8 on Amelia Island: Saturday concours and RADwood, Sunday Cars & Caffeine, Broad Arrow auctions, and Dario Franchitti as honoree.
- Mar 5–2026 (day: 8)
- The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island / Golf Club of Amelia Island
Amelia Island, FL - paid
Recap
Amelia 2026: Saturday lawn, Sunday caffeine, seven-figure auction week
Moving the main Concours to Saturday changed muscle memory for longtime attendees. RADwood’s ’80s/’90s field beside the judged lawn made Saturday the densest day; Sunday’s Cars & Caffeine program closed the weekend on the Golf Club of Amelia Island.
Official results crowned a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Tapertail Speedster Best of Show – Concours d’Elegance and a 1969 McLaren M8B Best of Show – Concours de Sport from a 275-car field. Broad Arrow’s accompanying auction cleared more than $111 million with 13 world records — useful context if you are deciding whether Amelia is a lawn weekend or a bidding weekend.
The practical recap for 2027 (March 4–7 on the organizer site): pick a day for the judged field and a day for town/beach programming instead of assuming one ticket unlocks the island.
The short version
The Amelia Concours weekend ran Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8, 2026 around The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island. For the first time the main Concours lawn moved to Saturday (March 7), with RADwood alongside and Cars & Caffeine / Cars & Community programming on Sunday. Dario Franchitti MBE — four-time IndyCar champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 winner — was the 2026 honoree. Official post-event notes list 275 concours entrants and a Broad Arrow auction that topped $111 million with 13 world records.
Background
Founded by Bill Warner in 1996, The Amelia grew into a major East Coast concours week — auctions, seminars, and a racing-rooted lawn at resort scale. The 2026 Saturday swap broke longtime Sunday muscle memory and is the scheduling detail returning visitors needed to notice early.
Verified details
- Weekend: March 5–8, 2026.
- Main Concours + RADwood: Saturday, March 7, 2026.
- Honoree: Dario Franchitti MBE.
- Best of Show – Concours d’Elegance (official): 1931 Duesenberg Model J ‘Tapertail’ Speedster by Weymann.
- Best of Show – Concours de Sport (official): 1969 McLaren M8B.
- Next edition announced on organizer site: March 4–7, 2027.
Planning tips
- Saturday was the paid concours + RADwood centerpiece; Sunday’s Cars & Caffeine ticket was a different, more accessible field — do not assume one wristband unlocks both.
- Fernandina Beach free/preview gatherings on Friday (road-tour displays, Concours d’Lemons) remain the on-ramp if you want cars without resort pricing.
- Lodging on-island books out; Fernandina or Jacksonville airport-corridor hotels are the usual overflow plan.
- Auction previews and bidding rooms have separate rules from lawn tickets — Broad Arrow hours are their own product.