Caffeine and Exotics is Caffeine and Octane’s exotic-only show, and in 2026 it is one afternoon rather than a monthly morning. The organizer’s listing: “SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 [SHOW HOURS: 1PM-3:30PM, EXOTIC PARADE ROLL-0UT 3:45PM]” at “Assembly Atlanta 2582 Assembly Blvd. Doraville, GA 30360,” the film studio complex at the old GM plant. The field is “a field of 150 exceptional modern and classic exotics.”
Tickets
Everyone pays. The organizer: “All attendees must purchase tickets.” General admission is $20, kids $5, VIP spectator tickets $100, and kids VIP (10 and under) $25. On-site deck parking is $10. Press is not comped: “No complimentary media passes will be issued.” The postponement rule is the same as the organizer’s main show: “If management postpones the event, credits will be issued.”
Showing a car
Not by turning up. “CAFFEINE AND EXOTICS IS AN INVITE-ONLY EVENT. WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO EXHIBIT.” The application form is linked from the organizer’s pages. No exhibitor fee is published.
Getting in
The organizer’s parking instruction is the one to read twice: “GENERAL ADMISSION PARKING MUST ENTER FROM PEACHTREE ROAD. THERE IS NO GENERAL ADMISSION PARKING ACCESS OFF OF MOTORS INDUSTRIAL WAY. DORAVILLE MARTA IS A 12-MINUTE WALK, AND RIDE-SHARE IS ENCOURAGED.”
What it used to be
Caffeine and Exotics began as a free monthly morning at Lenox Square in Buckhead. Simply Buckhead described it in 2015: the third Sunday, March through October, 8am to 11am, about 200 cars, with Bruce Piefke recalling “a Porsche 918 in the event recently with a sticker price of $1 million.” FOX 5 Atlanta covered it as a free show in 2016. It later ran at City Springs and at Lanier Raceway, per ShiftAtlanta, which called it “The original super car show in Atlanta.” The organizer’s listing explains the gap before Assembly: “We’ve been holding out for an exhibition space worthy of the return of Caffeine & Exotics.”
Before you go
Buy the ticket before Sunday, enter from Peachtree Road or take MARTA to Doraville, and be in place for the 3:45pm roll-out, which is the part a photographer comes for.
When is Caffeine and Exotics 2026?
Sunday 8 November 2026, 1pm to 3:30pm, with the exotic parade roll-out at 3:45pm, per the organizer.
How much are tickets?
$20 general admission, $5 kids, $100 VIP, $25 kids VIP, plus $10 for on-site deck parking.
Is showing a car open to anyone?
Only by invitation. The organizer accepts applications to exhibit through its form.
Where is general admission parking?
General admission parking enters from Peachtree Road only, not Motors Industrial Way. Doraville MARTA is a 12-minute walk.
- Source: Caffeine and Octane shop, Caffeine and Exotics at Assembly Atlanta Studios, read 26 October 2026
- Source: Caffeine and Octane, Linktree (exhibitor application), read 26 October 2026
- Source: Simply Buckhead, Get Your Motor Running, 4 June 2015, read 26 October 2026
- Source: FOX 5 Atlanta, Caffeine and Exotics: a free exotic car show, 15 March 2016, read 26 October 2026
- Source: ShiftAtlanta, Caffeine and Exotics, read 26 October 2026