How Illinois meets
Of the 7 meets on this page, 4 run once or twice a month, 3 are dated events whose organizers post each date. The lists below say which ones run this weekend and when each runs next.
Cars and Coffee in Chicago
7 meets within 40 miles of Chicago: Caffeine and Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, Crete (Saturday 5 December); Evanston Cars and Coffee on Sherman Avenue (the third sunday of the month); Fuelfed Coffee and Classics, Barrington (the third sunday of the month); Fuelfed Coffee and Classics, Hinsdale (the second sunday of the month); Fuelfed Coffee and Classics, Winnetka (the last sunday of the month); Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2026, Rosemont (Saturday 21 November); The Fuelfed Open, Lake Forest, 1 November 2026 (Sunday 1 November). Every meet near Chicago.
How this list is checked
A meet is on this page only when its day, hours and venue were read on the organizer’s own page, the venue’s, or a dated local report, and each meet’s page lists those sources with the date they were read. Meets known only from directory listings, and meets whose organizers have gone quiet, are left off until the organizer posts again. Hours change, and lots change hands: check the organizer’s page the night before you drive.
Where is cars and coffee in Illinois this weekend?
The This weekend list on this page shows every meet in Illinois with a date on the coming Saturday or Sunday, from each organizer’s own schedule.
Are cars and coffee meets in Illinois free?
Most are free to walk around. Each meet’s page says what its organizer publishes about admission and show-car fees, and says so when nothing is published.
Areas in Illinois
This weekend
Nothing on the calendar this weekend. The standing meets below say when they next run.
Coming up once
Nov21
Show · Rosemont, IL
Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 November · Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026, the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals fills the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont with the country’s best-documented muscle cars, indoors. The organizer’s hours, prices and the one deadline that matters.
Dec5
Meet · Crete, IL
Saturday 5 December, 9am to 12pm · Gateway Classic Cars Chicago Showroom
The last Saturday of every month, 9am to noon, Gateway Classic Cars opens its Crete showroom lot for Caffeine and Chrome, the only Chicago-area cars and coffee that runs through the winter. Free, all makes, free coffee and donuts; the 2026 dates end with a Halloween trunk-or-treat and a December holiday party.
Between seasons
Apr25
Meet · Monthly · Winnetka, IL
The last Sunday of the month, 9am to 11am · Indian Hill Metra lot
Fuelfed’s Winnetka meet is where the Sunday-morning cars and coffee format began in September 2010 with 24 cars. It runs one Sunday a month from April to October, 9am to 11am, members’ European classics on display and anyone welcome to look. The 2026 season is over; the 2026 location, the themes, and the rules.
Back 25 April 2027. April through October
May16
Meet · Monthly · Barrington, IL
The third Sunday of the month, 9am to 11am · South Grove Avenue at East Lake Street
Three Sundays a year, 9am to 11am, Fuelfed fills downtown Barrington at Grove Avenue and Lake Street with European classics and modern European cars. The 2026 dates are done; the entrance the organizer changed, and what a non-member pays to park inside.
Back 16 May 2027. Three Sundays, May through September
Jul11
Meet · Monthly · Hinsdale, IL
The second Sunday of the month, 9am to 11am · Chicago and Burlington Avenues at Burlington Park
Three Sundays a summer, 9am to 11am, the village of Hinsdale closes Chicago and Burlington Avenues beside Burlington Park for Fuelfed’s European classics. The 2026 mornings, Italian, Swedish and pre-1980 supercars, are done; here is how it runs and where to enter when it returns.
Back 11 July 2027. Three Sundays, July through September
Jul18
Meet · Monthly · Evanston, IL
The third Sunday of the month, 9:30am to 12pm · Sherman Avenue, Clark Street to Church Street
Three Sundays a summer from 9:30am to noon, Downtown Evanston closes Sherman Avenue between Clark and Church for about 75 pre-2000 cars, free to everyone. The 2026 dates are done; the organizer’s own description and how a car gets on the street.
Back 18 July 2027. Three Sundays, July through September