How the month runs
The Triangle spreads its meets across the month instead of stacking them on one morning. Cars and Coffee Morrisville opens the month on the first Saturday at the Imperial Center in Durham, 8am to 11am, and its organizer says it averages more than 3,000 cars. Cars and Coffee Fuquay follows on the third Saturday at Aviator Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina, where the brewery lists 7am to 11am. The next morning, the third Sunday, Cars and Coffee Garner gathers older, odder and rarer cars across from Full Bloom Coffee Roasters from 8:30am. Cars and Coffee Raleigh takes the fourth Sunday at 6270 Glenwood Avenue, and Caffeine and Machines closes the month on the last Saturday outside Macy’s at Triangle Town Center.
In November 2026 that puts a meet on every weekend: Morrisville on Saturday 7 November, Garner on Sunday 15 November, Fuquay on Saturday 21 November, Raleigh on Sunday 22 November and Caffeine and Machines on Saturday 28 November.
The season
None of the five organizers announces a winter break. The changes are smaller. Cars and Coffee Raleigh moves from 8am to 11am to 9am to noon for its November and December 2026 shows. Morrisville’s organizer warns that exotics are thinner in the colder months. Garner does not run in the rain and has no rain date, so a wet third Sunday is simply skipped.
What is not on this page, and why
Several Triangle meets have names but not yet the evidence for a page. Cary Cars and Coffee still lists the third Saturday at Parkside Town Commons in its Instagram bio, but its newest readable Instagram posts date from 2018 and its Facebook posts from 2022. Cars and Coffee Raleigh-Durham names the third Saturday at the Advance Auto Tower parking deck in North Hills, with no hours and no readable 2026 post. Cars and Coffee Holly Springs is clearly active, on the second Saturday at 324 Grand Hill Place, but publishes no start time in the posts that could be read. Apex Cars and Coffee lists the second Saturday, 8am to 11am, and says it is coming soon, with no venue.
Carolina Exotic Cars on Glenwood Avenue says its car show runs every second Saturday from 8am to 10am, while event directories put a Carolina Exotic Car Club show on the last Saturday at Glen Royal Road; until one schedule is confirmed by the organizer, it stays off. Porsche Cary’s second-Saturday meet could not be checked, because the dealer’s site refused the request. Clayton Cars and Coffee has posted nothing readable since 2021, Sanford Cars and Coffee since 2020, and the Cars and Coffee Durham account still advertises a 2019 date. Pittsboro’s second-Saturday meet and the Mojo’s Grill cruise-in in Garner appear only in event directories. No standing cars and coffee in Wake Forest could be confirmed with an organizer, a venue or the local press.
Before you drive
Morrisville is the one with written rules: no burnouts, drifting, loud music, excessive revving or two-steps, and Durham police watching the exit. The others publish no rules, but every one of them is on borrowed ground, an office park, a shopping center, a mall, a brewery or a town lot. Arrive quietly, park in marked spaces, and leave slowly.
Is there cars and coffee in Raleigh this weekend?
It depends on the weekend. Morrisville runs on the first Saturday, Fuquay on the third Saturday, Garner on the third Sunday, Cars and Coffee Raleigh on the fourth Sunday and Caffeine and Machines on the last Saturday. In November 2026 that means a meet every weekend.
What is the biggest cars and coffee in the Triangle?
Cars and Coffee Morrisville, on the first Saturday at 5425 Page Road in Durham, says it averages more than 3,000 cars and bills itself as the Southeast’s largest free car show.
Is there a cars and coffee in Cary or Wake Forest?
Not one that could be confirmed. Cary Cars and Coffee’s accounts have been quiet since 2022, and no standing Wake Forest meet could be checked against an organizer or venue. The nearest confirmed meets are Morrisville in Durham and Cars and Coffee Raleigh on Glenwood Avenue.
Are Triangle cars and coffee meets free?
Morrisville, Fuquay and Caffeine and Machines are free per their organizers or venues, and Cars and Coffee Raleigh is listed as free by Triangle on the Cheap. Garner publishes no fee.