Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week
Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week takes place Oct 1 - 4, 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. The dress code is New England preppy and smart casual; a jacket for the gala and warm layers for the exposed waterfront at Fort Adams. Typical cost ranges from 150 to 3000 EUR per person.
Four days of driving tours, dinners, a gala and a judged Concours d'Elegance at Fort Adams State Park, run by the Audrain Automobile Museum in the Gilded Age setting of Newport, Rhode Island. Cars are driven on the coastal roads through the week rather than only displayed, which is the point of it. Autumn light on the water and Bellevue Avenue mansions do the rest.
- When
- Oct 1 - 4, 2026
- Where
- Newport, Rhode Island, USA
- Dress code
- New England preppy and smart casual; a jacket for the gala and warm layers for the exposed waterfront at Fort Adams
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 150 to 3000 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 12 - 18C, crisp Newport autumn, breezy on the water
- When to book
- Week packages and the gala sell out by late summer; Sunday concours tickets stay available longer, and Newport hotels need booking by midsummer
- Getting there
- PVD (Providence), 45 min to Newport; BOS (Boston) is 1 hr 30 min
- Where to stay
- The Chanler at Cliff Walk, Newport, Castle Hill Inn, Newport, The Attwater, Newport
- Official site
- https://www.audrainconcours.com
How to attend
The Sunday concours at Fort Adams is the main public day and tickets are sold at audrainconcours.com. Individual tours, dinners and the gala sell separately, or as full-week packages that sell out early. It is open to the public, though the gala and tour components are limited-capacity. Newport is a short drive from Providence, and the town itself is walkable once you arrive.
Insider tip
The best part is free - the tour days send the whole field down Ocean Drive and along Bellevue Avenue past the Gilded Age mansions, and anyone can stand on the roadside and watch it go by.
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