Natchez Concours D’elegance - Car Show

04/13/2026

Thank you for coming and promoting our show!

04/12/2026

04/12/2026

Well it’s over!
We had a blast … what a show,
Beautiful cars, beautiful weather, great people, great food all in beautiful downtown Natchez.

51 cars and motorbikes registered,

35 plaques, awarded!

Tons of ribbons awarded …

Swag, tee shirts, drinks and nibbles in our tent!

I can’t thank people enough!

First thanks for everyone who came and brought a car! We have no show without you!

Thanks to everyone who came and stayed a night in a hotel - some folks spent 4 days in Natchez.

We had over 100 nights of Hotel Rooms,
We had lots folks who shopped and wined and dined downtown.

Second thanks to all our sponsors !

Mayor Gibson and the City of Natchez,
They paid for Advertising, promotion and show support

Visit Natchez for Posters Tee Shirts, Award Branding, Promotion.

Ray and Dee Symens - they have supported the show since day one, this year they sponsored, the security, and the tour through the Vicksburg Park, (and more) Dee helped with set up and brought the Show a PA system!

Elise Barker (my sister) for driving from Missouri, bringing food and supplies, helping with running the show, and with funding!

Denny Singleterry at State Farm for Sponsoring Dinner for Thursday Night
Concordia Bank for always providing us a tent.

Chip and Clara Newman for opening their home the Briars for our Welcome Party on Thursday
The Amazing Jill Treutel - for getting everything ready for the Saturday Night Awards Dinner

Thanks to all our vendors for getting everything done, Lee Hash at Allstar Awards, Susie Sharpe,
The Pig Out Inn, Barkeep Bryan at the Grand.
Brandon McCranie, Shawn, and Devin Smythe, for the music.

Thanks to the City of Natchez Public Works, for getting us barricades, putting up flags along the show grounds, Chief Lee Best and the Natchez PD for tour es**rt and for Officer West for providing security for the show.
Vel Robinson for coordinating public works, the Fire Chief, the Police Chief, Emergency Management, and others.
Thanks to the Rolls Royce Owners’ Club and especially The Southern Delta Region for show insurance, and underwriting the show.

I did not take many pictures of the show or any of final party but it was fun!

Hopefully others took pictures - so I will post those if I see them!

04/10/2026

Lovely start to a fun weekend.
Natchez Concours d’Elegance
Champagne reception at the Briars, home of Chip and Clara Newman, thanks for hosting us!

Thanks for Denny Singleterry for sponsoring the food and Elise Barker for the Champagne, Jill for all her help and the flowers.

04/10/2026

04/08/2026

The Natchez Democrat article,

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

Around 100 antique cars, including rare Rolls-Royce and Bentley models, roll into Natchez April 11 for the free Concours d'Elegance show on Broadway Street.

04/02/2026

It’s almost time for the Natchez Concours D’Elegance
Entries close April 3rd
Please enter ASAP
The weather will be lovely!
We start on

Thursday 9th with a Special Event at The Briars,
Then
Friday 10th we have a great tour up the Trace to Vicksburg - we have a photo Op and tour at Cedar Grove - Followed by Lunch. after lunch we will head over to Vicksburg Military Park and Tour the Cairo.
If you are a Veteran or have a National Park Pass please bring it - the show will have to pay $20 a head for folks without either.

Friday Night we will park cars in front of the Grand Hotel - and enjoy a cash bar and food provided by the Grand.

Saturday Show day - please arrive and park by 10 am.
Judging starts at 10 and most Awards will be handed out at 3

Our Awards Dinner is at 6:00 at the Lower Lodge Courtyard - Gator a Go Go is our band and we will have fun!

This show relies on our amazing and generous sponsors.

I can not thank enough all those who make this possible.

Mayor Dan Gibson and the City of Natchez
Visit Natchez
Ray and Dee Symens
The Inn at Cedar Grove / Kendra Reed
Elise Barker
Chip and Clara Newman
Denny Singleterry - State Farm
Lower Lodge Antiques
The RROC
The Southern Delta Region of the RROC

All the car owners and folks who work to make this happen

03/30/2026

The show is almost here!
We have most elements in place - some final things to nail down but overall I think we are in good shape.

Will start printing out entry cards this week and stuffing our goodie bags!

Ribbons are in - we have the Tee shirts - please let me know ASAP what sizes you would like!

Limited numbers of Tee Shirts so first come first choice.

Show shirts are Kelly Green -
I have a few Judges Shirts
And a few sponsor shirts

Need a few folks who would like to judge - you get a free shirt!
- we have a number of classes so you can judge a different class!

Thanks

Several new entries:)
Keep them coming!
First 100 get a beautiful show ribbon

Come on Ferrari owners - dust them off and take them for a spin to Natchez!

05/11/2025

Hi Natchez Concours supporters

Next year our usual date the 3rd Weekend of April there is a huge conference in town so we have no hotel rooms available

So we can do it on the 9, 10, 11 of April

That is the weekend after Easter (so can’t do 3-5)

1st of May is Keels and Wheels

So our only choice seems to be 9-11 April
But that clashes with the French Quarter Festival and we get many participants from NOLA.

Is that a problem?

I have added a few pictures to both the SDR website and the Natchez Concours websites.

Let me know 🙂

We are working on some changes to tge show that I think will make it even better and more fun.

We will probably book a block of rooms at the Grand this week if no one has a better date.

Thanks for all your support.