Brisbane does its car mornings differently to most cities. There is one anchor south of the city that runs every single week, a proper monthly cars and coffee further down the Mount Lindesay Highway, and more weeknight meets than almost anywhere. This is the whole month on one page, and where the gaps are.
Every meet below is linked to its Drivesome page for the next dates and who else is going. Follow the ones you like and they land in your timeline.
Every Sunday: Sunday Social at The Grind House, Loganholme
Start here. The Sunday Social runs every Sunday from 8am to 12pm at The Grind House Coffee on Bryant's Road in Loganholme, and it is the closest thing Brisbane has to a standing cars and coffee. No theme, no make, no era: park up, get a coffee and talk to whoever parked next to you.
Because it is weekly, the crowd changes with the weather: a handful of regulars one week, a full car park the next when a club uses it as the start of a run. Either way it is the fallback for any Sunday with nothing else on.
Sunday Social at The Grind House on Drivesome
Second Sunday: Jimboomba Cars 'n Coffee
The second Sunday is the one to plan around. Jimboomba Cars 'n Coffee runs on the second Sunday of each month at Jimboomba Sports Park on South Street, cars arriving from 7:30am. All vehicle types are welcome, and the format is the classic one: arrive early to get a spot, grab the BBQ breakfast and a hot coffee, then walk the rows while you eat.
It is hosted by the Jimboomba Heritage Vehicle Club, an informal club for classic car, bike and truck people, so the display leans older and the welcome is easy. Jimboomba is a fair way south, so make it a morning: Jimboomba first, then the Grind House on the way home.
Jimboomba Cars 'n Coffee on Drivesome and the Jimboomba Heritage Vehicle Club page
First, third and last Sundays: the open weekends
Here is the honest part. Beyond the weekly Grind House, Brisbane does not currently have a listed monthly cars and coffee on the first, third or last Sunday. Rather than pad this page with meets that do not exist, treat those Sundays as drive days.
The classic Brisbane drive is Mount Nebo to Mount Glorious and back down through Samford, an hour of corners with a cafe at the top. North, the Mount Mee loop out of Dayboro does the same job with fewer cars. South, Tamborine Mountain and the Scenic Rim past Beaudesert make a full morning, and Loganholme is on the way home.
October adds a one-off Sunday. Cruise for the Blues at Lakeside Park Raceway is a day out for the 4WD community, families and friends that raises money for Beyond Blue. If your car is more lifted than lowered, that is your Sunday.
Cruise for the Blues on Drivesome
Saturdays: Willowbank, and a park-up in Bulimba
Brisbane's Saturday habit is not coffee, it is the track. Roll Racing and No Prep Testing at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank runs fortnightly, alternating between Friday and Saturday, with gates and sign-on from 4pm. Street cars on radial tyres, rolling starts, head-to-head, elimination rounds.
For a Saturday with a coffee-meet feel, watch for the Blues on Bulimba Classic Car Park Up in October: a free blues festival at Memorial Park in Bulimba from 2pm, classic cars parked up beside the stage, Kevin Borich Express playing. One-off, so the date is on the page.
Roll Racing and No Prep Testing on Drivesome and Blues on Bulimba on Drivesome
Weeknights: every Thursday, then the third Friday
Thursday Night Chills runs every Thursday at Boosted Brews and Co on Millennium Circuit: roll in, park up under the neon, and stay for food, iced coffees, a pool table, video games and music. It runs from late afternoon into the night and is pitched squarely at a younger crowd.
On the third Friday of the month, Schulte's at Plainland hosts its Monthly Meet and Greet from 5pm. Cars, rods, bikes and off-roaders are all welcome, it is alcohol-free, and it pulls the Lockyer Valley and Ipswich crowd out of the sheds.
Thursday Night Chills on Drivesome and Schulte's Monthly Meet and Greet on Drivesome
Your month at a glance
- Every Sunday: Sunday Social at The Grind House, Loganholme, 8am to 12pm
- 2nd Sunday: Jimboomba Cars 'n Coffee, Jimboomba Sports Park, from 7:30am, BBQ breakfast
- 1st, 3rd and last Sundays: Grind House, or a drive over Mount Glorious, Mount Mee or Tamborine
- Every Thursday: Thursday Night Chills, Boosted Brews and Co, evening
- 3rd Friday: Schulte's Monthly Meet and Greet, Plainland, 5pm
- Fortnightly, Friday or Saturday: Roll Racing and No Prep Testing, Queensland Raceway, gates 4pm
Meet etiquette, briefly
Arrive in the first half hour for a spot with the cars rather than the customers. No revving and no skids on the way out, ever: every meet here exists because a cafe, a tavern or a sports park says yes each week, and one idiot on Bryant's Road is how the Grind House Sunday ends.
Everything above, plus the rest of the calendar, is on the Brisbane car events page. The one-off big weekends are in The Biggest Car Events in Brisbane, and if a meet makes you want more than a meet, Brisbane Car Clubs Worth Joining is the next step. Know a first or third Sunday meet that should be here? Add it and it will be.
Questions people ask
Where is cars and coffee in Brisbane?
The weekly one is the Sunday Social at The Grind House in Loganholme, every Sunday from 8am. The monthly one is Jimboomba Cars 'n Coffee on the second Sunday at Jimboomba Sports Park from 7:30am. Both are south of the city.
Is there a cars and coffee every Sunday in Brisbane?
Yes, the Grind House Sunday Social runs every week. The first, third and last Sundays have no other regular meet listed yet, so pair it with a drive.
What time do Brisbane car meets start?
Sunday meets start between 7:30 and 8am. Thursday Night Chills runs through the evening, Schulte's third-Friday meet starts at 5pm, and roll racing at Queensland Raceway opens its gates at 4pm.
Can I bring any car?
Yes. Jimboomba welcomes all vehicle types, Schulte's takes cars, rods, bikes and off-roaders, and the Grind House is open to anyone who likes cars and vehicles. Turning up in a daily driver just to look is completely normal.
