Most Greenwich residents who attend the Concours show up Sunday afternoon, walk the field for ninety minutes, and consider the weekend done. That approach works. It has worked for twenty-nine years. But the 30th anniversary edition, running May 29 through 31 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, is structured as three days with three distinct characters — and treating it as a single-day event means missing the parts that are hardest to find on a general-admission ticket.
The thesis of this year's show is different from past editions, too. The 2026 Grand Marshal is Paul Russell, a car restorer whose career is built on a single principle: that understanding how a great car was originally made is the only honest way to bring it back. That idea runs through every judged class on the field this weekend, and it changes what you're actually looking at when you stand next to one of these cars. The 30th year is not just a bigger version of the 29th. It has a point of view.
Friday Morning: The Part That Is Free
The weekend opens Friday, May 29, at the Malcolm Pray Achievement Center, where every vehicle competing in the weekend's judged classes gathers for The Grand Tour send-off. Admission is free and open to the public. Coffee and donuts are part of the setup. The cars that will be behind velvet ropes or roped off on the grass by Saturday morning are here, accessible, before the crowds arrive.
This is the overlooked entry point for the entire Concours weekend. If you want proximity to a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO or a 1938 Talbot-Lago T-150-C SS without paying for a ticket or standing behind a crowd, Friday morning at Malcolm Pray is where that happens. The Grand Tour is the send-off before competition begins, which means the mood is loose, the cars are moving, and the barrier between spectator and vehicle is as low as it gets all weekend.
Saturday: Two Events That Share a Field
Saturday at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park is the Concours de Sport, and it is a fundamentally different event from Sunday's Concours d'Elegance. The de Sport is performance-first: more than 135 sports cars, racing machines, and purpose-built vehicles spread across 17 judged classes. The organizing categories this year include Cars of Goodwood, Shelby GT350s, Japanese Z Cars, and Sports Car Evolution from the 1960s through the 1980s.
The Cars of Greenwich Avenue class is worth singling out because it makes a specific local argument. The class celebrates regional car culture and this year it includes a 2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, a 2026 Koenigsegg CC850, a 1991 Ferrari F40, a 1980 Porsche 934, and a 2023 RUF CTR Anniversary. That is not a museum display. That is a snapshot of what Greenwich collectors actually drive and collect, staged on a harbor-front lawn. General admission Saturday is $75.
Saturday evening, the show moves off the grass and into Club Greenwich on the main field for Reverie, a waterfront dinner honoring Grand Marshal Paul Russell. Five Greenwich restaurants are providing the food: Hinoki-Moli, Country Table, Siren Restobar, Grigg Street, and BoBos. Hand-crafted cocktails, harbor views, and the chance to walk among a curated selection of the weekend's vehicles after hours. Tickets are $275. The broader Club Greenwich waterfront hospitality package for both weekend days sold out before May. Reverie is the premium evening option that remains available, and it will not last until Saturday.
Sunday: Why the 30th Year Carries More Weight
Sunday's Concours d'Elegance is the event most people picture when they hear the name: collector cars arranged along the Greenwich harborfront, judged across 17 classes by a panel that takes provenance seriously. This year's classes include Porsche Original Owners, Post-War English Sports, and Sports Car Evolution covering the 1920s through the 1950s. More than 300 cars will be on the field across the full weekend.
What makes the 30th edition different is Paul Russell. As Grand Marshal, Russell's career is the interpretive frame for the entire show. When Ralph Lauren asked Russell in the late 1980s to restore his 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, Russell's response was that he wasn't an expert on that car — and then he spent two years and 9,600 hours becoming one. The restoration became a benchmark for the industry. Russell has since produced 52 Best of Show winners across events including Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, and Cavallino Classic.
The Cars of the Grand Marshal class on the field this weekend includes three vehicles bearing Russell's work: the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, the 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, and the 1938 Talbot-Lago T-150-C SS. The 250 GTO is one of the most historically significant competition cars Ferrari produced — fewer than 40 were built, and their appearances at public events are infrequent. The Talbot-Lago, with its swept coachwork, represents the French prewar grand touring tradition at its peak. These are not cars you see on a standard concours weekend.
Sunday general admission is $75. A two-day pass covering Saturday and Sunday is $140.
Where to Eat Before and After the Field
Roger Sherman Baldwin Park sits on Greenwich Harbor, adjacent to the Ferry docks for Island Beach and Great Captain Island, and close to Greenwich Avenue. The Metro-North station is a short walk. The park entrance is off Arch Street and the lot looks, on first approach, like it leads to a maintenance yard — it does not. Free parking within half a mile is available, and the 2025 Greenwich Town Party drew 3,500 spaces in that radius, so the logistics are practiced.
For the meal around the visit: L'Escale at the Delamar Hotel is the closest full-service waterfront option, with a French bistro menu and a terrace that faces the harbor directly. Elm Street Oyster House runs a raw bar worth stopping for before the afternoon session. Meli-Melo on Greenwich Avenue is the practical pre-concours option for a quick crêpe and coffee without a reservation.
Concours weekend is not a casual dining weekend for any of these places. Reservations made now are not reservations made too early.
The Junior Judging Program
One detail buried in the weekend's programming: the 2026 Concours places 50 local youth between the ages of 5 and 17 on the field as active Junior Judges. The program teaches children automotive technology, design criteria, and how judging decisions are made. For families with children who might otherwise spend the afternoon asking to leave, this is the detail that changes the calculation.
The Concours also directs charitable support to Greenwich Parks and Recreation, the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Kids In Crisis, and the Junior League of Greenwich — all local organizations with year-round presence in the community.
The 30th Greenwich Concours runs May 29 through 31 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch Street. Tickets and full event details are available at GreenwichConcours.com.
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