Cars, Stars, Rock 'N' Roll & BBQ Festival 2018

Cars, Stars and Rock 'N' Roll & BBQ Festival is a three day festival of specialty car auctions, no reserve rock and roll memorabilia auctions benefiting Desert Cancer Foundation, celebrity guests, headlining concerts, of course, delicious State Championship BBQ! A lot of other family friendly activities will be available during this outdoor event taking place on 15 acres of our beautiful 18 hole golf course. 

Cars, Stars and Rock 'N' Roll is a three day festival of specialty car auctions, a no reserve rock and roll memorabilia auction benefiting Desert Cancer Foundation, celebrity guests, headlining concerts, and a two day, double header State Championship BBQ Championship cook off! 

CARS: Over 250 specialty collector cars will be driven over the auction block Friday through Sunday. There will also be a public car show on Sunday.  All of this takes place on over 15 acres of Big Rock Golf and Pub's sprawling golf course, overlooked by the ornate rock and roll themed gastro pub.

STARS: Dan and Laura Dotson of Storage Wars, Catherine Bach (the original Daisy Duke of Dukes of Hazzard), Courtney Hansen of Overhaulin, Rachel De Barros of "All Girls Garage”, Brett “The Schwag” Wagner of “Pass Time” and "Monster Garage", Mark Towle of "Gotham Garage, and Horny Mike of Counting Cars (to name a few).

ROCK 'N' ROLL: The Georgia Satellites, The Motels, Count's 77 (featuring Danny “The Count” Koker of Counting Cars), as well as local music by Gene Evaro Jr., The Grady James Band, Funk’d Martini, The California Hitmen, Gene Evaro Jr., and the Grady James Band

BBQ:  A two day State Championship BBQ will be taking place Saturday and Sunday, with competitors all hoping to get a piece of the $18,000 prize purse. Expect some delicious BBQ offerings from them.  Other festivities over the 3 day event include a fire dancer, tethered balloon rides, food trucks and some of the best local live music around. Many other surprises are expected so do not miss this event. 

CHARITY: A no reserve automotive and music memorabilia auction will be held with portions of the proceeds going to Desert Cancer Foundation, a local resource serving thousands right here in the Coachella Valley who are undergoing treatment for cancer.

PARKING: We encourage all attending to Uber/Lyft or use other shared transportation.  Parking is offsite and limited for a $10 fee.  Shuttles will be provided.  Valet parking is available onsite for a $20 fee, and the very limited onsite parking will be $25, first come, first served. 

BIKES: We love our bikers!  But because we are not allowed to discriminate, we cannot allow any cuts, colors or any outerwear signifying gang affiliations.