Cattle grazing the pasture at Rancho Jaramillo

Free to attendRSVP freeNo ticket, no charge. We email parking and timings the week before.

New dateOctober 17 · Gates 10 to 4 · Free · The show moved one week to give the ranch more time to get the field ready.

Car Show
& Ranch Party

Name: The Piston Powered Ranch
Start: 2026-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-17T21:00:00.000Z
Location: Rancho Jaramillo

The curation of a concours lawn, on ground that still runs cattle.

Space for up to 300 show cars at Rancho Jaramillo, a working cattle ranch an hour south of Nashville. Music from Kelley Lovelace, a car given away at noon, food on the field.

Ranch certified · Free to enterEnter your car

EC Smoked BBQ · $24.99Pre-order a plate

WhenOct 17Saturday, gates 10 to 4

CostFreeEntry and parking

WhereUnionvilleRancho Jaramillo, Tennessee

On the fieldUp to 300Show cars, chosen one at a time

Kelley Lovelace co-wrote Brad Paisley's number one hits "He Didn't Have to Be" and "Ticks", and plays a set in the morning.

Mechanics on a Mission gives away a car at noon.

Part of the profit fills a semi truck with food. Right now, it goes to kids. Eatin' Good.Why we run it

A day on the ranch

Bring the family for a picnic and the cars

Pack a picnic, bring lawn chairs, tables and shade, and stay all day. Leave the alcohol at home. All alcohol is sold by drink ticket at the event, to guests 21 and over. To drink, you are carded and given a wristband, with no more than two drinks per person.

BringLawn chairs

BringTables

BringShade

Leave at homeAlcohol

RSVP free Plan your day

Take part

Four ways in

ComeSpend the day.Free entry, free parking. Bring the children, bring your mother.RSVP free ShowBring a car.Three hundred places, chosen one at a time. You hear back either way.Enter your car SellSet up on vendor row.Apparel, timepieces, detailing, ranch goods.Take a stall BackPut your name on the day.Three tiers, $500 to $2,000, each one payable online.Sponsor the day

Who is with us

See everyone

GC Performance Classics Mechanics on a Mission Music City Weekend Co.Chef Cherie Dazzled by Imagine EC Smoked BBQ Encanto Blossom Orchard La Revolución Mac's Kettle Corn and Fresh Lemonade Reb Art Wrap Threads

Food on the field

Pre-order your food

Pay for your plate now and pick it up at the stand on the day. Food is for sale on the field too.

EC Smoked BBQ's ribs, macaroni and cheese and potato salad in a takeout box

Ribs, mac and cheese and potato salad, by EC Smoked BBQEC Smoked BBQ · Chef Eric ChismPre-order your plate$24.99a platePlus tax and processing fees.Beef brisket, barbecue chicken, macaroni and cheese and Italian green beans.Pick it up at the EC Smoked BBQ stand on Saturday, October 17.Pre-order a plate

The running order

How the day goes

10:00 AMGates open to the public
10:00 AM - 4:00 PMVendor village, merch table, and activities open
10:00 AM - 12:30 PMBar
MorningLive music with Kelley Lovelace
12:00 PMMechanics on a Mission car giveaway
4:00 PMPublic hours end

One Saturday in October

The ground it happens on

Rancho Jaramillo is a working cattle ranch an hour south of Nashville, six hundred acres of it. For one Saturday in October, fourteen of those acres hold up to 300 show cars. The gate is open to everyone.

RSVP free

If you are coming to look

You do not need a car to belong here

Gates open at ten and close at four, and everything between is yours.

Spectator admission is complimentary. Rows you can walk slowly, engines you hear before you see, and a field wide enough that nobody is standing in your photograph.

Bring the children. Bring your mother. Bring whoever you have been meaning to take somewhere.

Turn off Highway 41-A onto Enon Church Road, from either direction, and the marshals will wave you down the ranch road to the pasture.

Food will be for sale, with picnic areas set up for families who want their own and VIP for those who want more. Tell us you are coming so we can tell our vendors how much food to bring.

Before you come

Good to know

May I bring a dog?: Service animals only. Please leave pets at home.
How does a stroller or a wheelchair get around the field?: The show field is grass and the ranch drive is gravel, and the ground is rough in places. Strollers and wheelchairs are welcome. Expect slow going on the grass.
Who do I ask?: Write to hello@pistonpoweredranch.com.

Free to attend

Tell us you are coming

There is no ticket and no charge. The count tells us how much food to cook and how many restrooms to hire.

Food on the day

Pre-order a plate from EC Smoked BBQ, $24.99 plus tax and processing fees. Beef brisket, barbecue chicken, macaroni and cheese and Italian green beans. Pick it up at the EC Smoked BBQ stand on Saturday, October 17.

Pre-order a plate

Why we run it

Filling a semi truck with food

This is a charity car show. Part of the profit fills a semi truck with food, from the day itself and from every store order all year. Right now that food goes to kids. Eatin' Good.

Help fill the truck The store

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More ways to take part

Plan your day The schedule, what to bring, yard games and free parking.VIP for two, $75 The VIP area and its own bar, two plates, parking up front and a private tour.Volunteer Help at the gate, the parking field, vendor row or the VIP area.Help fill the truck Part of the profit fills a semi truck with food. Any dollar amount helps.

What is where

On the ground

Rough layout, subject to change

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Show Field

Up to 300 curated cars staged in rows on the pasture east of the ranch road, running toward the creek. Row map lands with the final layout.

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Vendor Row

Curated vendors and partners along the fence line east of the show field, just south of the stage.

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VIP Terrace

VIP hospitality on the creek side with the sightline back across the show field. Guided ranch tour meets here.

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Spectator Parking

Free spectator parking on the pasture south of the show field. Follow the marshals up the ranch road.

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Helicopter LZ

A 150 by 150 foot landing zone, mowed and firm, sited north of the show field so the rotor wash carries away from the cars. A roped crowd line keeps spectators back 150 feet.

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Ranch Gate

Cars turn in here off Enon Church Road, then follow the ranch road to the field. The only entrance and exit. Gates open 10:00 AM sharp.

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Live Music Standing Room

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Stage

Thirty feet, on the vendor row fence line. Live music with Kelley Lovelace in the morning.

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Charity Corner

Where the food goes. Part of the profit fills a semi truck with food, and right now it goes to kids. Come and see who is eating.

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Encanto Blossom Orchard Farmers Market

South fence line, 20 by 40.

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Food

Food and drink at the head of Vendor Row. Lineup firms up as we get closer.

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Media Tent

Press and the content team, with a sightline to the stage and the field.

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Restrooms

Facilities between Vendor Row and spectator parking.

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First Aid

Medical station. Marshals can radio it from anywhere on site.

route

Gravel Drive

Off Enon Church Road, up to the barn. The only way in or out, marked for marshals and signage.

Confirmed so far

Our featured sponsor

Featured SponsorKennedy Performance CenterBMW repair and performance · Nashville, TennesseeSee their page →

Everyone on the field is on one page, and it grows as partners confirm. Nobody appears on it before they have.

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Six hundred acres

The ranch, before the field is set

It is a working cattle ranch every other day of the year. The gate, the rail, the bins and the herd are all still there on the seventeenth of October. The show cars park among them, not on top of them.