Kei Truck Events & Meets
Where kei gatherings actually get announced, and the ones we can verify.
There is no national kei truck show calendar, because almost every US kei meet is organised inside a regional Facebook group or on Instagram and never gets a public event page. Watch r/keitruck and the regional groups instead. Below are the events we can verify, and where announcements genuinely surface first.
Why this list is short. We only list an event when the organiser has a public page naming the date and venue. A longer calendar would mean inventing dates — and someone could drive to one.
September 2026
1 events
Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS)
The 21st annual JCCS brings around 500 classic Japanese vehicles to Long Beach. Not a kei-specific show — it spans the whole of classic Japanese motoring — but kei vehicles turn up every year and it is the largest gathering of Japanese classics in the US. Tickets are cheaper in advance than on the gate.
Marina Green Park
More infoAnnual events with no date announced yet
Real, kei-specific, and worth watching — but with nothing confirmed we will not put a date against them.
- KEI Truck Show — DeMeritt Hill Farm, Lee, New Hampshire. Ran for the first time in August 2026; free, family and pet friendly. The organisers have listed 2027 as to be confirmed.
Where kei events actually get announced
- r/keitruck — regional meets get posted here first, usually a few weeks out.
- Regional Facebook groups. Most US kei meets are organised entirely inside them, which is exactly why they never reach a calendar like this one. Our communities page lists the active ones.
- Japanese classic and JDM show calendars — kei vehicles are a growing presence at broader Japanese-car events even where the show is not kei-specific.
Common questions
- Is there a national kei truck show calendar?
- No. Almost every US kei truck meet is organised inside a regional Facebook group or on Instagram, often without a fixed date until a few weeks beforehand, so there is no public calendar to aggregate. The reliable places to watch are r/keitruck, the regional Facebook groups, and Japanese-classic show calendars.
- Where do kei truck meets get announced?
- Regional Facebook groups first, then r/keitruck, usually a few weeks out. Kei owners also turn up in numbers at broader Japanese-classic and JDM shows that are not kei-specific, so those calendars are worth watching too.
- Why does Keijira list so few kei truck events?
- We only list an event when the organiser has a public page naming the date and venue. A longer calendar would mean inventing dates, and someone could drive to one.