Roadshow Radar
A push-notification app for car-event fans that alerts you when a celebrity collector, auction house or famous private garage is doing a public appearance near you, with ticket-resale alerts and a video archive of past panels.
car-culture fans who follow celebrity collectors and want to attend live events, not just watch on YouTube
- Celebrity-collector appearance tracker — follow Jay Leno, Magnus Walker, Jerry Seinfeld and others to get notified when their public events are announced
- Ticket-drop alerts — push when Concours d'Elegance, Audrain or Goodwood events release public-sale tickets before they sell out
- Past-event video archive — searchable library of panels from Leno's garage, Radford and others, with transcripts
- Travel-mode itinerary builder — if you're flying to an event, the app books flights, hotels and shipping for your car with one tap
Jay Leno's Newport stop is the kind of high-profile youngtimer appearance that draws thousands of fans but lacks a dedicated tracking app — most fans find out about these via Instagram posts days after.
Jay Leno makes frequent paid appearances at major car events (Naples Cars on 5th Feb 2025, Audrain Newport Oct 2025, Detroit Dream Cruise) and ConVibe validates the celebrity-appearance-notification model in the convention space — but the car-specific sub-niche is small.The 2025 Naples Automotive Experience... - Cars on 5th Naples - Facebook ↗Photos: Jay Leno, supercars shine on Friday at Audrain Motor Week ↗ConVibe — Find celebrity appearances before everyone else ↗
ConVibe is a near-direct competitor (celebrity-appearance push notifications) but focused on conventions; Barrett-Jackson, Mecum each have their own siloed auction apps; Throdle and GarageApp cover broader social/event discovery. No app specifically aggregates celebrity collector appearances, but ConVibe could trivially expand into cars.ConVibe — Find celebrity appearances before everyone else ↗THRODLE - Automotive Social Network ↗Barrett-Jackson Live - Apps on Google Play ↗
Events are high-ticket (VIP concours, charity nights at premium venues) so ticket-resale affiliate fees and event-promoter sponsorships are plausible, but the buyer pool is tiny — mostly affluent older enthusiasts — and ConVibe's pricing model isn't publicly documented, suggesting monetization is unproven at this scale.Calendar of Events | Barrett-Jackson VIP Experiences ↗Convibe — the method, shipped - AZ Technology Solutions ↗
Car culture and the major auction houses (Barrett-Jackson, Mecum, RM Sotheby's) are stable, decades-old institutions, and celebrity-collector appearances are a recurring annual fixture — but the product is tied to a small number of aging personalities (Leno is 75), which caps long-term upside.Photos: Jay Leno, supercars shine on Friday at Audrain Motor Week ↗
ConVibe was built solo in 4 months with AI tooling — event aggregation, geo push, video archive, and ticket-resale integrations are all standard mobile features; the real work is scraping/curating celebrity-appearance calendars across hundreds of event sites.Convibe — the method, shipped - AZ Technology Solutions ↗