NEW YORK, Nov. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave Cantin Group (DCG) today announced that Grammy Award-winning artist Nelly will headline its 2026 NADA event taking place on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at LIV Las Vegas Nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel. This yearโs format features a 1,500-person capacity including 100 tables that will be individually reserved for industry leaders from automotive groups, manufacturers and other industry-related organizations. Individual VIP access will be available for non-table guests.
Joining Nelly on stage will be hip-hop heavyweights Fat Joe and Rev Run, making this yearโs invite-only event the most anticipated night of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) conference.
โThe vision for this yearโs event is bigger than the Dave Cantin Group. We are bringing together influential people from across the industry to celebrate our collective success and to honor the resiliency of the greatest industry in the world,โ said Dave Cantin, CEO of Dave Cantin Group.
DCG, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory company to retail automotive groups and their owners, has been crowned โThe Undisputed Kings of the Afterpartyโ by Automotive News for hosting some of the industryโs most legendary celebrations. Past NADA events have featured performances by Third Eye Blind and Almost Queen as well as fireside chats with Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Grant Cardone.
This yearโs headliner, Nelly, whose chart-topping hits โCountry Grammar,โ โHot in Herreโ and โDilemmaโ helped bring hip-hop into the mainstream, will deliver what promises to be one of the most talked-about performances at NADA.
Joining him are two icons synonymous with hip-hop history: Fat Joe, the Bronx-born rapper and actor behind the hit โLean Backโ and countless collaborations that defined the late 90s and 2000s; and Rev Run, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of Run-D.M.C. whose anthems โItโs Trickyโ and โWalk This Wayโ continue to transcend generations.
โThe format and the talent are both very intentional. The large venue with tables allows us to extend invites to entire organizations who can bring their guests to share in the experience, said Brian Gordon, President of Dave Cantin Group.โ He continued, โour talent is universally known, and their music is the kind that gets people up to sing along as if it were a room of 1,500 close friends.โ
Event Details
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026 โ Private Invite Only
Time: 9:00 p.m. until the early morning
Venue: LIV Las Vegas Nightclub at the Fontainebleau Hotel
To request a VIP invitation or inquire about an exclusive table, reach out to your DCG contact or email specialevents@davecantingroup.com.ย ย
About Dave Cantin Group
The Dave Cantin Group is a leading automotive M&A advisory company specializing in acquisitions, divestitures, intelligence and other advisory services. The company is the M&A services provider of choice for North Americaโs top automotive dealership groups, advising on approximately 40 transactions annually. DCG is differentiated by its advisory approach, long-term client relationships and commitment to market intelligence tools that inform client strategy.
Through its M&A intelligence division, DCG produces automotive insights and delivers timely market intelligence including the Market Outlook Report (MOR) and the Inside M&A studio show and podcast with CBT News. DCGโs proprietary AI-enabled platform Jump IQ anchors its advisory services to help retail automotive dealers make smarter data-driven M&A decisions.
The companyโs nonprofit initiative DCG Giving funds child and adolescent cancer research and treatment across the United States and supports other charitable causes.
For more information, visit www.davecantingroup.com.
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