Events
Art, car culture, races, and festivals across Monterey Bay
Type
When
Area
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Jun
1
– Dec 31
Monterey Museum of Art — Current Exhibitions
Art
Monterey Museum of Art · Monterey
Jun
1
– Dec 31
Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada
Art
Monterey Museum of Art · Monterey
Sep
30
EARLY PASS PICK UPS AT THE GOLDEN BOUGH
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Sep
30
VIP FILMMAKER KICK-OFF PARTY/GALA AT MISSION BISTRO RESTAURANT and MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN
Film
Mission Bistro · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
ARTIST LOUNGE
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
OPENING REMARKS
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
We Simply Liked It: Steinbeck, Ricketts, & the Return of the Western Flyer
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
People of the West - Episode 2
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
Industry Panel with Q&A
Film
Cypress Inn · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
NIKI•TOMI•BETO
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
FRE$H DOUGH
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
Salty
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
Stagehand
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
Pebble Beach Story (Nancy as Nancy)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
Strolling Down Brighton Pier
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
My Childhood Project: My University
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
My Father and Qaddafi
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
1
mans best
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
ARTIST LOUNGE
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
– 4
Mission Foods Racing America @ Laguna Seca
Race
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Monterey
Oct
2
Life is (a) Short
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Some Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
REDLINING
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Industy Panel with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
SCREENWRITER NETWORKING MIXER
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Anne Packard: An Artist's Resolve
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Flesh Impact (Special Judge's Selection)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Yo (Love is a Rebellious Bird)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Out of the Woods
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Tannery First Friday
Art
Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz
Free admission
Oct
2
First Friday at the MMA
Art
Monterey Museum of Art — Pacific Street · Monterey
Free admission
Oct
2
Santa Cruz First Friday
Art
Downtown Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz
Free admission
Oct
2
First Friday Pacific Grove
Art
Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove · Pacific Grove
Free admission
Oct
2
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
An Evening with Chris Botti
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
2
Industry Panel with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
ARTIST LOUNGE
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Caffeine Cruisers
Car Show
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
Free admission
Oct
3
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
Car Show
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
Free admission
Oct
3
After Death
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Baby Can’t Wait
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Bleeding Humanity
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Extraña
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Right Handed
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
The Mycelium
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Signal
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Deep Above
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Shenandoah
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
STUDENT FILMMAKER NETWORKING MIXER AND Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
– 18
Open Studios Santa Cruz County 2026 (41st Annual)
Art
County-wide (Santa Cruz County) · Santa Cruz
Oct
3
Industry Panel with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Tony Foster: Painting at the Edge
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
The Novel
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Career Retrospective with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Hell
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
The Liars of Black Mountain Road
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
3
Chapter 51 (2026)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
ARTIST LOUNGE
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Car Show
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
Free admission
Oct
4
Holdfast Together: Keepers of California's Kelp
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
BMW CCA Cars & Coffee: Moss Landing
Car Show
The Power Plant Coffee & Store, 7990 California 1 · Moss Landing
Free admission
Oct
4
Eliette’s Garden
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Bobble Hat
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
BRIDGE -My Little Friends-
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Gauze
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Princess Unburied - Tales of Fantalia
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
The High King's Daughter
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
The Pit
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
What Remains Above
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Film Industry Panel with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Career Retrospective with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Something Pointless
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Film & Television Industy Panel with Q&A
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
Washed Up
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
4
AWARDS & VIP FILMMAKER PARTY SPONSORED BY THE MONTEREY COUNTY FILM INSTITUTE (MCFI)
Film
Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
9
– 10
Biers & Gears: Oktoberfest & Moto
Festival
Monterey County Fair & Event Center · Monterey
$30 single day, $50 two-day pass; kids 10 & under free
Oct
10
Caffeine Cruisers
Car Show
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
Free admission
Oct
10
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
Car Show
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
Free admission
Oct
10
Cars & Coffee at Del Monte Center
Car Show
Del Monte Shopping Center, Monterey · Monterey
Free admission
Oct
10
Meet the Makers — artist-owned gallery tour & wine tasting
Art
Devendorf Park · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Ticketed
Oct
11
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Car Show
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
Free admission
Oct
13
Roger McGuinn of the Byrds
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
17
Caffeine Cruisers
Car Show
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
Free admission
Oct
17
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
Car Show
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
Free admission
Oct
17
Monterey Symphony: Appalachian Spring + Alexi Kenney
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
18
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Car Show
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
Free admission
Oct
18
Scotts Valley Cars & Coffee
Car Show
Cruise Coffee, 246 Kings Village Rd · Scotts Valley
Free admission
Oct
18
Monterey Symphony: Appalachian Spring + Alexi Kenney (matinee)
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
24
Caffeine Cruisers
Car Show
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
Free admission
Oct
24
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
Car Show
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
Free admission
Oct
24
11th Annual Pumpkin Roll
Festival
Ocean Avenue at Santa Fe Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Free admission
Oct
24
Celtic Thunder
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
25
Salinas Cars and Coffee
Car Show
Starbucks, 1186 S Main St · Salinas
Free admission
Oct
26
Coffee & Cars at Central Coast High School
Car Show
Central Coast High School, 200 Coe Ave · Seaside
Free admission
Oct
30
Carmel-by-the-Sea Halloween Parade
Festival
Ocean Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Free admission
Oct
30
Lyle Lovett and His Small Large Band
Music
Sunset Center · Carmel-by-the-Sea
Oct
31
Caffeine Cruisers
Car Show
Starbucks at Capitola Mall (41st Ave & Clares St) · Capitola
Free admission
Oct
31
PCA Halloween Cars & Coffee
Car Show
Chili's, 1349 Canyon Del Rey Blvd · Seaside
Free admission
Oct
31
Watsonville Cars & Coffee
Car Show
East Lake Village Shopping Center, E Lake Ave · Watsonville
Free admission