Upcoming Events

MidiCi Neapolitan Pizza Company invites you to join us for Jazz Night every Thursday. Come and enjoy our appetizers, soups, salads, pizzas, paninis, and desserts while you listen to local jazz musicians performing in our restaurant.

Lopez Restaurante y Cantina and the Monterey Bay Tequila and Mezcal Tastings Group invite you to enjoy high quality tequilas and mezcals with other agave enthusiasts and newcomers - we usually feature 3 to 4 brands to sip and savor. Must be 21 years or older. $10.

East Village Coffee Lounge and Kiki Wow present singer-songwriter Nat Lefkoff on Friday, February 21, 7pm-9pm.

Support the Monterey Public Library by attending the 15th Annual Chocolate and Wine Fundraiser! Enjoy chocolate, wine, beer, and savories, plus a silent auction, balloon pop, and more. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 at the door. All proceeds benefit the library.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live music featuring The Sting Rays , 9pm-12:30am. Playing 50s, 60s, and 70s rock and roll, R&B, pop, and blues music they love.

Lopez Restaurante y Cantina presents an evening of live music featuring Proyecto X and Los Nuevos Sauceda on Friday, February 21. Doors open at 9:30pm. Ages 21 and over only. Tickets available on our event website.

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents a performance by local favorite Vincent Randazzo, now know as Leche Malo . Enjoy wine tasting, wines by the glass, and wines by the bottle while you listen to this fantastic musician.

Old Capitol Books invites you to Nepotism 4: A Night of Poetry . We'll turn down the lights and bring together poets Tongo Eisen-Martin, Christoph Carr, Rachelle Escamilla, Brian Sheffield, Claire Durand-Gasselin, and Kraig Bellows to read from their work. $10

East Village Coffee Lounge and Kiki Wow present Wrockinfoose on Saturday, February 22, 7pm-9pm. Join us to listen to Wrockinfoose as they perform fresh, original blues, funk, and R&B music with Luca Fredericksen on keyboards and vocals, Sam Nilsson on...

Enjoy bubbly and treats at the MHAA Salvador Dali Museum on Saturday, February 22 at 7pm. This event will be filled with wine, music, dancing, food, and a spring fashion show. Tickets are $45 each - advance tickets now...

Join the Monterey Peninsula's premiere comedy improv troupe for their shows on the second and last Saturday of every month. They use audience suggestions and volunteers to create hilarious scenes right on the spot similar to the hit show "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?!" It's perfect for parties and date nights!

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live blues music featuring Rhythm Tribe, 9pm-12:30am.

Lopez Restaurante y Cantina presents an evening of live music featuring Giles Show, Los Yes-Yes, and Los Compas del Sabor on Saturday, February 22. Doors open at 9:30pm. Ages 21 and over only. Tickets available on our event website....

Join Mad Gleam Press , newly relocated from New York City, in celebrating their studio's grand opening! Featuring ive music by the Bedrooms and Sean Schiveley and spoken word performances by Brian Sheffield and Claire Durand-Gasselin. $5

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents local guitarist and alternative punk singer Cameron Karren of the rock/punk band Addalemon. Enjoy wine tasting, wines by the glass, and wines by the bottle while you listen to one of our favorite local...

Union Yoga invites you to join Union Yoga founder Kelli Naim and musicians Anne and Pete Sibley for this Return to the Heart Event on Sunday, February 23, 4pm-5:30. Fee is $25 in advance , $30...

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents musician Steven J. Shook. Enjoy wine tasting, wines by the glass, and wines by the bottle while you listen to one of our favorite local acts.

East Village Coffee Lounge present Bop of the Bay, performing original jazz compositions and hard-bop classics and featuring Marshall Otwell (piano), Dan Robbins (bass), Mike Strunk (drums), Steve Wilson (trombone), Brian Stock (trumpet), and Roger Eddy (saxophone). $10

SBL Entertainment presents The Doo Wop Project. In their shows, the group traces the evolution of doo wop from the classic sound of five guys singing tight harmonies on a street corner to dynamic versions of modern radio hits. Tickets are $30-$55.

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents local singer-songwriter Lindsay Beery every Tuesday in February and March, 5pm-7pm. Enjoy wine tasting, wines by the glass, and wines by the bottle while you listen to this talented musician with a...

Middlebury Institute of International Studies presents a free lecture by Steve Campbell entitled The 21st Century Clean Energy Grid on Tuesday, February 25, at 6pm in Room 100 in the McGowan Building on the campus of MIIS.

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Come to Sovino to play Wine Bingo! Really, it's everything you like about Bingo, with wine and Sovino vocabulary associated with the numbers. Come and learn a little, play a little, drink a little. There shall be prizes!

East Village Coffee Lounge and Kiki Wow present Bernadette Conant for a solo set on Thursday, February 27, 7pm-9pm. Cover is $5-$10.

Bernadette Conant is a Seaside native and half of the Chicago indie-rock duo Bernie & The...

Golden State Theatre presents Jefferson Starship on Thursday, February 27 at 8pm. Tickets are $44-$77. For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here .

Jefferson Starship rose from the ashes of another legendary San...

The City of Monterey's Museums and Cultural Arts Division presents a reception for our newest art exhibition, Celebrate Monterey in Fabric Art Quilts , featuring the work of a group of local artists known as the Pixel Pals, at Alvarado...

This month, at the Theory and Philosophy Reading Group at Old Capitol Books , we’re going to discuss Soren Kierkegaard's Concept of Anxiety . Come talk about theory, philosophy, and how it relates to current events with a friendly group of readers and thinkers.

East Village Coffee Lounge and Kiki Wow present a Teen Night featuring DJ Marlon on Friday, February 28, 7pm-9pm.

Marlon Healey is a 14-year-old DJ and aspiring music producer. A lifelong music lover of music, Marlon was introduced to...

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live rock music featuring VYBE , 9pm-12:30am.

VYBE is a collaboration of talented, seasoned musicians who came together in early 2010 and have become...

Come build a safe vinyasa practice and learn alignment techniques that might not always be covered in your typical hour-long class. Vinyasa 101 at Om Studios in Monterey on Saturday, February 29 at 1:30pm will offer an introduction to the...

Puma Road at Portola Plaza presents award-winning singer-songwriter Sej Miles , whose musical influences draw from gospel, blues, and folk. Enjoy wine tasting, wines by the glass, and wines by the bottle while you listen to one of our...

Portola Hotel & Spa presents a free community concert by the Los Gatos High School Jazz Band on Saturday, February 29 at 6:15pm. This is their final stop on their "Riffs on the Road Tour."

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Celebrate Leap Day with some live music! East Village Coffee Lounge and Kiki Wow present singer-songwriters Janean Christine Mariani and TK Tran on Saturday, February 29, 7pm-9pm. No cover charge.

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Golden State Theatre hosts the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters, and climb the highest peaks tonight in a selection of films from the 44th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live music featuring Pacific Groove , 9pm-12:30am. Take rock, funk, jazz, pop, reggae, and blues, put it in a blender, and you have an idea...

Union Yoga presents a Monthly Community Bhakti Satsang led by Rebekah Menezes on the first Sunday of March, April, and May, 4:30pm-6pm. $5-$10 suggested donation.

Come join the unity of gathering together for an introduction to mantra and chanting....

East Village Coffee Lounge presents the outrageously talented singer Tammi Brown on Sunday, March 1, 5pm-7:30pm, performing The Lost American Jazzbook - a revisioning of the American art song tradition. $10 at the door, all ages welcome.

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