Thursday, 10/10 - 5:30-8pm: Rock the Waterfront, the 3rd Annual Benefit for the Morro Bay Maritime Museum at the Morro Bay Yacht Club. Mega-Maritime appetizers & cocktails, silent auction adventure opportunities, & dancing on two decks with Spanky Paul Band. Donation tickets $115 until 9/30 then $125 or a Members’ discount with code @ www.morrobaymaritime.org
Friday, 10/11 - 4:00-8pm: More music & dancing at the Zongo Yachting Cup Launch Party at Tidelands Park featuring the Zongo All-Stars Band & Chablis Dockside Saloon plus Maritime-Approved Grub for a maritime-friendly fee from La Katrina Authentic Mexican Cocina. This is a free Public Concert. Saturday Zongo Cup vessels sail at 10AM from the Yacht Club towards Avila.
Come party on the MORRO BAY WATERFRONT on FRIDAY!!
Kicking off the 15th Annual Zongo Yachting Cup, the Zongo All-Stars will perform a FREE concert at the beautiful Tidelands Park in Morro Bay.
This is one of many events for the First Annual Morro Bay Maritime Festival, celebrating our local maritime heritage. There are sailing events, food & wine events, a film, and more.
DETAILS:
4:00 - EVENT BEGINS
5:00 - MORRO BAY SEA SHANTY PROJECT
5:30 - 7:30 - ZONGO ALL-STARS
6:30 - DRUMMING TRIBUTE TO LOCAL LEGEND FRANKLIN WAKEFIELD!
PARKING: Limited parking on the Embarcadero. Otherwise, parking on city streets above the waterfront, with easy access at the stairway at OLIVE STREET.
WEATHER: It's Morro Bay, and you never know. Don't forget your sweater, as it usually chills off in the evening.
FOOD & DRINK:
1) La Katrina will be set up in the park serving delicious Mexican Food and serving beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages.
2) VIP Floating Lounge: Motor Vessel Chablis will be at the Tidelands Dock with a FULL BAR, and serving clam chowder, pork sliders, and a nice salad.
Check out the details here: https://my805tix.com/e/mbmaritimefest
BUT: Whatever you do, DO NOT MISS this epic evening on the waterfront!
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Saturday, 10/12 - 10-4pm: Morro Bay Maritime Free Family Fun Day at the Morro Bay Maritime Museum. The 3rd Annual family focused “carnival” of activities has maritime-approved food for a fee for adults and free hot dogs for the kids at Tognazinni’s Dockside Restaurants booth & Central Coast Women For Fisheries sell Albacore Avocado Bowls plus sandcastle building, fishing booth, bean bag toss, craft then sail a “gutter boat,” arts & crafts, diving suit photo-op, create fish prints, Salinan’s Native Storytelling Corner, live music by local musicians all day.
The 3rd Annual Blueberry blind tasting contest is at 11-Noon. Contenders are the 2023 winner Rudie’s Rock Espresso, plus Carla’s Country Kitchen, Rhapsody In View Boutique Hotel and Morro Bay Coffee Company. However, even the servers – current City Councilwomen Laurel Barton and Jen Ford, plus 2025’s newly seated Councilmembers Jeff Eckles and Bill Luffee – will know which blueberry muffin samples they are tasting until Rock Radio’s Deadair Dave announces the favorite at 12Noon. Paula Radke’s Glassworks trophy is the prize the winner will display all year. At 2pm, a chowder blind tasting competition is served by our 1st Responders - police, fire, harbor, and coast guard. The Ugly Mug Ceramics donated this prized hand-crafted trophy. Best Chowder contenders are last year’s favorite Hof Brau, plus Bayside Café, Dorn’s Breakers Café, and Morro Grill. www.morrobaymaritime.org
Saturday Evening, 10/12 - 5:30-8pm: October 12th, Ahoy! the Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce and the Historic Bay Theater welcome all practicing and wannabe pirates to hunt for treasures before viewing the 1934 classic film Treasure Island—Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of swashbuckling foes and untrustworthy friends, buried doubloons and double crosses by Long John Silver foiled by young Jim Hawkins in their high stakes game of cat-and-mouse on the high seas. Directed by Victor Fleming, famed for The Wizard of Oz & Gone With the Wind, online tickets are $20 each and each comes with a Golden Ticket for treasures donated by downtown businesses. Additional golden tickets available for $1 or earned by way of wearing a pirate costume. Arrrrrgh! www.morrobaymovie.com www.morrobaychamber.org Tickets available at www.morrobaychamber.org/events
Saturday & Sunday, 10-12 &13 – 11am - 10/12 – Saturday at 12-Noon: Morro Bay Yacht Club’s Day Sailors compete in the annual MBYC Harbor Cup. Viewing start-to-finish at the South T-Pier. On Sunday at 10am watch the inaugural Chris Lockwood MBYC Junior Regatta. Open to ANY & ALL local junior sailors under 17. Registration $5. Public viewing from many Embarcadero restaurants. www.mbyc.net
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