This Week on the Central Coast…
It’s event season! The Good Old Days, a Cabrillo Student Gallery, and Movies on the Beach.
Monterey
It’s May and that means the annual Good Old Days street festival in Pacific Grove is coming back for its 65th year. For the uninitiated, the event is “the largest gathering of arts and crafts vendors in Monterey County.“ Live music, carnival rides, and good food (and lemonade!) are staples of The Good Old Days. A quilt show, petting zoo, and beer garden are also featured this year.
The parade will kick off the festival on May 4th at 10am on Pine Avenue. The Good Old Days will take place on:
Saturday, May 4, 9am to 6pm.
Sunday, May 5, 9am to 5pm.
Santa Cruz
Student Exhibition 2025 at Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College is hosting its annual Student Exhibition starting April 28 and continuing through May 23. The event is a way for students to showcase the skills they’ve acquired throughout the semester. A variety of mediums will be on display, from traditional paints, clay, and photography to more modern digital photography, fabrication, and graphic design.
The Cabrillo Gallery is open:
Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm.
Wednesdays and Thursdays have extended hours from 6pm to 8pm.
A public reception will be held on Saturday, May 3, from 3pm to 5pm. At the reception, a student art sale will be held just outside the gallery.
Admission is free for everyone.
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is starting its Free Movies on the Beach event soon. The annual event will showcase a different movie every Friday throughout summer. As always, the event kicks off with one Santa Cruz classic, The Lost Boys, and ends with another, The Goonies.
Here is the full lineup:
June 13: The Lost Boys
June 20: Men in Black
June 27: Ghostbusters (1984)
July 11: Jumanji (1995)
July 18: Clueless
July 25: The Wizard of Oz
August 1: Despicable Me 4
August 8: The Goonies
Admission is free. To help support the event, make sure you get lots of snacks, like kettle corn, saltwater taffy, hotdogs, and turkey legs!
Uh Parade kick-off is Saturday MAY 3rd