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SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Lunch Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:Live music with lunch\, every single day\, on the Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio.\nThe all-outdoor fish market beside the North T-pier runs live music daily\, and the lunch set goes 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, every day the market is open\, straight through the end of the year. Order at the counter\, take a table on the water\, and the soundtrack to your fish and chips is a working local musician a few feet away\, with the fleet tied up alongside and the occasional otter cracking its own lunch off the dock. \nThe rotating cast is a who’s who of Central Coast regulars: Ena Luiz-Belo holds most Mondays\, Mark Welch most Wednesdays\, and Lance Robison most Fridays\, with Daniel Haller\, Out of the Blue\, Vince Warner\, Jeff Blancard\, Brucematics\, the Irish Hills Trio\, Richie Blue Band\, Teri Barnes 2nd Wind\, and more filling the week. Different player\, same policy: music with the meal\, no ticket\, no fuss. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, through December 31 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; some days one act plays straight through the afternoon)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nLunch on the dock comes with a band in this town; what the evenings come with is all on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-lunch-sets/2026-09-21/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T231822Z
CREATED:20260730T174200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T231822Z
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SUMMARY:Love of Nature Exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay
DESCRIPTION:Love of Nature at Art Center Morro Bay\nArt Center Morro Bay hangs its fall exhibit\, Love of Nature\, from September 17 through November 2 at 835 Main St\, the downtown gallery with the Rock mural on its wall. The subject is the one every local lives inside and every visitor drives Highway 1 to find: the ocean\, the bay\, the marshes\, the mountains\, and the plants and wildlife of the Central Coast\, seen through the individual styles of the region’s artists. \nExpect familiar scenes rendered with personal feeling\, alongside imaginative and abstract takes that treat the coastline as a starting point rather than a postcard. The range is the point. One wall might hold the estuary at low tide in careful detail while the next abstracts the same water into color and motion\, and the show rewards moving slowly enough to notice how differently each artist answers the same landscape. In a fast-moving stretch of the year\, a room full of work about tidelines\, back-bay light\, and coastal wildlife is a standing invitation to slow down. \nAn opening reception runs Sunday\, September 21\, from 2 to 4 PM\, the best chance to meet the artists whose names hang beside the work. The Art Center has anchored this corner of Main Street since the Morro Bay Art Association formed in 1951\, still volunteer-run and still mounting a full slate of exhibits each year\, and a stop here pairs naturally with the galleries and shops within a couple of blocks. \nAutumn fills in fast around town; the rest of the season’s openings\, music\, and outings are gathered on the event calendar. \nImage: Ken Christensen
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/love-of-nature-exhibit/2026-09-21/
LOCATION:Art Center Morro Bay\, 835 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184535Z
CREATED:20260823T203349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184535Z
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SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Afternoon Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon set carries Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio from 3:00 PM to closing time\, daily.\nWhen the lunch player packs up\, the afternoon act takes over\, 3:00 PM to close\, and plays the harbor toward sunset. Closing time is 7:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday through October\, then an hour earlier in winter\, which means the last set of the day ends with the light going gold behind the Rock more often than not. \nMichael Campbell practically owns the Thursday and Friday close\, Donny Rugebregt holds Tuesdays\, and the rest of the week rotates through Out of the Blue\, Jamie Penneley\, Matt Brown\, Roger Perry\, Ben Cooke\, Cristal Ship\, Peter Emerson\, Bill Reiland\, and company. Wednesdays belong to Cigar Box Ray\, who has his own listing worth reading. No cover charge posted\, ever; just order\, sit\, and stay through one more song. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 3:00 PM to close\, through December 31 (Wednesdays covered under the Cigar Box Ray listing; music ends 3:00 PM on Nov 25 and Dec 24; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nSunset with a set list is the Dockside Too specialty; every other way to close a day here is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-afternoon-sets/2026-09-21/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T193500
DTSTAMP:20260909T010414Z
CREATED:20260817T221213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T010414Z
UID:10009205-1790011800-1790019300@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🍿 Monday Special: A River Runs Through It at the Bay Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Robert Redford’s A River Runs Through It gets a single showing at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nRedford’s 1992 adaptation of Norman Maclean’s autobiographical novella follows the Maclean brothers\, Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer\, coming of age in early twentieth-century Montana under a minister father who treats fly fishing as something close to scripture. The film’s patience with water\, light\, and casting loops made it a modern classic\, and a town built around a working harbor understands a story where water is the family business and the family religion at once. Rated PG\, 2 hours 3 minutes. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Monday\, September 21\, 2026; doors 5:00 PM\, film 5:30 PM\nWho: Bay Theatre Monday Specials series\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nMore September screenings\, music\, and everything else on the water and off are on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/a-river-runs-through-it-at-the-bay-theatre-2/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bay Theatre":MAILTO:themorrobaytheatrellc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184305Z
CREATED:20260826T184305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184305Z
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SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Taylor Kingman and Stoneteeth at The Siren
DESCRIPTION:Taylor Kingman of TK and the Holy Know Nothings plays a free Monday night at The Siren with Stoneteeth.\nA free Monday with real pedigree: Taylor Kingman\, frontman of Portland’s TK and the Holy Know Nothings\, brings his ragged-and-literate songwriting to Main Street\, with Stoneteeth\, featuring Mike Clark\, sharing the bill. Free Monday shows are how this room keeps the working week honest; come early for a stool. \nWhere: The Siren\, 900 Main St\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Monday\, September 21\, 2026\, 7:30 PM\nCost: Free \nPlease note: this is a 21 and over event. Valid photo ID is required for entry\, and guests under 21 will not be admitted. \nMore Information \nA songwriter this good for free is a Monday worth defending; the rest of the week’s case is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/taylor-kingman-siren/
LOCATION:The Siren\, 900 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T143000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184600Z
CREATED:20260823T202901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184600Z
UID:10008881-1790074800-1790087400@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Lunch Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:Live music with lunch\, every single day\, on the Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio.\nThe all-outdoor fish market beside the North T-pier runs live music daily\, and the lunch set goes 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, every day the market is open\, straight through the end of the year. Order at the counter\, take a table on the water\, and the soundtrack to your fish and chips is a working local musician a few feet away\, with the fleet tied up alongside and the occasional otter cracking its own lunch off the dock. \nThe rotating cast is a who’s who of Central Coast regulars: Ena Luiz-Belo holds most Mondays\, Mark Welch most Wednesdays\, and Lance Robison most Fridays\, with Daniel Haller\, Out of the Blue\, Vince Warner\, Jeff Blancard\, Brucematics\, the Irish Hills Trio\, Richie Blue Band\, Teri Barnes 2nd Wind\, and more filling the week. Different player\, same policy: music with the meal\, no ticket\, no fuss. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, through December 31 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; some days one act plays straight through the afternoon)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nLunch on the dock comes with a band in this town; what the evenings come with is all on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-lunch-sets/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T231822Z
CREATED:20260730T174200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T231822Z
UID:10008603-1790078400-1790092800@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Love of Nature Exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay
DESCRIPTION:Love of Nature at Art Center Morro Bay\nArt Center Morro Bay hangs its fall exhibit\, Love of Nature\, from September 17 through November 2 at 835 Main St\, the downtown gallery with the Rock mural on its wall. The subject is the one every local lives inside and every visitor drives Highway 1 to find: the ocean\, the bay\, the marshes\, the mountains\, and the plants and wildlife of the Central Coast\, seen through the individual styles of the region’s artists. \nExpect familiar scenes rendered with personal feeling\, alongside imaginative and abstract takes that treat the coastline as a starting point rather than a postcard. The range is the point. One wall might hold the estuary at low tide in careful detail while the next abstracts the same water into color and motion\, and the show rewards moving slowly enough to notice how differently each artist answers the same landscape. In a fast-moving stretch of the year\, a room full of work about tidelines\, back-bay light\, and coastal wildlife is a standing invitation to slow down. \nAn opening reception runs Sunday\, September 21\, from 2 to 4 PM\, the best chance to meet the artists whose names hang beside the work. The Art Center has anchored this corner of Main Street since the Morro Bay Art Association formed in 1951\, still volunteer-run and still mounting a full slate of exhibits each year\, and a stop here pairs naturally with the galleries and shops within a couple of blocks. \nAutumn fills in fast around town; the rest of the season’s openings\, music\, and outings are gathered on the event calendar. \nImage: Ken Christensen
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/love-of-nature-exhibit/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Art Center Morro Bay\, 835 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Culture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ACMB_LoveOfNature.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T200000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184535Z
CREATED:20260823T203349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184535Z
UID:10008837-1790089200-1790107200@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Afternoon Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon set carries Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio from 3:00 PM to closing time\, daily.\nWhen the lunch player packs up\, the afternoon act takes over\, 3:00 PM to close\, and plays the harbor toward sunset. Closing time is 7:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday through October\, then an hour earlier in winter\, which means the last set of the day ends with the light going gold behind the Rock more often than not. \nMichael Campbell practically owns the Thursday and Friday close\, Donny Rugebregt holds Tuesdays\, and the rest of the week rotates through Out of the Blue\, Jamie Penneley\, Matt Brown\, Roger Perry\, Ben Cooke\, Cristal Ship\, Peter Emerson\, Bill Reiland\, and company. Wednesdays belong to Cigar Box Ray\, who has his own listing worth reading. No cover charge posted\, ever; just order\, sit\, and stay through one more song. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 3:00 PM to close\, through December 31 (Wednesdays covered under the Cigar Box Ray listing; music ends 3:00 PM on Nov 25 and Dec 24; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nSunset with a set list is the Dockside Too specialty; every other way to close a day here is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-afternoon-sets/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TD2.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T175000
DTSTAMP:20260909T010259Z
CREATED:20260817T234946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T010259Z
UID:10009213-1790092800-1790099400@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🍿 Practical Magic 2 at the Bay Theatre (matinee showing)
DESCRIPTION:Practical Magic 2 runs afternoon showings at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nTwenty-eight years after the original\, Sandra Bullock\, Nicole Kidman\, Stockard Channing\, and Dianne Wiest reprise the Owens witches\, with Joey King and Maisie Williams joining the family and Susanne Bier directing from Alice Hoffman’s The Book of Magic. The multigenerational clan\, cursed to be loveless for centuries\, sets out to break the spell by facing the family’s darkest secrets. Not yet rated at press time\, 1 hour 50 minutes. The matinee is the flexible slot: out by early evening with the whole night ahead. Saturday\, September 19 adds a lights-up Witch-Crafternoon at 1:00 PM alongside the regular shows; that one has its own listing. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: September 11 through 23; Friday\, Saturday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday at 4:00 PM; Sunday\, September 20 at 1:00 and 4:00 PM (no matinee Sunday\, September 13); dark Mondays and Thursdays\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nAn afternoon of witches leaves the evening open; fill it from the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/practical-magic-2-bay-theatre-matinee/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bay-Theatre.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Bay Theatre":MAILTO:themorrobaytheatrellc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T205000
DTSTAMP:20260909T010318Z
CREATED:20260817T235817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T010318Z
UID:10009223-1790103600-1790110200@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🍿 Practical Magic 2 at the Bay Theatre (evening showing)
DESCRIPTION:Practical Magic 2 takes the evening slot at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nTwenty-eight years after the original\, Sandra Bullock\, Nicole Kidman\, Stockard Channing\, and Dianne Wiest reprise the Owens witches\, with Joey King and Maisie Williams joining the family and Susanne Bier directing from Alice Hoffman’s The Book of Magic. The multigenerational clan\, cursed to be loveless for centuries\, sets out to break the spell by facing the family’s darkest secrets. Not yet rated at press time\, 1 hour 50 minutes. The 7:00 show is the back half of a dinner-and-a-movie night\, and nearly everything worth eating sits within a few blocks of the marquee. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: September 11 through 23; Friday\, Saturday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday at 7:00 PM; Sunday\, September 13 at 6:00 PM only; no evening show Sunday\, September 20; dark Mondays and Thursdays\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nWhen the spell breaks and the lights come up\, the rest of the month is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/practical-magic-2-bay-theatre-evening/2026-09-22/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bay Theatre":MAILTO:themorrobaytheatrellc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T143000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184600Z
CREATED:20260823T202901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184600Z
UID:10008882-1790161200-1790173800@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Lunch Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:Live music with lunch\, every single day\, on the Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio.\nThe all-outdoor fish market beside the North T-pier runs live music daily\, and the lunch set goes 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, every day the market is open\, straight through the end of the year. Order at the counter\, take a table on the water\, and the soundtrack to your fish and chips is a working local musician a few feet away\, with the fleet tied up alongside and the occasional otter cracking its own lunch off the dock. \nThe rotating cast is a who’s who of Central Coast regulars: Ena Luiz-Belo holds most Mondays\, Mark Welch most Wednesdays\, and Lance Robison most Fridays\, with Daniel Haller\, Out of the Blue\, Vince Warner\, Jeff Blancard\, Brucematics\, the Irish Hills Trio\, Richie Blue Band\, Teri Barnes 2nd Wind\, and more filling the week. Different player\, same policy: music with the meal\, no ticket\, no fuss. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, through December 31 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; some days one act plays straight through the afternoon)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nLunch on the dock comes with a band in this town; what the evenings come with is all on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-lunch-sets/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TD2.jpg
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T231822Z
CREATED:20260730T174200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T231822Z
UID:10008604-1790164800-1790179200@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Love of Nature Exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay
DESCRIPTION:Love of Nature at Art Center Morro Bay\nArt Center Morro Bay hangs its fall exhibit\, Love of Nature\, from September 17 through November 2 at 835 Main St\, the downtown gallery with the Rock mural on its wall. The subject is the one every local lives inside and every visitor drives Highway 1 to find: the ocean\, the bay\, the marshes\, the mountains\, and the plants and wildlife of the Central Coast\, seen through the individual styles of the region’s artists. \nExpect familiar scenes rendered with personal feeling\, alongside imaginative and abstract takes that treat the coastline as a starting point rather than a postcard. The range is the point. One wall might hold the estuary at low tide in careful detail while the next abstracts the same water into color and motion\, and the show rewards moving slowly enough to notice how differently each artist answers the same landscape. In a fast-moving stretch of the year\, a room full of work about tidelines\, back-bay light\, and coastal wildlife is a standing invitation to slow down. \nAn opening reception runs Sunday\, September 21\, from 2 to 4 PM\, the best chance to meet the artists whose names hang beside the work. The Art Center has anchored this corner of Main Street since the Morro Bay Art Association formed in 1951\, still volunteer-run and still mounting a full slate of exhibits each year\, and a stop here pairs naturally with the galleries and shops within a couple of blocks. \nAutumn fills in fast around town; the rest of the season’s openings\, music\, and outings are gathered on the event calendar. \nImage: Ken Christensen
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/love-of-nature-exhibit/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Art Center Morro Bay\, 835 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Culture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ACMB_LoveOfNature.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T175000
DTSTAMP:20260909T010259Z
CREATED:20260817T234946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T010259Z
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SUMMARY:🍿 Practical Magic 2 at the Bay Theatre (matinee showing)
DESCRIPTION:Practical Magic 2 runs afternoon showings at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nTwenty-eight years after the original\, Sandra Bullock\, Nicole Kidman\, Stockard Channing\, and Dianne Wiest reprise the Owens witches\, with Joey King and Maisie Williams joining the family and Susanne Bier directing from Alice Hoffman’s The Book of Magic. The multigenerational clan\, cursed to be loveless for centuries\, sets out to break the spell by facing the family’s darkest secrets. Not yet rated at press time\, 1 hour 50 minutes. The matinee is the flexible slot: out by early evening with the whole night ahead. Saturday\, September 19 adds a lights-up Witch-Crafternoon at 1:00 PM alongside the regular shows; that one has its own listing. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: September 11 through 23; Friday\, Saturday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday at 4:00 PM; Sunday\, September 20 at 1:00 and 4:00 PM (no matinee Sunday\, September 13); dark Mondays and Thursdays\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nAn afternoon of witches leaves the evening open; fill it from the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/practical-magic-2-bay-theatre-matinee/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hellomorrobay.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Bay-Theatre.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Bay Theatre":MAILTO:themorrobaytheatrellc@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T034044Z
CREATED:20260723T021058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T034044Z
UID:10010620-1790188200-1790191800@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Trivia Night at The Nauti Anchor
DESCRIPTION:Trivia Night runs every Wednesday at The Nauti Anchor in North Morro Bay.\nA free weekly showdown at the Main Street bar and grill\, 6:30 to 7:30 PM: bring a team name or just join in when you get there\, since the format welcomes solo players and drop-ins as readily as the crews who show up with a strategy. The hour-long format keeps it tight\, a quick and competitive weeknight outing rather than a whole evening’s commitment\, and the kitchen and taps run through the game so the table stays fed. It is a restaurant and coffee bar rather than a bar\, so all ages can play. The venue’s own advice is worth taking: come early to get a seat\, and bring your brain. \nWhere: The Nauti Anchor\, 2940 Main St\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 6:30 to 7:30 PM\nCost: Free\nGood to know: All ages; Karaoke takes the Tuesday slot\, 5:00 to 7:00 PM \nMore Information \nA Wednesday trivia habit is a fine spine for the week; the rest of it hangs on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/nauti-anchor-trivia-night/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:The Nauti Anchor\, 2940 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Fun Night Out,Nightlife
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T205000
DTSTAMP:20260909T010318Z
CREATED:20260817T235817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T010318Z
UID:10009224-1790190000-1790196600@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🍿 Practical Magic 2 at the Bay Theatre (evening showing)
DESCRIPTION:Practical Magic 2 takes the evening slot at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nTwenty-eight years after the original\, Sandra Bullock\, Nicole Kidman\, Stockard Channing\, and Dianne Wiest reprise the Owens witches\, with Joey King and Maisie Williams joining the family and Susanne Bier directing from Alice Hoffman’s The Book of Magic. The multigenerational clan\, cursed to be loveless for centuries\, sets out to break the spell by facing the family’s darkest secrets. Not yet rated at press time\, 1 hour 50 minutes. The 7:00 show is the back half of a dinner-and-a-movie night\, and nearly everything worth eating sits within a few blocks of the marquee. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: September 11 through 23; Friday\, Saturday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday at 7:00 PM; Sunday\, September 13 at 6:00 PM only; no evening show Sunday\, September 20; dark Mondays and Thursdays\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nWhen the spell breaks and the lights come up\, the rest of the month is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/practical-magic-2-bay-theatre-evening/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bay Theatre":MAILTO:themorrobaytheatrellc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T220000
DTSTAMP:20260723T021356Z
CREATED:20260723T021356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T021356Z
UID:10006441-1790190000-1790200800@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Nearby: 🎶 Open Mic Night at Schooners
DESCRIPTION:Schooners opens the Music Room mic every Wednesday night\nIn Cayucos\, up the coast. Schooners runs Open Mic Night every Wednesday at 7 PM in its Music Room\, with signups starting at 6\, hosted by local favorite Sam Fischer\, and the first Wednesday of each month handed to Kam Alton as guest host. Music and poetry both take the stage\, from Cayucos regulars to whoever happens to be passing through on Highway 1\, and the jams have a reputation for running late when the room is right. \nA standing open mic at a beachfront venue draws a different crowd than a bar-back-room version: the Music Room gives performers a real stage\, the restaurant keeps the audience fed\, and the mix of locals and travelers means no two Wednesdays sound alike. Performers and listeners are equally welcome\, and the signup sheet is democratic\, get there at 6 if you want a good slot. The room has launched more than a few local collaborations\, since half the players in the county pass through it eventually. \nSchooners sits a few steps from the Cayucos Pier with a full bar and menu running through the night\, about ten minutes up Highway 1 from Morro Bay. Free\, no cover\, every Wednesday. \nFor more open mics and live music up and down the coast\, see what is happening on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/open-mic-night-schooners-cayucos/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Schooners\, 171 N Ocean Ave.\, Cayucos\, 93430\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T213000
DTSTAMP:20260806T021130Z
CREATED:20260706T202717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T021130Z
UID:10008534-1790191800-1790199000@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Jukebox Bingo at Sammy J's
DESCRIPTION:Jukebox Bingo turns Wednesday nights into a singalong at Sammy J’s\nIn downtown Morro Bay. Sammy J’s runs Jukebox Bingo every Wednesday at 7:30 PM\, the Irish American pub’s signature midweek mashup where the bingo card is filled with songs instead of numbers. Hosted by Leslie\, the game plays exactly how it sounds: the music plays\, you mark the song on your card when you recognize it\, and the singing along takes care of itself\, “sing\, mark\, win\,” as the house puts it. The pub calls the game Biongó\, and the shamrock-green branding tells you how seriously they take the fun. \nThe formula has made Wednesday one of the pub’s best nights: great food and cold drinks from the full menu\, a room that gets louder and happier as the rounds roll\, and awesome prizes for the winners. Because the game runs on recognizing songs rather than trivia knowledge\, every table competes on even footing\, from the regulars to whoever wandered in off Morro Bay Boulevard\, and the singalong factor means even a losing card is a good time. \nSammy J’s at 400 Morro Bay Blvd has quickly stacked its weekly calendar into downtown’s most reliable run of free weeknight entertainment\, with bingo on Wednesdays alongside its trivia\, karaoke\, and open mic nights. Free to play\, no reservations needed\, and arriving for dinner ahead of the 7:30 start claims the good tables before the cards go out. \nFor karaoke\, trivia\, and the rest of the week’s lineup around the bay\, see what is happening on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/sammy-js-jukebox-bingo/2026-09-23/
LOCATION:Sammy J’s Irish Pub\, 400 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Nightlife
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T143000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184600Z
CREATED:20260823T202901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184600Z
UID:10008883-1790247600-1790260200@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Lunch Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:Live music with lunch\, every single day\, on the Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio.\nThe all-outdoor fish market beside the North T-pier runs live music daily\, and the lunch set goes 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, every day the market is open\, straight through the end of the year. Order at the counter\, take a table on the water\, and the soundtrack to your fish and chips is a working local musician a few feet away\, with the fleet tied up alongside and the occasional otter cracking its own lunch off the dock. \nThe rotating cast is a who’s who of Central Coast regulars: Ena Luiz-Belo holds most Mondays\, Mark Welch most Wednesdays\, and Lance Robison most Fridays\, with Daniel Haller\, Out of the Blue\, Vince Warner\, Jeff Blancard\, Brucematics\, the Irish Hills Trio\, Richie Blue Band\, Teri Barnes 2nd Wind\, and more filling the week. Different player\, same policy: music with the meal\, no ticket\, no fuss. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, through December 31 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; some days one act plays straight through the afternoon)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nLunch on the dock comes with a band in this town; what the evenings come with is all on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-lunch-sets/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T231822Z
CREATED:20260730T174200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T231822Z
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SUMMARY:Love of Nature Exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay
DESCRIPTION:Love of Nature at Art Center Morro Bay\nArt Center Morro Bay hangs its fall exhibit\, Love of Nature\, from September 17 through November 2 at 835 Main St\, the downtown gallery with the Rock mural on its wall. The subject is the one every local lives inside and every visitor drives Highway 1 to find: the ocean\, the bay\, the marshes\, the mountains\, and the plants and wildlife of the Central Coast\, seen through the individual styles of the region’s artists. \nExpect familiar scenes rendered with personal feeling\, alongside imaginative and abstract takes that treat the coastline as a starting point rather than a postcard. The range is the point. One wall might hold the estuary at low tide in careful detail while the next abstracts the same water into color and motion\, and the show rewards moving slowly enough to notice how differently each artist answers the same landscape. In a fast-moving stretch of the year\, a room full of work about tidelines\, back-bay light\, and coastal wildlife is a standing invitation to slow down. \nAn opening reception runs Sunday\, September 21\, from 2 to 4 PM\, the best chance to meet the artists whose names hang beside the work. The Art Center has anchored this corner of Main Street since the Morro Bay Art Association formed in 1951\, still volunteer-run and still mounting a full slate of exhibits each year\, and a stop here pairs naturally with the galleries and shops within a couple of blocks. \nAutumn fills in fast around town; the rest of the season’s openings\, music\, and outings are gathered on the event calendar. \nImage: Ken Christensen
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/love-of-nature-exhibit/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Art Center Morro Bay\, 835 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T150000
DTSTAMP:20260826T183951Z
CREATED:20260826T183951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T183951Z
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SUMMARY:Habitat Walk: Marina Boardwalk Salt Marsh
DESCRIPTION:Biologist Faylla Chapman leads a free salt marsh habitat walk from the Marina Boardwalk in Morro Bay State Park.\nA slow mile through the salt marsh and mudflats off the Marina Boardwalk\, focused on the estuary itself: how it formed\, how it keeps changing\, and how the marsh plants feed the migratory birds\, marine mammals\, and everything else that depends on this water. Flat\, boardwalk-friendly\, and open to all experience levels; it’s the back bay explained by someone who reads it fluently. \nWhere: Morro Bay State Park Marina\, State Park Road\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Thursday\, September 24\, 2026\, 1:00 to 3:00 PM\nWho: Morro Coast Audubon Society\nCost: Free; registration required\nGood to know: Small group; request registration through the MCAS site and wait for email confirmation \nMore Information \nUnderstanding the marsh changes every walk after it; where the next one leads is on the full Morro Bay events calendar. \nPhoto Credit: MCAS website | “Morro Bay Marina [photo by Robbie Revel]”
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/salt-marsh-habitat-walk-sep/
LOCATION:Morro Bay State Park Marina\, 10 State Park Road\, Morro Bay\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:FREE,Guided Bird Walk,Outdoors,Wildlife & Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T163000
DTSTAMP:20260601T032515Z
CREATED:20260601T032515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T032515Z
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SUMMARY:Morro Bay Thursday Farmers' Market
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday afternoon\, the parking lot at Spencer’s Fresh Markets fills with the SLO County Farmers Market Association’s midweek market.\nFarmers come from as far south as Goleta\, as far east as Delano\, and up from Salinas\, so the produce table runs deep: stone fruit and berries in summer\, citrus and greens in the cooler months\, plus flowers\, eggs\, and prepared food. It smells like the ocean and stocks like the valley. \nIt’s an easy stop\, right off Highway 1 at 2650 Main Street\, and it runs year-round. Bring a bag and cash for the vendors who prefer it. \nFor more markets\, tastings\, and good food around town\, see what’s coming up on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/morro-bay-thursday-farmers-market/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Spencer’s Fresh Markets parking lot\, 2650 Main Street\, Morro Bay\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Markets & Shopping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T200000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184535Z
CREATED:20260823T203349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184535Z
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SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Afternoon Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon set carries Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio from 3:00 PM to closing time\, daily.\nWhen the lunch player packs up\, the afternoon act takes over\, 3:00 PM to close\, and plays the harbor toward sunset. Closing time is 7:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday through October\, then an hour earlier in winter\, which means the last set of the day ends with the light going gold behind the Rock more often than not. \nMichael Campbell practically owns the Thursday and Friday close\, Donny Rugebregt holds Tuesdays\, and the rest of the week rotates through Out of the Blue\, Jamie Penneley\, Matt Brown\, Roger Perry\, Ben Cooke\, Cristal Ship\, Peter Emerson\, Bill Reiland\, and company. Wednesdays belong to Cigar Box Ray\, who has his own listing worth reading. No cover charge posted\, ever; just order\, sit\, and stay through one more song. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 3:00 PM to close\, through December 31 (Wednesdays covered under the Cigar Box Ray listing; music ends 3:00 PM on Nov 25 and Dec 24; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nSunset with a set list is the Dockside Too specialty; every other way to close a day here is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-afternoon-sets/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260712T002503Z
CREATED:20260712T002503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260712T002503Z
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SUMMARY:Tunes at Tidelands
DESCRIPTION:Free Thursday concerts at Tidelands Park\nTunes at Tidelands is the City’s free Thursday evening concert series at Tidelands Park on the south Embarcadero\, running across four Thursdays in September. Bring a chair\, bring a picnic\, bring the dog. \nHosted by the City of Morro Bay’s Recreation Services in partnership with the Morro Bay Active Adults 55+ program. Free\, family-friendly\, on the lawn with the bay at your back. \nFor more nights worth showing up for\, browse the event calendar. \nphoto credit: https://www.morrobayca.gov/1079/Tunes-at-Tidelands
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/tunes-at-tidelands-2026/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Tidelands Park\, 1275 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,FREE,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260726T224345Z
CREATED:20260726T224345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260726T224345Z
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SUMMARY:Nearby: 🎶 Song-A-Thon Playoffs at Schooners
DESCRIPTION:Songwriters battle for cash at the Schooners Song-A-Thon Playoffs\nIn Cayucos\, up the coast. The Song-A-Thon Playoffs take over Schooners on Thursday\, July 30\, a bracket-style original-song contest where eight to ten solo songwriters play their own material\, the audience ranks each round\, and judges crown a champion. Doors open at 6 PM\, the first round starts at 7\, and awards land at 9\, with a $250 cash top prize and gift cards down the board. Free to attend\, upstairs from the beach at 171 North Ocean Avenue. \nThe format is what makes it: original songs only\, head-to-head rounds\, and an audience with real power over who advances\, which turns a listening night into a participation sport. The county keeps a deep bench of working songwriters\, and a cash prize on a competition bracket brings out both the polished regulars and the wildcard entries that make these nights unpredictable in the best way. \nSong-A-Thon runs the last Thursday of every month at Schooners\, so a good night here can become a habit. The full bar and menu run through the rounds\, and Cayucos sits about ten minutes up Highway 1 from Morro Bay\, an easy Thursday drive for a night of brand-new songs. \nFor more songwriter nights and Nearby Happenings up the coast\, see what is coming up on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/song-a-thon-schooners/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Schooners\, 171 N Ocean Ave.\, Cayucos\, 93430\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T230000
DTSTAMP:20260706T205140Z
CREATED:20260706T202328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T205140Z
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SUMMARY:Karaoke Night at Sammy J's
DESCRIPTION:Grab the mic every Thursday for karaoke night at Sammy J’s\nIn downtown Morro Bay. Sammy J’s Irish American Pub runs karaoke every Thursday night at 8 PM\, a free weekly standby for anyone who wants to sing\, cheer on their friends\, or just settle in with a pint and enjoy the show. The downtown pub on Morro Bay Boulevard makes an easy midweek stop\, and karaoke night is where the room loosens up and the regulars turn out. \nSammy J’s is the Irish American pub in the heart of downtown\, pouring cold pints with a full kitchen and a friendly\, low-key feel. Thursday karaoke fits the room perfectly: no cover\, no pressure\, just a signup sheet and whoever is brave enough to take the mic. Whether you are a belter with a signature song or you are there strictly to watch\, it is a reliable weeknight good time. \nCome early to grab a table\, order some food\, and put your name in. The night runs on the energy of whoever shows up\, so the more the merrier. For more nightlife\, live music\, and weekly happenings around the bay\, see what is coming up on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/sammy-js-karaoke-night/2026-09-24/
LOCATION:Sammy J’s Irish Pub\, 400 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Nightlife
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T190000
DTSTAMP:20260723T020556Z
CREATED:20260723T020556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260723T020556Z
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SUMMARY:Nearby: Central Coast Writers' Conference at Cuesta College
DESCRIPTION:The Central Coast Writers’ Conference marks 42 years at Cuesta College\nOn the Cuesta College campus\, on Highway 1 between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. The Central Coast Writers’ Conference returns Friday and Saturday\, September 25 and 26 for its 42nd year\, two full days under the theme Say Yes! that bring writers of every background and experience level together with an accomplished faculty of authors\, editors\, and publishing professionals. Named Best Conference in the West by Writers Magazine\, CCWC has grown into one of the region’s genuine literary institutions\, and its lecturers and attendees draw heavily from Morro Bay\, Los Osos\, and the surrounding coast. \nFriday opens with optional morning master classes (separate fee) on craft topics from story structure to poetry to fight scenes\, then rolls into afternoon breakout sessions\, a meet-and-greet social hour with music\, appetizers\, and wine\, and a 6 PM keynote from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry titled The Power of Yes! Saturday runs a full day of breakout sessions and panels\, a continental breakfast with the presenters\, a lunchtime author-signing mingle near the bookstore\, and a 5:30 PM closing keynote with Christine Fairchild. Topics range from audiobooks and author websites to publishing after 50 and the AI questions every working writer is weighing. \nRegistration is $325 through September 24\, rising to $375 for day-of walk-ins\, with sign-up through Cuesta Community Programs. A teen writing program and volunteer opportunities run alongside the main conference. The Highway 1 campus is an easy 15-minute drive from Morro Bay\, and the two-day format rewards committing to both. \nFor more workshops\, talks\, and Nearby Happenings along the corridor\, see what is coming up on the event calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/central-coast-writers-conference-2026/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Cuesta College\, San Luis Obispo\, CA\, 93403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Community,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T143000
DTSTAMP:20260826T184600Z
CREATED:20260823T202901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T184600Z
UID:10008884-1790334000-1790346600@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Lunch Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:Live music with lunch\, every single day\, on the Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio.\nThe all-outdoor fish market beside the North T-pier runs live music daily\, and the lunch set goes 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, every day the market is open\, straight through the end of the year. Order at the counter\, take a table on the water\, and the soundtrack to your fish and chips is a working local musician a few feet away\, with the fleet tied up alongside and the occasional otter cracking its own lunch off the dock. \nThe rotating cast is a who’s who of Central Coast regulars: Ena Luiz-Belo holds most Mondays\, Mark Welch most Wednesdays\, and Lance Robison most Fridays\, with Daniel Haller\, Out of the Blue\, Vince Warner\, Jeff Blancard\, Brucematics\, the Irish Hills Trio\, Richie Blue Band\, Teri Barnes 2nd Wind\, and more filling the week. Different player\, same policy: music with the meal\, no ticket\, no fuss. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM\, through December 31 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas; some days one act plays straight through the afternoon)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nLunch on the dock comes with a band in this town; what the evenings come with is all on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-lunch-sets/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T231822Z
CREATED:20260730T174200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T231822Z
UID:10008606-1790337600-1790352000@hellomorrobay.com
SUMMARY:Love of Nature Exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay
DESCRIPTION:Love of Nature at Art Center Morro Bay\nArt Center Morro Bay hangs its fall exhibit\, Love of Nature\, from September 17 through November 2 at 835 Main St\, the downtown gallery with the Rock mural on its wall. The subject is the one every local lives inside and every visitor drives Highway 1 to find: the ocean\, the bay\, the marshes\, the mountains\, and the plants and wildlife of the Central Coast\, seen through the individual styles of the region’s artists. \nExpect familiar scenes rendered with personal feeling\, alongside imaginative and abstract takes that treat the coastline as a starting point rather than a postcard. The range is the point. One wall might hold the estuary at low tide in careful detail while the next abstracts the same water into color and motion\, and the show rewards moving slowly enough to notice how differently each artist answers the same landscape. In a fast-moving stretch of the year\, a room full of work about tidelines\, back-bay light\, and coastal wildlife is a standing invitation to slow down. \nAn opening reception runs Sunday\, September 21\, from 2 to 4 PM\, the best chance to meet the artists whose names hang beside the work. The Art Center has anchored this corner of Main Street since the Morro Bay Art Association formed in 1951\, still volunteer-run and still mounting a full slate of exhibits each year\, and a stop here pairs naturally with the galleries and shops within a couple of blocks. \nAutumn fills in fast around town; the rest of the season’s openings\, music\, and outings are gathered on the event calendar. \nImage: Ken Christensen
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/love-of-nature-exhibit/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Art Center Morro Bay\, 835 Main St\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art & Culture
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SUMMARY:🎶 Live Music: Afternoon Sets at Dockside Too
DESCRIPTION:The afternoon set carries Tognazzini’s Dockside Too patio from 3:00 PM to closing time\, daily.\nWhen the lunch player packs up\, the afternoon act takes over\, 3:00 PM to close\, and plays the harbor toward sunset. Closing time is 7:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday through October\, then an hour earlier in winter\, which means the last set of the day ends with the light going gold behind the Rock more often than not. \nMichael Campbell practically owns the Thursday and Friday close\, Donny Rugebregt holds Tuesdays\, and the rest of the week rotates through Out of the Blue\, Jamie Penneley\, Matt Brown\, Roger Perry\, Ben Cooke\, Cristal Ship\, Peter Emerson\, Bill Reiland\, and company. Wednesdays belong to Cigar Box Ray\, who has his own listing worth reading. No cover charge posted\, ever; just order\, sit\, and stay through one more song. \nWhere: Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\nWhen: Daily\, 3:00 PM to close\, through December 31 (Wednesdays covered under the Cigar Box Ray listing; music ends 3:00 PM on Nov 25 and Dec 24; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas)\nGood to know: All seating is outdoors and first come; the patio is dog friendly; schedule provided by the venue and subject to change \nMore Information \nSunset with a set list is the Dockside Too specialty; every other way to close a day here is on the full Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/dockside-too-afternoon-sets/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Tognazzini’s Dockside Too\, 1235 Embarcadero\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Food & Drink,Live Music
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SUMMARY:🍿 Tony at the Bay Theatre (matinee showing)
DESCRIPTION:Tony\, the young Anthony Bourdain story\, runs afternoon showings at the Bay Theatre in downtown Morro Bay.\nMatt Johnson directs Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) as a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain thrown into the chaos of a Provincetown restaurant kitchen for the summer that shaped everything after: before the books\, before the television years\, the origin of the cook who taught a generation how to eat and pay attention. The theatre’s own billing says it best: nobody did it like him. Rated R\, 1 hour 41 minutes. A kitchen coming-of-age story lands a little differently in a town where the fish comes off the boats a few blocks from the theater\, and the matinee walks you out into a waterfront full of working kitchens just starting service. \n \nWhere: Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\nWhen: September 25 through 30; Friday\, Saturday\, Tuesday\, and Wednesday at 4:30 PM; Sunday\, September 27 at 1:30 and 4:00 PM; dark Monday\, September 28\nCost: $10 \nMore Information \nAn afternoon with young Bourdain earns the dinner that follows; the rest of the week’s plans are on the Morro Bay events calendar.
URL:https://hellomorrobay.com/event/tony-the-bay-theatre-matinee/2026-09-25/
LOCATION:Bay Theatre\, 464 Morro Bay Blvd\, Morro Bay\, CA\, 93442\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movie Time
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