The Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club presents Brighten the Harbor , a lighted boat parade. Watch boats beautifully decorated for the holidays cruise along the Monterey Coast.

All are cordially invited to the Historic Downtown Monterey Traditional Tree Lighting Celebration on Friday, December 6, 5pm-6pm. Join us on the lawn in front of Colton Hall to share in this much-loved holiday event.

Enjoy cookies, cider, live music and caroling, and the lighting of the tree to bring in the holiday season.

Enjoy a free Memorial Day Concert for all ages on the lawn in front of Colton Hall and Monterey City Hall on Monday, May 27.

At 1pm, the Latin Jazz Collective will begin the festivities. At 2pm, the full 40-piece Monterey County Pops! orchestra , conducted and hosted by Dr. Carl Christensen, will perform a selection of popular, patriotic, and Americana music.

Enjoy a free classical piano concert in Downtown Old Monterey! The Concert Truck is coming to the Farmers Market at Old Monterey Marketplace (on the 300 block of Alvarado Street) on Tuesday, October 8, 4pm-7pm. Bring the whole family.

Impassioned by their love for music, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano.

Come in for On The Beach's annual Costume Contest during the Children's Trick-or-Treat on Lighthouse , 2pm-5pm. We'll take a photo of everyone coming in to the shop in costume and post it on the On The Beach Facebook page . Vote for your favorite costumes and the top three winners will get prizes.

Current Comics is hosting a Halloween ComicFest on Saturday, October 26, 11am-7pm, featuring a big bowl of candy and free comics to give to kids and parents.

We'll also have a sidewalk sale, 11am-5pm, with Pokemon cards, LEGO mini figures, bargain plush toys, framed Disney lithographs, and 50% off select comics.

In honor of Halloween, the City of Monterey presents a free Trunk-or-Treat and Movie in the Park on the lawn of Colton Hall.

The walk-through trunk-or-treat will be held 5pm-6:30pm. Our feature film, Hotel Transylvania (2012), will begin at 6:30pm. Come dressed in costume.

Before Movie in the Park: Jumanji at Scholze Park on Saturday, stop by Current Comics, located only a half block away, to celebrate Batman Day.

They'll have free activity sheets, 11am-7pm, while supplies last, and a great collection of Batman comics for sale for all ages, including a reprint of the story that started it all in 1939.

Monterey Firefighters Community Foundation presents a free screening of the film Shrek on the lawn of Colton Hall at 5:30pm. See fire engines up close, meet your local Monterey firefighters, and enjoy complimentary popcorn and cotton candy. Don't forget to bring chairs or a blanket to sit on!

Monterey Public Library Friends and Foundation is holding a Used Book Sale on Saturday, September 28, 10am-2pm, in the foyer of the Library. You'll find gently used books across all genres. Proceeds will benefit Monterey Public Library.

Join the City of Monterey in celebrating the opening of the Pat Hathaway Memorial Exhibition on Thursday, August 29, 5pm-7pm at Colton Hall Museum. Free and open to the public.

This exhibit celebrates the life and photo collection of the late Pat Hathaway, featuring historical images of Monterey, c.1870-1950, collected and preserved by Pat over the course of 50 years. The exhibit will run through Sept 29.