Press Releases
2004 Calendar of Events - Cannery Row and Monterey, Ca
February 2-8
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Pebble Beach
www.attpbgolf.com
The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is a 72-hole PGA Tour golf championship with 180 top tour professionals and 180 star-studded celebrity amateurs competing head-to-head at this year's event.
Saturday, May 1st
Cannery Row Block Party
Cannery Row
www.canneryrow.com
A neighborhood block party celebration of all Cannery Row businesses from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Music, entertainment, demonstrations, and product sampling. Free to the public.
Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2
Road & Track Invitational
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
www.laguna-seca.com/
This world-class invitational opens the racing season in high style. Previous invitationals have featured historic stock cars, vintage Can-Am cars and GTP and historic GTP cars.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 25-27
Monterey Bay Blues Festival
Monterey Fairgrounds
www.montereyblues.com
Three stages of matchless blues and R&B, presented by a festival dedicated to preserving this unique American art form. The Festival includes 56 acts during three days of music on three stages.
Saturday, July 10th
Race Night on the Row
Cannery Row
www.canneryrow.com
Cannery Row comes alive with live entertainment and the street becomes a cruise for hundreds of top of the line motorcycles. Street closure except for cruising and parking motorcycles from 6:00-10:00 p.m. Free to the public.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday July 9-11
Honda Superbike Classic
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
www.laguna-seca.com
Laguna Seca is the home of world-class motorcycle racing in the United States and this is the show where it all happens. The event features the SBK World Superbike Championship and AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship together on the same track on the same weekend.
Sunday, August 15
54th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach
www.pebblebeachconcours.net
This spectacular event exhibits some of the most unique prewar and postwar marques along with the latest in concept car designs.
September TBA
Grand Prix of Monterey
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
www.laguna-seca.com
The 2004 Mazda Raceway season includes the fastest cars around the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course with the return of the CART Champ Car Series headlining the Grand Prix of Monterey weekend.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 17-19
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey
www.montereyjazzfestival.org
Nonstop jazz at the oldest continuous jazz festival in the world. Top names in jazz, plus colorful gifts, food, jazz photo/art exhibits, jazz clinics/seminars and more.
TBA
Cherry's Jubilee
Cannery Row
www.canneryrow.com
Street closed except for cruising and parking by registered vehicles Cherry's Jubilee Hot Rods. Benefits Salinas Valley Community Hospital Foundation. Free to the public.
October TBA
U.S. Sports Car Invitational
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
www.laguna-seca.com
This world-class sports car race closes the 2004 racing season in high style.
TBA
Big Sur Half Marathon/Run Forest Run
www.canneryrow.com
Mdramatic coastline is the scenery for the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. "Run Forrest Run 5k," which begins and ends on Cannery Row. The course is a scenic loop that circles along Ocean View Boulevard, and ends at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Entrants will also have a "soundtrack" during the race, as entertainment will be provided along the course. Pre and post run activities will abound for the children, along with post race refreshments for entrants sponsored by Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. The event is presented by the Big Sur Marathon and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and proceeds will benefit local charities. For more information, call (831) 625-6226 or visit the Big Sur 1/2 Marathon Website at www.bigsurhalfmarthon.org.
Friday, November 26th
Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
www.canneryrow.com
The holidays come alive on Cannery Row with a season full of spirit and festivities. Cannery Row will be transformed into a glowing enchanted wonderland with music, warmth, dazzling lights and decorations. The tree lighting ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. and is free to the public.
for more information please visit www.canneryrow.com
About Cannery Row
Cannery Row was made famous in John Steinbeck's classic novel depicting life in the "the sardine capital of the world." Today, Cannery Row is a beautiful waterfront playground where visitors from all over the world seek a California getaway as authentic as the coast itself. Cannery Row was named “One of the Seven Wonders of Monterey County” by the Monterey County Herald readers. Cannery Row remains a treasure of California's Central Coast, where a discovery awaits every type of visitor. For more information, visit the official Cannery Row website at www.canneryrow.com.