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Fireworks Shows In the Monterey Bay Area.

2016-07-02T10:00:00.001-07:00

Where Are They Having Fireworks In The Monterey Area

Okay as many of you know not too many cities are actually having a real live fireworks show this year. You know pyrotechnic, Bombs being shot into the air to explode in all their glory. Basically what we all did as kids on Fourth of July. A lot of things have led to this but mainly the cities got out of it due to cost and drought and fire danger. So where do you go if you actually want to see a real fireworks show in the Monterey Bay Area?

What Monterey Bay Area Cities Are Having Fireworks Displays?

Salinas Ca. - Salinas is actually allowing safe and sane fireworks this year after having the ban in place for a couple of years. However they are not having the annual fireworks show provided by the city at the Rodeo Grounds.

Seaside Ca.- The festivities are from 4:30 to 10pm on July 4th. There will be live music arts and crafts for the kids and the fireworks will start at 9:30 pm get there early to get a good spot. Seaside Fireworks

Greenfield Ca - Greenfield will be having a fireworks show at approximately 9:00 PM at Patriot Park. The event starts at 5:00PM and goes until 9:30PM it sounds like a pretty great event. Greenfield Fireworks.

Soledad Ca - Soledad is having a fireworks display on the Fourth of July along with a whole lot of other fun events. Soledad fireworks info. Every year it seems as if Soledad's event might not happen and then in the end it always does. Good Job Soledad.

Gilroy Ca. - gilroy is having it's annual free Fourth of July fireworks show at the Gilroy High School at dusk. Last year this show was pretty amazing.

Scotts Valley Ca. - Scotts Valley will be having a fireworks show on the Fourth of July. This is the only Fireworks show in Santa Cruz County. So that's a choice if you live anywhere in the Santa Cruz area.

So, there you have the list you can either go check out the fireworks show down in Greenfield which is great if you work or live in South Monterey County or for whatever reason. Or choose from one of the other cities close to you.

New Hostel Coming to the Monterey Bay Area

2013-10-19T08:00:00.005-07:00

There is A New Hostel Coming To The Monterey Area
Hostelling International is building a new Monterey area hostel. They have all ready had the open house and are just waiting to retrofit a group of previously used military buildings on the former Fort Ord to be used as the the latest Monterey area Hostel. This hostel will be located in a great spot near the 8th and Giggling trailheads which is great for cyclists and also not too far from the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail which is great because you can easily get to Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, or Carmel on the Recreation Trail.

Hostelling International

Hostelling International currently has 27 youth Hostels located on the California West Coast and the Canadian West Coast so it is possible to basically Hostel hop your way from San Diego California to Whistler in Canada. Check out CALITRIPPING It's the blog of a guy who travels from Canada to California by way of all the hostels that are available. If you time it right you can start out surfing and finish your trip Snowboarding in Whistler. In a future post I will list all the Hostels and their locations to help make a trip like this possible.
I am very happy to see another youth hostel in the Monterey area because the one in Monterey gets filled up quite often. Youth Hostel is kind of a misnomer in a name because people of all ages are welcome to stay in Youth Hostels around the world.
Monterey Youth Hostel, a photo by Vineyard Adventures on Flickr.

The Monterey Jazz Festival Is Back

2013-09-01T13:47:00.001-07:00

The Monterey Jazz Festival is Back
The 2019 Monterey Jazz Festival is the 62nd Annual Monterey Jazz festival. So needless to say the folks at the Monterey Jazz Festival have been doing this for awhile and know how to put on a good show. The Jazz Festival dates are Sept 27 - 29 2019. The Monterey Jazz Festival will feature over 500 artists performing on 8 stages nonstop for 3 nights and 2 days. These aren't just any old jazz musicians either they are the best in the business.

Book Your Jazz Festival Hotel Now

What I like about this venue is you have all these Jazz greats in this small area so you are guaranteed to get a chance to see the artists that you want to see even if the schedule is pretty tight since the venues are so close together.

Voted Best Jazz Fest
This event was voted the World's Best Jazz Festival By JazzTimes Magazine readers in 2006, 2007, 2008. What more can you ask for these are the people that know their jazz.

2019 Musicians At Monterey Jazz Festival

Dianna Krall
Snarky Puppy
Kriss Botti
Bob James
Marcus Miller
David Sanborn
Eliane Elias
Kenny Baron
Christian McBride Big Band
David Holland Allison Miller
Derrick Hodge
Jazzmeia Horn
Larkin Poe
Cha Wa
Candy Dulfer
Tank and the Bangas

These Are Just a Few of The 500 Artists at The Monterey Jazz Fest.

So as you can see this is a pretty eclectic bunch of artists from several different generations of Jazz all in one place over one weekend in Monterey what can be better than that?

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