Aug 22 Friday
Kick-off your weekend with a fun evening at Claiborne & Churchill! Every Friday June through September enjoy live music by local artists, delicious food and great wine! Entrance is free, simply pay for what you consume.Reservations are not required, but are highly recommended. We are only able to guarantee spots and food for guests that have made a reservation in advance.
Concerts in the Plaza takes place every Friday night through September 12 at Mission Plaza in Downtown San Luis Obispo, with free live music from 5 to 8 pm.
Aug 23 Saturday
The Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair is a community tradition that has thrived for over 30 years in the city of Grover Beach. Each August, the Clark Center gathers staff, volunteers, sponsors, and donors to cook up a stew of great music, food, crafts and wares to share with the community. It's a showcase of amazing talent. From local crafts to world treasures and a wide variety of food, beer, wine, and beverage options, the Street Fair brings vendors from across the Central Coast and beyond to the streets surrounding the Festival.
Explore the Beach Like Never Before with NatureTrack Trax Accessibility Program! NatureTrack Foundation is making beaches and trails more accessible by offering monthly outings where individuals can experience the outdoors using the Freedom Trax device. This innovative mobility solution transforms a manual wheelchair into an all-terrain power chair, enabling greater independence and adventure in nature.In addition to the monthly outings, NatureTrack also offers the Freedom Trax for people to borrow free of charge, allowing individuals to take the device on their own outdoor adventures at no cost.Discover how you can take part in these accessible experiences at NatureTrack.org.
Art Center Morro Bay presents “Everyday Common Things”, a MBAA members only exhibit, celebrating the often-overlooked objects and moments of daily life. This theme challenges artists to transform the mundane-simple objects, outings, or familiar scenes into works of art that reveal their hidden significance or charm. By capturing the essence of the ordinary, artists can invite viewers to see the world around them in new and unexpected ways, finding inspiration and the creativity in the simplicity of everyday life.
In addition, Central Coast Artists Collective presents, The Painter’s Group juried annual Brushstrokes exhibit along with “Off the Wall”, the Central Coast Sculptors exhibit. Brushstrokes 2025, a California-wide non-themed annual juried exhibition, showcases a diverse array of artistic expression across various painting mediums, including acrylic, oil, pastel, watercolor, encaustic, digital, and collage.
Exhibition schedule is August 7th to September 15th with theArtist’s Reception on Sunday, August 9th from 2 to 4 pm.
Choreographer, Lisa Deyo, draws from a mix of ballet, jazz, modern and musical theater to tell human stories brimming with emotion. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy professional concert dance for free. Make your reservation at DEYODANCE.
Aug 24 Sunday
Join us at the historic Bay Theatre for an evening of surf and earth-inspired films. We'll be featuring multiple award winning film The Road to Patagonia, an inspiring story of surf, adventure, and love—the love of two people, of humanity, and for the earth. The Road to Patagonia won the Best Film and Best Documentary at the Byron Bay International Film Festival, the Audience Choice awards at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and Florida Surf Film Festival.—We're also showcasing Para Siempre Coco, a short 8mm surf and travel film documented and scored by local surfers Sequoia Wade-Dunleavy and Scott Smith.—And we're showing Morro Bay High School Film Festival winner Trashman by Eli Waldman and Thomas Standridge, an ecological short story about trash filmed on the Central Coast. We'll have local wine, beer, and cider and slices from Pizza Port to purchase at the event—and a chance to win 2 nights at Treebones Resort and 1 dinner at the Lodge Restaurant in Big Sur.The proceeds will go towards serving our most vulnerable neighbors.