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First Night Monterey 2021 Goes Virtual

Posted on December 18th, 2020 by omba

Ring in the New Year with First Night Monterey 2021, the virtual edition! This special free program for New Year’s Eve will feature music, art, dance, and poetry from around the country for the whole family on Thursday, December 31, 6pm-12am. Kids' Night Out activities begin at 3pm. Visit our page on YouTube to view all the fun.

Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot bring our community together in the traditional way that brings joy to so many. But we can come together online to share the holiday, make our resolutions for the New Year, and ring in 2021 with the hope, unity, and optimism we are all ready to embrace.

First Night Monterey welcomes your donations to keep this important annual event going for years to come. Make a donation of $40 - $100 and receive buttons, NYE hats, and/or party horns to celebrate the beginning of 2021. Read donation details here.

Please join Monterey County Youth Museum as we welcome in 2021 with our annual NOON Year's Eve Extravaganza on Thursday, December 31. As usual, the festivities will be fun for the whole family...but this year we'll be celebrating outdoors at the drive-in theater at Monterey County Fair Grounds, 2004 Fairground Road in Monterey. Space is limited, so buy your ticket today.

Tickets are $50 per car and include a countdown to NOON, celebration swag (a few hats and noise makers), a bag of popcorn, and a candy bar to go with our drive-in-movie, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory!

Gates will open at 11am. The countdown and the movie start at 11:50am. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch and/or additional snacks.

Raise a toast to say good-bye to 2020 and welcome the new year full of new beginnings with a New Year's Eve Three Course Dinner To-Go from Esteban Restaurant.

As a starter, you may select either potato and leek soup or roasted beet salad. For the main dish, you may enjoy: a 12 oz. prime rib dinner special with jack potato gratin, asparagus, au jus; a hearty cioppino seafood stew with mussels, clams, prawns, calamari, and crab served with garlic bread; or Mary's roasted half chicken with crispy Yukon potatoes, oyster mushrooms, and spinach. To finish this festive meal, there will be a trio of holiday petit fours.

All you have to do is pre-order. Call for further details at 831-375-0176 to reserve your to-go meal for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or New Year's Eve. Pick-up will be at Esteban Restaurant, 700 Munras Avenue in Downtown Old Monterey.

Hey friends! These prop bags are exactly what your little dancer needs for their virtual dance classes. Props are a fun way to get into the music, dance and play! Get yours today at www.DanceEffects.com/gifts.

If you want to give the gift of dance, we'll throw in one of these prop bags as a bonus for every purchase of a $100 gift certificate!

Available through December 31st!

Stuck on gifts? Blue Line Pizza is offering $50 gift cards for only $40! You can get them in person or online at bluelinepizza.com.

If pizza’s not the way you want to say “I was thinking of you (but I was also hungry at the time),” check out our gift cards directory on DowntownCampbell.com for other gift cards to Downtown Campbell shops you can pick up online.

For an limited time, we at Tessoras, are offering an exclusive, scrumptious favorite with a twist!

Come pick-up a Tessora’s Truffle Box to go!
Order and enjoy a variety of different sweet and savory cheese and chocolate truffles. We also encourage you to pair these yummy truffles with a bottle of Tessora’s wine!

We have created this yummy at home experience for you and it's also a perfect and thoughtful gift for family and friends!

Choose one or all three of our Truffle boxes:

  • Cheese Truffles $40
  • Cheese Truffles & Charcuteries $60
  • Chocolate Truffles $22

Cheese Truffle Flavors: Goat cheese with cinnamon and cranberries. Cheddar cheese with bacon and chives. Blue cheese with pecan and parsley.
Accompaniments: Fruit, honey, Rosemary Almonds and crackers

Cheese/Charcuterie Truffle Box: all of the above with the addition of Pickles, Mustard and 2 Artisan meats.

Chocolate Truffle Flavors: Mulled wine, Peppermint mocha. Salted caramel.

Order yours online or call us at 408.626.7711 to order. Tessora’s Truffle Boxes will be available starting Friday, December 18th.

Celebrate Christmas Italian style! Tutto Buono Eataliano is accepting pre-orders for our family style holiday meals to-go from now until December 22 - please call us at 831-920-1940. Pick-up will be at the restaurant on December 23, 12pm-7pm. We're located at 598 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Here are some of the delicious family style dishes we're offering: full and half pan lasagnas (cheese or meat), rigatoni or penne pasta with choice of three sauces, ravioli, arancini, eggplant parmesan, Nona’s meatballs, chicken parmesan, chicken piccata, Sicilian breaded meat, Italian sausage and polenta, Sicilian pan pizzas, salads (Caesar, Mediterranean, and Italian Chopped), and dessert (cannoli!).

Do you need a little retail therapy? For a limited time, Sahara Sun Tanning and Boutique is offering 50% off all clothing and lotions. Let us help you finish your holiday shopping!

We also have tanning specials which you can buy now and redeem when we're able to reopen our tanning services after the stay-at-home order lifts. For a limited time only, we're offering bed tans for $3 and spray tans for $10.

Sahara Sun is located at 585 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and open daily, 10am-5pm.

With the latest stay-at-home order, Your friendly neighborhood Pearl Hour has returned to being a bottle shop and bottle delivery service. We have a wonderful selection of bottled cocktails made in-house and cocktail kits with recipes as well as amaro, rare whiskeys, vermouth, mezcal, syrups, shrubs, and sodas.

Bottle Shop
In December, our bottle shop is open on Fridays and Saturdays, 12pm-4pm, when you can shop in-house or make a curbside pick-up for your online order. We are located at 214 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Bottle Delivery Service
In December, our bottle delivery service is back up and running Wednesday - Sunday. Please order online for next day delivery.

By removing three walls from one of our outdoor tents, Chic Event Rentals was able to create a drive-through Covid testing facility! This really helps expedite the testing process and protects people from the rain. We still have plenty of these tents available - please give us a call if you need one, 831-375-1055.

Chic Event Rentals is a locally-owned small business. Our showroom is located at 485 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Give the gift of safety this holiday season! Epicenter Cycling carries a wide range of helmets for mountain biking, road cycling, bike commuting, casual cruising, and pump track fun with models for adults and kids.

Keep in mind that it's important to replace a helmet every 3-5 years (depending on use) or if it’s been in a crash (whether or not there are visible cracks in it).

We invite you to check out our online guide to bike helmets for more information. Epicenter Cycling is now offering in-store shopping at 230 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and welcomes phone orders for curbside pick-up, 831-920-1804.

Pearl Hour and Plein Air Picnic present a Martini & Pâté Picnic To-Go! Place your order online before December 21 for pick-up on December 23, 12pm-4pm at Pearl Hour, 214 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

This luscious picnic for two is $45 and includes: one bottle of Perfect Martini (4 servings) with lemon and olive garnishes, chicken liver pâté, cranberry port compote, homemade crackers, pickled mustard seed, and cornichons. For an additional $10, enjoy crudités with green goddess dip.

We’ve even put together a list of our favorite places to picnic safely. (Picnic in bed!) Best of all, your order supports two local, women-owned businesses. Place your order here.

Give the gift of music! Kurt Heisig, owner of Kurt Heisig Music at 512 Polk Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is now selling great quality saxophones, flutes, and trumpets at very low prices, finished here in his shop. Kurt Heisig Music is open daily, 1pm-8pm, for in-store shopping and welcomes orders over the phone for curbside pick-up or shipping.

During the pandemic, Kurt is also offering music lessons over Zoom for woodwind and brass instruments including saxophone, clarinet, oboe, flute, trumpet, and trombone. Former students of Kurt's include Tom Politzer, a soloist with Tower of Power, and Ron McNair. For more information, please call Kurt at 831-920-1883.

As a token of appreciation to locals, and in the effort to prevent fresh beer on draft from getting too old, Alvarado Street Brewery and Grill is offering 32 oz. recyclable growler fills from our taps: $7 for light beer, $8 for everything else. We will only fill the growlers we already have onsite to keep things sanitary - please do not bring your own growler to fill. There will be no charge for the container.

Visit us at 426 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey. We're now open Wednesday-Sunday, 12pm-7pm, for curbside pick-up of food and beer, and Monday and Tuesday, 12pm-7pm, for curbside pick-up of beer only (no food).

Comanche Cellars is now offering 30% off our Holiday Two Packs with a gift box included! These make lovely gifts. Order online for curbside pick-up, free local delivery, or shipping (discount will be applied at checkout) or order at our wine room located at 412 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

There are three options:

1) Sparkling Duo
(rosé and albariño, both pét-nat)

2) Quintessential Monterey
(chardonnay and SLH pinot noir)

3) You Choose Two
(two wines of your choice - excludes reserve wines)

Is there a Comanche Cellars fan in your life? We're also offering 30% off all merchandise, including t-shirt, hats, bottle openers, and more. All merchandise is available on our website.

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