The weekend of September 25-27, Monterey Marriott Hotel invites you to soak in the best Monterey has to offer with our Monterey Bay Virtual Jazz Festival Drive-In Package, which includes entrance to the Drive-In 63rd Annual Jazz Festival at the Monterey Fairgrounds.

Enjoy an incredible lineup of new and previously unreleased archival performances from the Monterey Jazz Festival followed by Clint Eastwood's films True Crime on Friday and Play Misty for Me on Saturday. Two-night minimum stay required. For more information, visit our website . Monterey Marriott Hotel is located at 350 Calle Principal.

Escape Room 831 now has Kids Against Maturity available in its online game store! Kids Against Maturity is a family-friendly version of the hit game Cards Against Humanity . With over 500 cards, there's an endless supply of age-appropriate, outrageously funny combinations that can be enjoyed by everyone in the family, and it's so portable it can be played anytime in any place.

Order your game online from Escape Room 831 and arrange for curbside pick-up at 599 Lighthouse Avenue, or for local delivery.

The Monterey trolley returns! This free service will operate June 25 - September 5, 10am-6pm daily. Park in the Downtown Monterey Garage (340 Tyler), Cannery Row Garage (601 Foam), or the Waterfront Lot (245 Washington) and get a free ride to all of your favorite attractions including the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, the Lighthouse District, Downtown Old Monterey, and Old Fisherman's Wharf.

Here's a tentative list of some events that will be coming back to Downtown Campbell in 2022.

Most of you have probably heard that the State of California and Monterey County lifted the indoor mask mandate on February 16 for people who are vaccinated for Covid.**

This means that, as of February 16, businesses in Downtown Old Monterey are not required to enforce masking and social distancing for anyone who's been vaccinated. Keep in mind that they can still request that everyone wear a mask while on their premises.

Please remember that each small business is run by someone who has a family and is dealing with challenges that you can't see. If a business is still requiring everyone to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status, they surely have a good reason for doing so.

Please help us by being your most compassionate and understanding self. If wearing a mask is not something you're willing to do, just take your money to another business until their rules change.

What if you want to keep wearing a mask? If you're vaccinated but still want to wear a mask, you're allowed to do so regardless of what other people are doing around you.

**Not vaccinated? Please keep your mask on indoors. Want to get vaccinated and/or boosted? You can make an appointment here.

The State of California has extended its indoor mask mandate through at least February 15. This is in light of the fact that California’s 7-day average of daily new Covid-19 cases almost doubled between Dec 31 and Jan 5. In other words: the omicron variant is here and it is very busy.

Please wear a high-quality mask over your nose and mouth and stay safe, everyone. You can find information on where to get Covid vaccines and boosters in Monterey County here .

All our Lighthouse District businesses remain open, and many offer options for people wishing to be more cautious, including take-out service from restaurants and curbside pick-up and shipping from many retail shops.

A special thanks from all of us to all of you - our valued customers and friends - for continuing to support our local, family-owned businesses!

Throughout the state of California, face masks are required to be worn indoors in public spaces beginning Wednesday, December 15. This is in response to a 47% increase in Covid case rates in the state since Thanksgiving and a rise in hospitalizations. For details on the mandate, please read this press release from the California Department of Public Health .

This mandate is scheduled to last at least until January 15. We in Downtown Old Monterey thank you for your patience and your continued support of our small, locally-owned businesses this holiday season.

Throughout Monterey County, face masks will be required to be worn indoors in public spaces beginning Friday, November 5. This is because Monterey County has reached the "substantial" community transmission level of Covid-19 according to the CDC. For details, please read this short article in Monterey County Weekly by Pam Marino.

There are some exceptions to the mask mandate, all covered in the article . These exceptions include indoor dining, situations in which a mask would "impede a medical or cosmetic procedure," or at a meeting where all vaccinated people have shown proof of vaccination (unvaccinated people still have to wear masks).

We thank you for your patience, your compassion in these unusual times, and your continued support of Downtown Old Monterey's small, locally-owned businesses.