Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY MAY 21-27, 2026 www.montereycountynow.com STAND UP A good DJ—the kind whose music forces you out of your seat—is a de facto beat alchemist. DJ Seven Davis Jr. is one of those, blending house music, sometimes drenched in funk, hiphop, and trip hop, sometimes infused with gospel or jazz. He’s an artist who works in front of and behind the scenes, as a producer and ghost-writer, inspired by the greats like Stevie Wonder and Prince. He’s worked with artists such as Four Tet, Hot Chip and Moodymann, and through his own productions creates tracks that push the experimental edges of deep house. He’ll be DJ’ing all night long, so go boogie. [KR] 5pm Saturday, May 23. Compact Disco, 420 Tyler St., Monterey. $20/at the door; $10/ Monterey County residents; ages 21+. (831) 920-2518, compactdisco.org. MARIACHI KARAOKE There’s something about mariachi music—even if you don’t know the lyrics, the melodies and upbeat rhythms tell a story, unfurling a narrative through sound. Mariachi Santa Cruz has been sharing this energetic musical form throughout the Central Coast since 2009 and for this performance, invites you—yes, you—to sing along. This mariachi singalong experience features this longtime local ensemble plus Palenke Arts’ bilingual chorus, and of course the community members who participate in an uplifting, participatory night of music, tradition and fun. There will be tacos available for purchase. [SR] 7-9pm Saturday, May 23. Moose Lodge, 555 Canyon Del Rey, Del Rey Oaks. $25. (831) 706-0101, eventbrite.com. MOON FACES There are many ways to show your love for the bands that you like or admire. One of them is when top musicians gather and recreate their live albums. Classic Albums Live is coming to Monterey to perform its take on Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon. This album was one of the mostsold albums in history. It explores the human experience: transition to adulthood, death, money, insanity and so on. The musicians will take listeners back to ’70s progressive rock and play Pink Floyd’s live version to a tee, note by note, focused on musical precision. [CJ] 7pm Saturday, May 23. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $42-$96. (831) 649-1070, goldenstatetheatre.com. KISSING PRINCES Remember the video game Frogger? Jumping across the street dodging 2,000-pound virtual death machines to you—a frog—could give you a taste of what it’s like to be small and fragile, but oh-so-cool. This is what Los Angeles-based band frogluv is. Fairy tales say that frogs have a small chance of becoming a prince, so maybe someone kissed this band and the first items bandmembers found were instruments. The best way to describe their style is jazzy, freaky and folky (kind of like frogs). Don’t be misled though, they have plenty of indie-street-cred. Let’s just say if Of Montreal has a fan club, then frogluv was raised in it. [SC] 7pm Saturday, May 23. Pop & Hiss, 215 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. $5. All ages. popandhiss.net. HAIR AT HENRY’S Enchantrix Theater is moving Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical to the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur for a final and free show. The musical, which remains part of American and international repertoires since its controversial premiere in 1967, is a reference item when it comes to the hippie movement—people against war and for equality. Enchantrix is a local theater group grassrooted among HOT PICKS Monterey, where the main characters, fed up with their cannery jobs, try to become a singing duo. [AS] 7pm Friday, May 22-Saturday, May 23. Stanton Theatre, 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey. $35. (831) 664-6587, soapboxstageworks.org. GO MYSTICAL Are you interested in a Buddhist lecture? Or perhaps listening to sacred music and chants from Tibet sounds more appealing? Drepung Monastery, founded in 1416, is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries and is located on Gambo Utse mountain. A group of monk artists who represent this old tradition are visiting Carmel with their message and healing sounds. They have been traveling the world with their performances and rituals, known as Mystical Arts of Tibet, since 1988. The New York Times described them as remarkable and evoking “sacred ecstasy;” The Washington Post marveled over “a universal expression of the human subconscious.” Buddhists, mostly coming from India, first actively disseminated their practices in Tibet between the 6th and 9th centuries. [AP] 7:30pm Friday, May 22. Sunset Center, San Carlos and 9th, Carmel. Pay what you wish for lecture; $45-$75/concert. (831) 620-2048, sunsetcenter.org. Saturday, May 23 WHAT PEOPLE EAT The idea of variety in food cultures around the world appeals to most of us, especially when we are bored with our current food routine. This show saves you from a spontaneous decision to cook Julia Child’s choulibiac (a multi-layered fish and pastry pie), but will fill you with similar satisfaction. The Grocery List Show is a documentary that takes charismatic chef Chrissy Camba—once a Top Chef contender—to five food communities, introducing their specialties, including tacos árabes in Brooklyn invented by Arab immigrants to Mexico. Watch together with your own community—in the library community room. [AP] 2pm Saturday, May 23. Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St., Monterey. Free. (831) 646-3933, monterey.gov/library. BOHEMIAN TIMES Touring an exhibit can be a quiet and meditative experience but it doesn’t have to be one. Monterey Museum of Art offers an afternoon with curator Robert W. Edwards, who prepared the Doyenne of the Carmel Art Colony exhibit devoted to painter Mary DeNeale Morgan, the force behind Carmel’s early art colony. According to Edwards, who is an archaeologist and art historian who did much work to cast light on the early art on the Monterey Peninsula, “She was the most important female artist from the 1920s through the mid-1940s. She sold more paintings than any other woman in Northern California, and she did so much for the art colony.” On display until Aug. 16. [AP] 2-3:30pm Saturday, May 23. Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific St., Monterey. $20; $5/members, students, military, under 18 and SNAP participants with EBT. (831) 372-5477, montereyart.org. The Enchantrix Theater crew on stage during the staging of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical in Salinas. Catch a free show in Big Sur on Saturday, May 23. JUSTIN GAUDOIN Monterey Bay and the city’s harbor play a role in two of the three legs of California Offshore Race Week. The biggest event—The Spinnaker Cub—ends here on May 24. The second leg leaves from Monterey on Memorial Day. Details, p. 28. 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