Avalon - Event Calendar

10/1 - 10/31 Lobsterfest & Oktoberfest at El Galleon
Join us at El Galleon Restaurant during the month of October for fresh caught local lobster dinners, traditional style with shrimp cornbread stuffing, fresh corn & rice pilaf. Enjoy with your choice of Paulaner Beers from Munich. El Galleon

10/5  First Friday at the Museum (First Friday of each month)
6pm-8pm. First Fridays encourages residents and visitors to explore the museum’s galleries and digital theater, enjoy refreshments and snacks in the outdoor plazas and shop in the Museum Store. Events may include music and dance performances, lectures, gallery talks, or films.  More Info: 310.510.2414, Catalina Island Museum

10/6  When Sugar Loaf Stood: Paintings of Catalina Island before 1919
This painting exhibition borrowed from private collections documents early Catalina Island prior to the Wrigley Family ownership and the destruction of Sugar Loaf, a pinnacle-shaped rock structure that once defined the island’s most populous bay. 10am-5pm daily.  More Info: 310.510.2414, Catalina Island Museum

10/11 - 10/14  32nd Annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Catalina hosts the longest running Smooth Jazz festival in America with 20+ stars playing through two consecutive weekends. Thursday night “Unplugged” at Descanso Beach Club and Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Casino Ballroom. 866.872.9849 Jazztrax.com

10/13  Aero Club Social Fly-In (2nd Saturday of the month, weather permitting)
Fly-in or take the Wildlands Express from the Avalon Plaza to the Airport in the Sky. From 10am to 2pm. Visit with pilots from around the region and view amazing airplanes. Catalina Island Conservancy.

10/13  Windward Beach Cleanup (2nd Saturday each month)
Volunteer in the great outdoors while combing the sand for debris to help keep our windward beaches pristine. Clean-up locations (Shark Harbor, Little Harbor, Ben Weston and Cottonwood) rotate throughout the year. Catalina Island Conservancy.

10/18  Fall Fest
Live music, food, games, hayrides, pumpkin patch on the beach, and much more! Join the Avalon community from 5-9pm along Crescent Avenue (Front Street) as they raise money for local charities and kick off the Fall season. Fun for the whole family! For more information, please contact the City of Avalon Recreation Department.

10/18 - 10/21  32nd Annual Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival
Catalina hosts the longest running Smooth Jazz festival in America with 20+ stars playing through two consecutive weekends. Thursday night “Unplugged” at Descanso Beach Club and Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Casino Ballroom. 866.872.9849Jazztrax.com

10/20  Avalon Home Tour
Tour a variety of Avalon’s most beautiful homes. Get a behind the scenes glimpse at homes never opened to the public before. From 1pm-5pm. For more infor and tickets please contact the Catalina Island Medical Center Foundation.

10/25 - 10/26 The Big Draw LA
The Big Draw LA is part of a worldwide, month-long movement designed to provide opportunities for people of all ages to come together and draw. Visitors to the museum will lend their creativity and collaborative spirit in a guided art experience led by a visiting artist. All supplies will be provided. More Info: 310.510.2414, CatalinaMuseum.com

10/31  Halloween Costume Party at El Galleon
Join the wacky and outrageous fun at El Galleon's annual Halloween Karaoke Costume Party. Karaoke party starts at 9pm, where you can sing all the monster favorites with over 20,000 songs to choose from! Vote on your favorite costumes with 1st prize winning a Lobster Dinner for Two. Happy Hour from 3pm-6pm and Sunset Dinner Specials available from 5pm-7pm. No cover charge, must be 21 and over. More info.

10/31  Annual Halloween Parade
Don your favorite costume and join island school kids and residents alike for the Annual Halloween Parade down Crescent Avenue starting at 4pm. For more information, please contact the Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau.