The 89th Annual La Merienda will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Memory Garden off of the Custom House Plaza. Sorry, we are sold out.  A waiting list is available. Please call call (831) 372-2311 or email LaMerienda2020@gmail.com for information. All proceeds above the cost of La Merienda itself go to Monterey History & […]

The City’s oldest annual event was held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in the Memory Garden on Custom House Plaza. For the past 90 years, the Monterey History & Art Association has hosted this community fiesta to commemorate the 1770 founding of the City of Monterey when Father Junipero Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola celebrated […]

The City’s oldest annual event will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 11:15 am to 3 pm in the Memory Garden on Custom House Plaza, in the Memory Garden on Custom House Plaza. For the past 90 years, the Monterey History & Art Association has hosted this community fiesta to commemorate the 1770 founding […]

Tickets 2024 Annual La Merienda Celebration – City of Monterey’s 254th birthday party features a BARBECUE BUFFET EXTRAVAGANZA by Old Fisherman’s Grotto Chefs and the VIP Merienda Barbecue Committee. who will create a five-star culinary experience. Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Memory Garden, 20 Custom House Plaza, Monterey  (Enter La Merienda […]