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A courtyard with a wooden covered building and columns, red flowering plants and aloe, plus an old wagon wheel in view.

Christmas in the Adobes

Luminarias and holiday music in Monterey's historic adobes

Event Info

  Upcoming date: Friday December 11, 2026

  5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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  • All upcoming dates:

    • Friday December 11, 2026
      5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    • Saturday December 12, 2026
      5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

For two evenings, the historic adobes of Old Monterey glow with luminarias, holiday decorations, music, and refreshments at the 42nd annual Christmas in the Adobes. Online ticket holders check in at a will-call location such as the Stanton Center on Custom House Plaza to collect a wristband and map. Youth 17 and under are free, and adult tickets cost less if bought before November 1. Custom House Plaza is about three minutes from Cannery Row Inn.

Illustrative view of Monterey’s historic Custom House; not a photograph of the 2026 Christmas in the Adobes event. Photo: Custom House Monterey, CA (cropped) by Jsweida, via Wikimedia Commons. Original photograph and this image adaptation licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped on Commons from the original; Resized; website renditions may be cropped and converted to WebP for display. This license applies only to the photograph.