Celebrate the Harvest Season The entire month of October is Harvest Wine Month. Wineries host individual events throughout the month with most happening during the featured weekend of October 18-20. Look for specialty tours, winemaker dinners, grape stomps, music events, and more to celebrate the harvest season. October traditionally has exceptional weather, when days are warm and nights are cool, a staple for Paso Robles...

Join Cuesta College for the annual Central Coast Writers' Conference happening October 5th! The Cuesta College Central Coast Writers’ Conference (CCWC) has been helping new and established writers fulfill their dreams since 1984. Writing Life Magazine voted us the “Best Writers Conference in the West.”    

Invite all your friends and come celebrate at the Fashions for a Purpose 10th anniversary fashion event! We have a sensastional program in store for YOU! High-end fashions will worn by a couple of our finest dignitaries on the Central Coast, plus several of our charter fashionistas showing off their best swagger! Upon arrival, you will be seated along the runway, with a complimentary glass...

Happening the weekend of October 4th: the Central Coast Railroad Festival. Come see visiting layouts and vendors.  See the presentations, this year with an emphasis on the Pacific Coast Railway.  Did you ever wonder how telegraphs work?  Then visit Matt Schnittker’s telegraphy table, with a large working model where you can see it in action.  Visit the 1200 sq. ft. model where you can find...

Take a ride on this Sunset Wine Rail Excusion! These excursions will depart from the SLO Railroad Museum at 11am taking a van to the Municipal Winemakers, arriving around 12:30pm. Following the roughly 1-hour wine tasting, participants will have free time until 5:30pm or so to visit Stearn's Wharf, cruise around more of the Funk Zone, explore lower State Street, etc. The Amtrak Surfliner will depart...

Stop by Laguna Lake Park October 5th for the SLO Pickle Festival! This dill-ightful event will celebrate all things pickles with a variety of pickle vendors, pickle-inspired bites, beer, wine, live music from Vintage Renegades, and the much-anticipated SLO Best Pickle Bites contest. It's kind of a big dill! Most importantly, the festival will benefit Meals That Connect - Senior Nutrition Program of SLO County....

Come to Spanos Theatre October 5th to see The Graduates: The Sound of Simon and Garfunkel. From the hauntingly ethereal Scarborough Fair to the upbeat and unforgettable Mrs. Robinson, THE GRADUATES is an energetic and heartwarming salute to the music of Simon & Garfunkel. “Paul & Art” escort us through an evening filled with beautiful renditions of some of the most beloved folk songs ever...