For whale enthusiasts, there’s one must-attend event in Northern California every year: Whalefest Monterey, taking place over two days with more fun stuff than you can shake a barnacle-covered flipper at.
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Then there’s live music, interactive marine exhibits, sea-themed crafts like scrimshaw and gyotaku — the traditional Japanese method of “printing fish” — and the opportunity to tour research and rescue vessels. Also this year is a 30-foot, real whale skeleton attendees can assemble, and a life-sized inflatable humpback whale model you can walk inside. Now that’s a whale of a good time.
Details: Festival runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on April 12-13 at the Custom House Plaza and Old Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey; free admission, whalefest.org
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