Schedule of Events

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 10:00AM
Cabrillo Festival in Ensenada, Baja California, commemorating Cabrillo’s arrival in Todos Santos Bay, 1542. Photos of Ensenada Cabrillo Festival

MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 2:00 PM
Cabrillo and Miss Cabrillo Festival visit the San Diego City Council, City Administration Building.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 9:00 AM
Cabrillo and Miss Cabrillo Festival visit the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, County Administration Building.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 19:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cabrillo National Monument. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and the Age of Exploration exhibit in the visitor center exhibit room (9 AM - 5 PM); 16th-century Spanish soldiers/sailors living history encampment in front of visitor center (11 AM - 4 PM); In Search of Cabrillo film in the visitor center auditorium (10 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM); Junior Ranger Programs (inquire at the visitor center information desk, 9 AM - 5 PM); Cabrillo Store (9 AM - 5 PM). Please note that beginning Sunday, September 6, 2009, there will no longer be weekend bus service to Cabrillo National Monument

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Commemorative Ceremony and Wreath Laying honoring Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) at Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego's National Park. Keynote address by Joseph Sanchez, Ph. D., National Park Service Historian and Superintendent of the Spanish Colonial Research Center and Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Band concert by Navy Band Southwest and Kumeyaay wildcat songs by Jon Meza Cuero and the Aukas. Please note that beginning Sunday, September 6, 2009, there will no longer be weekend bus service to Cabrillo National Monument.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 6:00 PM
Cabrillo Discovery Celebration Dinner-Dance, S.E.S. Hall, 281 8 Avenida de Portugal, Point Loma. 6:00 PM no host cocktails, 7:00 PM Dinner, followed by dancing. $40.00 per person. Sponsored by Cabrillo Civic Club #16 of San Diego nad Portuguese American Social and Civic Club. To purchase tickets, call 619.426.0769 or 619.221.8084.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27, 11:00 AM — 3:30 PM
Cabrillo Festival at Ballast Point, Naval Base Point Loma, south end of Rosecrans Street. FREE ADMISSION. There will be music, dancing, children’s activities and foods of Native Americans, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. Kumeyaay basket making and acorn preparation demonstrations, knot tying and 16th century Spanish soldiers living history encampment. Re-enactment of Cabrillo’s landing on Ballast Point begins at 1:00 PM narrated by San Diego TV personality Jack White.