ATASCADERO — Come celebrate Morro Bay’s awesome marine heritage when the Maritime Museum hosts the Morro Bay Maritime Festival from Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 9-13, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce.

The festival features a variety of events and fun things to do including a special showing of the classic 1934 pirate swashbuckler, “Treasure Island.”

The party starts Wednesday, Oct. 9, with a Chamber of Commerce business mixer and open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the recently completed Harborwalk Inn, 833 Embarcadero. Come check out the newest waterfront inn and mix and mingle with Chamber members and regular folks, too. All are invited.

On Thursday, Oct. 10, Rock the Waterfront with a benefit dinner/dance for the Maritime Museum at the Morro Bay Yacht Club, featuring the Spanky Paul Band. 

Tickets are $125 (members discount available), visit morrobaymaritime.org.

On Friday is a live outdoor concert at Tidelands Park featuring the Zongo All Stars. The “Zongo Yachting Cup Launch Party” is is from 4 to 8 p.m. and is a warm up for Saturday’s Zongo Cup Yacht Race to Avila Beach. 

The harbor cruise boat, Chablis, will be docked at Tidelands with its indoor bar open for business and La Katrina Mexican Cocina will have food for sale. Free admission to the concert; bring a folding chair or a blanket to sit on the grass.

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is the Third Annual Family Fun Day, at the Maritime Museum. Located at the north end of Front Street (look for the huge submarine). There will be lots of games to play and goodies to eat, tours of the museum and its various exhibits, live music, a Salinan Tribe story time, and more. Free admission.

Saturday is also a special screening of the classic swashbuckler film, “Treasure Island,” starring Wallace Beery as Long John Silver and Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins. Show starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Bay Theater. Tickets are $20 a person and available online from the Chamber of Commerce, visit morrobaychamber.com/events or at the door. Wear pirate (or British Royal Navy) outfits and earn tickets to a spectacular drawing for treasures donated by local businesses (or buy tickets for $1 each).

All day Saturday and Sunday, the Yacht Club will be holding Day Sailor races in the bay.