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Cypress Health Institute Certified Massage Therapist Program
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★ Featured Event
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · 7:00 PM
The Kick Off - Sonivore Listening Lounge
📍 Sonivore · Downtown Santa Cruz · $25
THE KICK OFF is a one-night fundraiser for the Sonivore Listening Lounge at 701 Front Street. DJs, live performances, visual art by Made Fresh Crew…
Art & Culture
Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Humble Sea at The Wharf
House on the Wharf
House on the Wharf is a free, all ages afternoon and evening of music, food, and beer at Humble Sea on the Santa Cruz Wharf…
Music
📍 Beach & Boardwalk
★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night
Rio Theatre & Sante Adairius Midtown Portal team up to support Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship Join us for the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival…
Art & Culture
📍 Midtown
Coming up
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · Stockwell Cellars
Ripatti Rose Band
Ripatti & Rose - Live at Stockwell Cellars
Music
📍 Westside
Music
Coming up
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 · Kissed By an Angel Wines
Live Music Fridays and Saturdays
Enjoy live music from location musicians every Friday and Saturday. Venue is 21+ with wine, beer, and non-alcoholic options.
Music
📍 Scotts Valley
☀️ Happening today
Friday, October 967 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →
8:00 AM
FREE
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
📍 Growing Up in Santa Cruz
Family
9:00 AM
$8600
Certified Massage Therapist Program
📍 Cypress Health Institute
Community
9:00 AM
FREE
Wilder Ranch State Park: Guided Coastal Birding Walk
📍 Wilder Ranch State Park
Outdoors
9:30 AM
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Evergreen Volunteer Days
📍 Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Community
10:30 AM
$26.45
Roaring Camp Railroads: Redwood Forest Steam Train
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads
Cultural Event
11:00 AM
See listing
What Got You Here WILL Get You There
📍 Capitola Branch Library
Community
11:00 AM
See listing
What Got You Here WILL Get You There - Approaching the Job Search Over 55
📍 Capitola Branch Library
Community
11:00 AM
See listing
Bridge Club @ La Selva Beach
📍 La Selva Beach Branch Library
Community
11:00 AM
See listing
Knitting @ Live Oak
📍 Live Oak Branch Library
Community
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29 upcoming events · Community · from 2026-10-09 · to 2026-10-09
Oct
9
Leave your mark on Santa Cruz history by volunteering at the historic Evergreen Cemetery every Friday from 9:30am-12pm. No need to register, just show up…
Oct
9
A time for free play for children with a participating adult.
Oct
9
We are knitting at Live Oak Library on Fridays.
Oct
9
What Got You Here WILL Get You There - Approaching the Job Search Over 55
📍 Capitola Branch Library
🕒 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM · See listing
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens. Are you 55+ and want or need to…
Oct
9
Join our Bridge Club for friendly games and social fun, open to players of all skill levels.
Oct
9
This 6-session series is an opportunity to evaluate your skills, talents and experiences through a new lens.
Oct
9
A supportive space where family care-partners tending for a loved one with a cognitive impairment can connect, share experiences, and find support.
Oct
9
Come join Librarian Emily for stories, songs, and lots of fun for preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful, newly-renovated Scotts Valley Library Branch every…
Oct
9
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we are hosting a special story time with stories and songs in English and Spanish!
Oct
9
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement.
Oct
9
Love Apple Farms in Scotts Valley is holding their first ever free-entry pumpkin patch and winter plant sale. Featuring a haunted greenhouse, gorgeous flower and…
Oct
9
Play cards with fun folks every 2nd and 4th Friday.
Oct
9
Sharpen your word skills and enjoy friendly competition at our Scrabble Club - fun for all levels.
Oct
9
Getting Involved in Your Campus Community
📍 Academic Resources Center (ARC)
🕒 1:20 PM – 2:05 PM · See listing
In this workshop, you will: Learn how to get involved with the campus community and how it supports student success. The Successful Slug Workshop series…
Oct
9
The African American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC) is excited to invite you to our Welcome Black BBQ ! Friday, October 9th 2:00 PM, 5:00…
Oct
9
This month's book will be One for the Money by Janet Evanovich.
Oct
9
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement.
Oct
9
The SCPA Santa Cruz is bringing a fun and engaging program to the Scotts Valley Branch Library!
Oct
9
S.T.E.A.M Projects. Explore Your World
Oct
9
Use your imagination and build anything you can dream! Lego and Duplo blocks will be available for children and youth to tinker with, build, explore…
Oct
9
Gateway’s Fall Festival is back! Come for the hay rides, stay for the tacos, and enjoy everything in between, inflatable obstacle courses, face painting, crafts…
Oct
9
Kaiser Permanente Arena: Legacy Fighting Alliance
📍 Kaiser Permanente Arena
🕒 4:30 PM – 9:00 PM · $53.7
Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) is back in Santa Cruz! LFA 243 hits Kaiser Permanente Arena for a night of non-stop MMA. Get ready for a…
Oct
9
Parents' Night Out (Ages 6½, 12) Enjoy a night off while your child spends the evening creating at SC Maker Studios! Kids will explore our…
Oct
9
A show -Julie f the rulies -half calf - emma bottomlining
Oct
9
Punk rock triple bill. 6-9pm $8
Oct
9
Quarry Amphitheater: Progressive Rock Group BEAT
📍 The Quarry Ampitheater
🕒 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM · $95.18
BEAT is a prominent progressive rock supergroup formed to creatively reinterpret the 1980s music of King Crimson. Rather than a standard tribute act, the project…
Oct
9
Sweet Voodoo delivers a set of super-danceable classic rock and funk, ideal for an evening of dancing and good times.
Oct
9
A throwback party spinning 2000s hits at a live music venue, with doors at 8 PM and the party starting at 9 PM.
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