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Santa Cruz Maker Studios at the Seymour Center at Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Oct 10 ★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Santa Cruz Maker Studios at the Seymour Center

Check out Santa Cruz Maker Studios at the Seymour Center. Hands-on Activities include: Build and test a seawall Make a wooden sea creature Ocean-themed 3D…

Education 📍 Westside
2nd Annual Yoga For All Day in Downtown Santa Cruz, Oct 10 ★ Featured
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · Downtown Santa Cruz

2nd Annual Yoga For All Day in Downtown Santa Cruz

YOGA FOR ALL MOVEMENT IS TURNING 10, AND CELEBRATING WITH FREE YOGA IN THE STREETS! The milestone free celebration will transform Pacific Avenue, which will…

Wellness 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
House on the Wharf at Humble Sea at The Wharf, Oct 10 ★ 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
Free Live Jazz Downtown At Mariposa Coffee Bar, Oct 11 ★ Featured
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 · Mariposa Coffee Bar

Free Live Jazz Downtown At Mariposa Coffee Bar

The Django Sheridan Collective is a dynamic group of local Santa Cruz college students and musicians performing for free every Sunday at Mariposa Coffeebar in…

Music 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz

☀️ Happening today

Saturday, October 10

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8:00 AM
FREE
Santa Cruz Wharf: T-Birds on the Wharf
📍 Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf
Family
8:00 AM
FREE
Cabrillo Farmers Market
📍 Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College
Markets
8:00 AM
FREE
Scotts Valley Farmers' Market
📍 Graham Plaza
Markets
8:30 AM
FREE
Zen Buddhist Meditation
📍 Santa Cruz Zen Center
Wellness
9:00 AM
FREE
Cabrillo Horticulture Dept Fall Plant Sale & Pumpkin Patch
📍 Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College
Community
9:00 AM
See listing
Beach Cleanup @ Sunny Cove Beach
📍 Sunny Cove Beach
Outdoors
9:00 AM
FREE
Cars and Coffee
📍 East Lake Village Shopping Center
Food & Drink
9:00 AM
FREE
Westside Santa Cruz Farmers' Market
📍 Mission St Extension & Western Dr
Markets
10:00 AM
$25
Open Farm Tours
📍 Multiple locations
Food & Drink

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Showing 30 of 35 upcoming events · Cultural Event · from 2026-10-10 · to 2026-10-17

Oct
10

Redtail Ranch: Zapotec Weaving and Dyeing Workshop

📍 Redtail Ranch
🕒 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · $300

Learn to extract vibrant colors from cochineal, marigold, and indigo to create a range of hues for dyeing natural fiber yarns used throughout the workshop…

Cultural Event Education 📍 Soquel
Oct
10

Japanese Cultural Fair

📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 11:00 AM · See listing

Visit the Santa Cruz Public Libraries booth at The Japanese Cultural Fair, an event dedicated to the presentation and preservation of the cultural traditions of…

Community Cultural Event
Oct
10

UCSC: Victor “Marka27” Exhibition

📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE

“Ni de aquí, ni de allá” (“neither from here, nor there”), is a phrase commonly used by bilingual, bicultural communities. In the exhibition the phrase…

Art & Culture Cultural Event 📍 Westside
Oct
10

Wilder Ranch: Historic Grounds Tours

📍 Wilder Ranch State Park
🕒 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM · FREE

Discover what life was like a century ago on this innovative dairy ranch. This hour-long tour includes the 1896 water-powered machine shop, horse barn, uniquely…

Cultural Event Free 📍 North Coast
Oct
10

Bongo Sidibe

📍 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing
🕒 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM · See listing

Bongo Sidibe is a Traditional Drummer and Vocalist from Conakry Guinea, in West Africa. Bongo Sidibe uses his Traditional background as an Artist to create…

Music Cultural Event 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
11

UCSC: Victor “Marka27” Exhibition

📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE

“Ni de aquí, ni de allá” (“neither from here, nor there”), is a phrase commonly used by bilingual, bicultural communities. In the exhibition the phrase…

Art & Culture Cultural Event 📍 Westside
Oct
11

Wilder Ranch: Historic Grounds Tours

📍 Wilder Ranch State Park
🕒 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM · FREE

Discover what life was like a century ago on this innovative dairy ranch. This hour-long tour includes the 1896 water-powered machine shop, horse barn, uniquely…

Cultural Event Free 📍 North Coast
Oct
11

El Centro Fall Welcome: La Bienvenida Dominguero

📍 Oakes Lower Lawn
🕒 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE

Through music, arts, food, storytelling, and intentional relationship-building, Bienvenida cultivates comunidad while honoring El Centro’s mission of affirming Chicanx and Latine communities. Open to all…

Education Cultural Event 📍 UCSC
Oct
12

Afterschool Activities: Somos Watsonville

📍 SOMOS Watsonville
🕒 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · See listing

Watsonville community members are invited to Somos Watsonville, where our team will contribute a guided and interactive activity alongside existing programming. Los miembros de la…

Education Cultural Event En español 📍 Watsonville
Oct
12

Somi

📍 Kuumbwa Jazz
🕒 7:00 PM · See listing

Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is the Midwestern daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Hailed by The New York Times as “a…

Music Cultural Event 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
14

Tango class Aaron

📍 The 418 Project
🕒 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM · See listing

A regular tango class in Downtown Santa Cruz, offering a way to learn Latin dance in a social, cultural setting.

Dance Cultural Event 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
14

Yawanawá Saiti Class Music Workshop

📍 Santa Cruz Yoga
🕒 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM · $44.44

Join us for a special evening of Saiti - the traditional music and songs of the Yawanawá people of the Brazilian Amazon.

Music Cultural Event 📍 Westside
Oct
15

Congo Dance Class

📍 The 418 Project
🕒 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM · See listing

A weekly Congo dance class in Santa Cruz. Participants learn traditional African dance movements in a group setting at The 418 Project.

Dance Cultural Event 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
15

Congolese

📍 The 418 Project
🕒 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM · See listing

A dance session centered on Congolese movement, held at a Santa Cruz arts space. For dancers curious to explore rhythm, style, and cultural tradition through…

Community Cultural Event 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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