Oct
7
A free weekly dance jam for babies and their caregivers at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, with movement, music, and play in a joyful…
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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
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Afrobeats Nite at the IAS
Join us for a night of dancing, joy, and community organized by Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz featuring DJ Mai Girl and DJ Monk Earl. In…
Education
📍 Westside
★ 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
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Customer Experience Center
Clean Air Day
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will offer free fares on all METRO services, including local fixed routes, Highway 17 Express and ParaCruz, on Wednesday…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Music
Coming up
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · The Cruz Room
Bluegrass Jam
7 - 9pm · Weekly bluegrass jam with local musicians.
Music
📍 Westside
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Wednesday, October 782 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →
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Clean Air Day
📍 Customer Experience Center
Festivals
7:00 AM
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Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
📍 UC Santa Cruz
Education
7:00 AM
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Pinball Night
📍 The Cruz Room
Community
9:00 AM
FREE
Watsonville YMCA Health Screening
📍 Watsonville Family YMCA
Wellness
9:00 AM
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Mobile Health Clinic
📍 Scotts Valley Branch Library
Community
9:00 AM
$65
Bio-Vibe Table: Sound & Vibration Wellness Sessions
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness
9:00 AM
$10
Pilates & Posture in the Pasture
📍 Beyond Liberty
Outdoors
9:00 AM
FREE
Coffee with Provost Aims McGuinness
📍 Merrill College Office
Education
9:15 AM
$25
Vinyasa Yoga with Yogi Laxman Panthi
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness
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Showing 30 of 129 upcoming events · Family · from 2026-10-07 · to 2026-10-14
Oct
7
A bilingual lap-sit storytime for babies and toddlers, with songs, rhymes, and books in English and Spanish.
Oct
7
Preschool Storytime @ the Garfield Park Branch Library
📍 Garfield Park Branch Library
🕒 10:30 AM · See listing
Join us at the Garfield Park Branch Library for Storytime!
Oct
7
Meow-wow! Learn about cats and kittens with special guests from the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement followed by a craft. Special guests from the Monterey Bay Aquarium will…
Oct
7
Toddler & Preschool Storytime at Boulder Creek
📍 Boulder Creek Branch Library
🕒 11:00 AM · See listing
Come join us for stories, songs, and lots of fun for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers in our beautiful Boulder Creek Library Branch every Wednesday…
Oct
7
Join Aquarium staff for some bilingual, ocean-learning fun through stories, songs, and movement.
Oct
7
A bilingual storytime for toddlers with stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish, promoting early literacy and language skills.
Oct
7
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
7
Scotts Valley Branch Library's fun program allows tweens and teens to relax, hang out with friends and play games!
Oct
7
Creativity time for teens and tweens at the library!
Oct
7
Crafternoons are back! ✂️ Get craft with family. Drop in to the Main Library between 2-5pm every Monday and Wednesday to make a craft together…
Oct
7
Every week we will have a new project idea for you to build or explore.
Oct
7
Fall Semester Maker Classes (August 11, December 20, 2026) Join us for a semester of hands-on creativity at SC Maker Studios! Students explore 3D printing…
Oct
7
Tales to Tails is a literacy program designed to help children improve their reading skills by reading to a certified therapy dog. 1st & 3rd…
Oct
7
Learn how to craft, build, and survive in the world of Minecraft.edu. Ages 8 to 18
Oct
7
Practice reading to a certified therapy dog! Registration is required.
Oct
7
PAWS Afterschool Club (Ages 7-10) Looking for something fun to do after school? Love animals? Join PAWS and discover what it takes to care for…
Oct
7
Lego Fun for Kids
Oct
7
This is a clinic for Softball Athletes 12+, designed specific to athletes by athletes. Throughout three 4-week sessions, athletes will focus on every aspect of…
Oct
8
For ages 0-5
Oct
8
A bilingual storytime for toddlers, with stories, songs, and activities in two languages to support early literacy.
Oct
8
Come join Librarian Jackie for stories, songs, and lots of fun for preschoolers and their caregivers in our lovely Felton Community Room every Thursday at…
Oct
8
Songs and Stories
Oct
8
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
8
Fall Semester Maker Classes (August 11, December 20, 2026) Join us for a semester of hands-on creativity at SC Maker Studios! Students explore 3D printing…
Oct
8
Make and explore STEAM possibilities at Felton Branch Library! Age 6+
Oct
8
Learn how to craft, build, and survive in the world of Minecraft.edu.
Oct
8
Bring your decks and get ready to play
Oct
8
Stop by each week for a new creative craft.
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