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Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM
13th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival
📍 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing · Downtown Santa Cruz · $17.85
13th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival Presented by DNA October 12-17 At Woodhouse: Saturday, October 17th • 6:30 PM 21 Comics • 3 Headliners •…
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📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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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…
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📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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Sun, Oct 11, 2026 · Avalon Visions
Second Sunday AVALON VISIONS PSYCHIC FAIR
Come to the Second Sunday AVALON VISIONS PSYCHIC and HEALING ARTS FAIR where an array of intuitive professionals is available for your consultation, as well…
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📍 Soquel
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Sun, Oct 11, 2026 · Santa Cruz
Open Studios Art Tour 2026
Welcome to Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour! Every year over the first three weekends in October, visitors can discover new artists, experience the…
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Coming up
Sun, Oct 11, 2026 · Moe's Alley
AC Myles & Band: Stratocaster Masters
Moes Alley presents AC Myles & Band: Stratocaster Masters! Sunday, October 11, 2026Doors: 1pm / Show: 2pm$15 in advance / $20 day of the show21+*…
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📍 Midtown
☀️ Happening today
Sunday, October 11Sunday's got some wandering built in: start downtown at the Antiques Faire, then swing over to Love Apple Farms for the Pumpkin Patch & Winter Veggies if you've got kids or just like pumpkins. Open Studios Art Tour 2026 is worth a stop if you want to see where local artists actually work. In the evening, settle in at Pono Hawaiian Grill for Kailua Moon, bring cash for the bar and no rush getting there.
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Antiques Faire
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz Antique Faire
Markets
10:00 AM
FREE
Pumpkin Patch & Winter Veggies
📍 Love Apple Farms
Community
10:00 AM
$150
Weaving / Colors: Traditional Zapotec Weaving and Natural Dyeing
📍 Redtail Ranch
Art & Culture
11:00 AM
FREE
Open Studios Preview Exhibition
📍 m.k. contemporary art gallery
Art & Culture
11:00 AM
FREE
Second Sunday AVALON VISIONS PSYCHIC FAIR
📍 Avalon Visions
Festivals
11:00 AM
FREE
SPAM New Media Festival 2026
📍 Indexical
Art & Culture
11:00 AM
FREE
Open Studios Art Tour 2026
📍 Santa Cruz
Festivals
12:00 PM
FREE
UCSC: Victor “Marka27” Exhibition
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Art & Culture
12:00 PM
FREE
Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Education
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28 upcoming events · Festivals · from 2026-10-11 · to 2026-10-18
Oct
11
Welcome to Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour! Every year over the first three weekends in October, visitors can discover new artists, experience the…
Festivals
Free
Oct
14
2026 Festival of Monsters - The Center for Monster Studies
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
Oct
14
This 5-day academic conference explores monsters in our culture. Oct. 14-18, 2026.
Oct
14
🎬 Five days of films. A whole lot of Santa Cruz. October 14-18 | Santa Cruz Film Festival 2026 Clear your calendar for independent films…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
14
The Santa Cruz Film Festival is not the kind of festival where you simply watch a movie, clap politely, and head home. Step inside the…
Festivals
Art & Culture
Oct
15
🎬 Five days of films. A whole lot of Santa Cruz. October 14-18 | Santa Cruz Film Festival 2026 Clear your calendar for independent films…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
15
This 5-day academic conference explores monsters in our culture. Oct. 14-18, 2026.
Oct
15
2026 Festival of Monsters - The Center for Monster Studies
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
Oct
15
West Side! SF headliner Brett Harper Jennings!!
Oct
16
🎬 Five days of films. A whole lot of Santa Cruz. October 14-18 | Santa Cruz Film Festival 2026 Clear your calendar for independent films…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
16
2026 Festival of Monsters - The Center for Monster Studies
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
Oct
16
This 5-day academic conference explores monsters in our culture. Oct. 14-18, 2026.
Oct
16
3rd Friday Community Drumming Class w/ Jim Greiner
📍 Congregational Church of Soquel
🕒 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM · $10
We're gathering again for our Third Friday Community Rhythms Class in Soquel Village at The Congregational Church of Soquel (the white church with the steeple)…
Oct
16
First & Third Fridays Community Drumming Class With Jim Greener
📍 Congregational Church of Soquel
🕒 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM · $10
Subject: Come Drum, Connect, and Celebrate Life, Now Twice a Month! Dear Friends, Due to continuing requests from our growing circle, I’m very excited to…
Oct
17
Step back in time at the Wilder Ranch State Park Harvest Festival! Enjoy living history demonstrations, crafts, games, live music, food and more! Taste history…
Festivals
📍 North Coast
Oct
17
Welcome to Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour! Every year over the first three weekends in October, visitors can discover new artists, experience the…
Festivals
Free
Oct
17
🎬 Five days of films. A whole lot of Santa Cruz. October 14-18 | Santa Cruz Film Festival 2026 Clear your calendar for independent films…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
17
2026 Festival of Monsters - The Center for Monster Studies
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
Oct
17
This 5-day academic conference explores monsters in our culture. Oct. 14-18, 2026.
Oct
17
Festival of Monsters: Comics Writer Iván Brandon & Co.
📍 Atlantis Fantasyworld
🕒 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Writer Iván Brandon (Wolverine, Deadpool, Secret Invasion), Clay McLeod Chapman (Edge of Venomverse, Creepshow) and other special guests appear at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17…
Oct
17
One pass get's you into all the ticketed comedy shows at The 13th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival plus the afterparty on 10/17
Oct
17
Use your powers of deduction during a special Festival of Monsters edition of the bone-chilling bluffing game Blood on the Clocktower, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct…
Oct
17
Don’t miss the Comedy Festival Grand Finale! See all the headliners in one place. 2 hours. 13 headliners. One night only. The 2026 Santa Cruz…
Oct
18
Welcome to Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour! Every year over the first three weekends in October, visitors can discover new artists, experience the…
Festivals
Free
Oct
18
🎬 Five days of films. A whole lot of Santa Cruz. October 14-18 | Santa Cruz Film Festival 2026 Clear your calendar for independent films…
Festivals
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
18
This 5-day academic conference explores monsters in our culture. Oct. 14-18, 2026.
Oct
18
2026 Festival of Monsters - The Center for Monster Studies
📍 Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz
🕒 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $250
Held in beautiful Santa Cruz, Calif. the 2026 Festival of Monsters academic conference will explore how monsters and language intertwine with panels on monsters and…
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