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Showing 30 of 40 upcoming events · Food & Drink · from 2026-09-27 · to 2026-10-04
📍 Corralitos farm and garden market
🕒 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · FREE
A small but mighty amazing community market. In beautiful Corralitos, which is located in south Santa Cruz county. The country feel is real with local produce, local flowers, local honey, baked goods, plants, crafts, and so much more. An amazing Jewel hidden in the south County of Santa Cruz also we are right next to Aldridge Park and the famous Corralitos meat market. See you all there. Rain or Shine. Located 127 Hames Road Corralitos 11-3pm plenty additional parkiing @Aldridgepark
📍 Holy Eucharist Catholic Church
🕒 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM · FREE
Local wineries will be pouring. Appetizers will be served. $70 per person, must be 21
📍 Discretion Brewing
🕒 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · See listing
3:00-5:00pm Heather Norquist has been singing as long as she can remember. She has performed at restaurants and cafes throughout Santa Cruz, and she enjoys singing a wide array of songs including classics from the swing era, bossa nova, French cafe music and pop classics. Heather's vocal style is subtle, warm and delicate as she shares these beautiful songs with her audience. Nelsen Hutchison is a guitarist, educator, and composer who regularly performs with luminaries of the gypsy jazz (Hot Club of SF), swing (Gunhild Carling), and straight-ahead jazz traditions. In addition to being an active performer, Nelsen also teaches courses in guitar at Skyline College and is pursuing his PhD in Cross-Cultural Musicology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
📍 Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse, 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel, CA 95073, United States
🕒 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM · FREE
It's Monday Open Mic at the Ugly Mug! Sign ups at 5p Beer, Espresso Drinks and Desserts available
📍 The Felton Market
🕒 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM · See listing
The Felton Farmers’ Market is a treasured weekly gathering place – started in 1987 it is the second longest running market in Santa Cruz County. SCCFM took over operations in 2009 and our team has developed deep ties to the community. Every Tuesday a quality collection of regional farms and food businesses throw up their tents to sell a colorful array of fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, artisanal bread, seafood and other staple foods. Connecting residents directly with local farms, the Felton Market is an essential part of the regional food system as well as a resource for nutritious organic foods and basic agricultural education.
📍 Discretion Brewing
🕒 6:30 PM – 8:07 PM · See listing
Get those gears turning, grab one of our 16 beers on tap, and join us for Trivia Tuesdays at Discretion! Every Tuesday 6:30-8:00pm. Hosted by Michael Cahalan. No sign-ups required - just come a little early to snag a table in the beer garden. Free to play | Prizes | Up to 6 per team
📍 Downtown Farmers’ Market
🕒 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM · See listing
The Downtown Santa Cruz Market runs year-round on Wednesdays, 1-5pm year round. Our largest and oldest market, it is situated in the heart of Downtown Santa Cruz, one block off of Pacific Avenue. Established in 1990, many of the farms that sell here were and remain pillars of the organic and ecological farming movement. This is the place to eat with the seasons! The variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers, pastured meats and other products is swoon worthy. The Downtown Market also spotlights a large variety of up-and-coming, unique cultural food businesses. This weekly spot may serve up the most diverse selection of ethnic foods in the county including naan and curry, Japanese fermented misos, Eritrean dishes, crepes, El Salvadorean pupusas, traditional Italian cookies, fish and chips and long-ferment fresh breads. Shopping at the Wednesday market is a wonderful way to support regional responsible farms and small local businesses. Fill your grocery bags! Then sit down for a delightful meal and rest your weary arms.
📍 Big Basin Vineyards Tasting Room + Wine Bar
🕒 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM · FREE
Every Wed from 4 to 8 pm at our Downtown Santa Cruz Tasting Room + Wine Bar Join us for a night of wigging out in Downtown Santa Cruz! Wear a wig, and we’ll have a surprise for you. We’ll play cool music, games, trivia, and much more! Let’s wig out and keep Santa Cruz weird! Wig Out Wednesday Special: 2 empanadas and a glass of wine (Riesling, Rose, or Homestead) for $19.
📍 Cat & Cloud Coffee
🕒 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · FREE
Join us for our TEN YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY on Wednesday, Sept 30th, 5:30-8:30PM at the Cat & Cloud Roastery Lot (719 Swift St). DJ, food on sticks, games, a dunk-the-founders dunk tank, and an array of fun activities.
📍 Felton Music Hall
🕒 8:00 PM · See listing
Purchase tickets here Show 8pm ***This is a standing room general admissions show. There will be a limited number of chairs located in the back of the concert hall. Seating will be first come first served. Bar and food will be open at 5pm.
📍 Far West Fungi
🕒 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Far West Fungi’s Santa Cruz Store & Café is launching Myco-Mixers – Enjoy an afternoon of food, fun, and fungi! Each Myco-Mixer will feature complimentary bites, product samples, and happy hour discounts on café favorites. Guests can meet the Far West Fungi team, learn about unique mushroom products, and discover new flavors to take home. Head Far West in Santa Cruz each week to taste house-made tacos, explore featured products, and find your new favorite mushroom treats. Whether you’re a foodie, mushroom enthusiast, or just looking for a fun Thursday outing, Myco-Mixers are the perfect way to experience local one-of-a-kind flavors!
📍 The Cruz Room
🕒 5:00 PM · See listing
5 - 7pm · The owner of Sleight of Hand Pizza will be throwing & spinning pizza!
📍 Persephone Restaurant
🕒 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM · $40
Every Thursday along with our regular menu we offer a prix fixe pasta dinner! Enjoy three courses starting with a fresh farmers market mixed green salad, your choice of Pappardelle Bolognese, Truffled Tortiglioni or our seasonal risotto. Finish with a scoop of our housemade chocolate gelato or seasonal sorbet. Three courses for $40!
📍 Discretion Brewing
🕒 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · See listing
5:30-7:30pm Slingshot Improv Trio didn't so much form as detonate slowly over two decades - a controlled explosion of shared history, deep grooves, and accumulated musical mischief that the Bay Area never quite saw coming but probably should have. Bassist Pete Novembre and drummer Bret Bailey formed the funk-jam powerhouse Elephino back in 1999. Bret and guitarist Matt Hartle formed Shady Groove in 2001. All three had played together as hired guns countless times before the lightbulb moment when someone finally said: what if we did our own thing? Matt Hartle (China Cats, Painted Mandolin, Shady Groove, Grateful Sundays with the Hartle Gold Band) is widely regarded as one of the premier guitarists in the Bay Area - a fluid, soulful firecracker with a degree in Jazz Performance whose playing draws comparisons to Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, and Steve Kimock, yet remains unmistakably his own. Pete Novembre (OM Trio, Coffee Zombie Collective, Aza, Elephino) is the kind of bass player other musicians talk about after the show - a Santa Cruz readers' poll Bronze medalist for Best Musician whose previous band OM Trio was voted Best Jazz Band in San Francisco in 2001. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bret Bailey (Shady Groove, Elephino, BlissNinnies, Cosmic Pinball), raised on New Orleans jazz, brings a rhythmic intuition that makes the whole thing breathe. Together, they've shared stages with Stanley Jordan, Henry Kaiser, Melvin Seals, Donna Jean Godchaux, Joe Craven, Ike Willis, Mark Karan, and many more - a collective résumé that hints at just how far their musical instincts can travel. And travel they do. With a big map and no planned destination, this trio of seasoned improvisers from the jazz, funk, and jamband worlds use song and structure the way spacecraft use planets: not to land and stay, but to slingshot around and be propelled back out into the galaxy. During their mostly-improv shows, a familiar song could materialize at any time. Or not. All we
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 7:30 PM · See listing
Thursday, October 01 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm Test your trivia knowledge with Victor or Brian. We ask 30 questions about a random array of subjects. Who's better at doling out trivia than librarians?
📍 UC Santa Cruz
🕒 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · See listing
Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh, healthy, and affordable organic produce, with offerings sourced from the UCSC Farm and other local organic growers. Academic year hours and locations: Beginning Oct. 2 Wednesdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at McHenry Library Fridays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Science and Engineering Library How does it work? Just stop by during open hours to browse and pick up fresh produce! Items are available at low or no cost to support student food access. Stay updated on produce availability and locations by following Produce Pop-Up Instagram . For questions, email [email protected] or visit the Center for Agroecology website .
📍 Downtown Watsonville
🕒 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM · See listing
The Watsonville Farmers Market is every Friday afternoon from 2-7 all year round at the City Plaza in Downtown Watsonville. Don’t miss out on the wonderful locally grown fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers. Bring your appetite as there are tons of delicious prepared foods to try.
📍 Downtown Watsonville
🕒 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM · See listing
Predictions of the EL Nino weather seems dire and we can look forward to much rain this fall. Even so the markets will be open and featuring all those good autumnal fruits and veggies. When the sun is shining and when it’s not there will still be good things to eat and enjoy at every Market. Come out and see what’s new and delicious. More markets are listed at https://www.montereycfb.com
📍 Discretion Brewing
🕒 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · See listing
5:30-7:30pm Local Honey is a Santa Cruz-based band that drips with honey sweet harmony and hums with tight, inventive musicianship. Local Honey's repertoire pays homage to some of the the big voices of the last seven decades, including Big Mama Thornton, Rachael Price, Gladys Knight, Stevie Nicks, Grace Slick, and Amy Winehouse, among other divas. They seek out feel-good songs with strong vocals and infectious beats and make them their own. Though Local Honey is a new band, all of them are veterans of the Santa Cruz and Monterey music scenes. Members have worked with Honeytone, Ten O'Clock Lunch, Come Together, Backyard Birds, Menage, and Bay Bop. Over the years they've played in different combinations at many venues, including Michael's on Main, Chaminade, Davenport Roadhouse, Hallcrest Vineyards, Joe's Bar and the Food Lounge.
📍 Cabrillo College Aptos Campus
🕒 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM · See listing
Predictions of the EL Nino weather seems dire and we can look forward to much rain this fall. Even so the markets will be open and featuring all those good autumnal fruits and veggies. When the sun is shining and when it’s not there will still be good things to eat and enjoy at every Market. Come out and see what’s new and delicious. More markets are listed at https://www.montereycfb.com
📍 East Lake Village Shopping Center
🕒 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM · FREE
Classic cars and coffee every Saturday morning, in East Lake Village Shopping Center. It doesn't get much better. Come walk around the expansive parking lot, look at some beautifully restored cars, drink delicious coffee, and visit with your community. Stay awhile and enjoy one of the many great eateries in the shopping center!
📍 UCSC Farm
🕒 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · See listing
Come enjoy picking your own organic strawberries and/or flowers at the campus farm! When : U-picks will take place on Saturdays from 9am to 12pm, July 11–August 22, or while supplies last. PLEASE NOTE that u-pick will not occur on Saturday, July 4. Where : Free parking will be available in the Hay Barn lot or lot 115/116 during u-pick hours. Please do not park in the dirt lot at the farm’s back gate. Please walk to the check-in table near the strawberries/flowers at the farm to pre-pay and collect your u-pick container(s). We will have directional signage displayed. There is one ADA parking spot on the farm. The UCSC Farm has uneven, hilly terrain. If you require accommodations to fully participate, please email [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate. Cost: UCSC students with valid ID get 25% off produce. Strawberry pints – $4 each Strawberry flats (12 pints) – $44 Flowers – $25 for 32oz deli container Flower buckets – $75 Payment : Credit card payments only (you will need a smartphone to scan a QR code and enter your card info manually). Dogs are not allowed on the UC Santa Cruz campus (service animals are OK).
📍 Westside Farmers’ Market
🕒 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM · See listing
The Westside Farmers’ Market takes place every Saturday, year round at the corner of Hwy 1 and Western Drive. Here we serve the communities of the west end of Santa Cruz including Bonny Doon, the North Coast and the University of California, Santa Cruz campus. Sitting on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt this market is a great launching location for a day outdoors at Natural Bridges beach, Wilder Ranch or any adventure spot up the coast. It is also just a hop, skip and a jump, or bike ride, from Downtown. A community hub for over 15 years, the Westside Market showcases a great selection of 100% certified organic produce, artisan foods, beer, body products, tinctures, sustainable seafood, pasture raised meats, flowers and eggs along with cook-to-order cultural meals, live local music and a full espresso bar operated by Syllable. With an abundance of free parking and accessibility on its side, this market makes for a convenient and celebratory Saturday morning outing any time of the year.
📍 Watsonville
🕒 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · $33.85
We're turning ONE! Celebrate the Pilates Social with Pilates, Prosecco & local vendors
📍 Luz de Valle Farm
🕒 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · $12
Ticket price includes 1 pound of apples in addition to what you pick during your timed hour on the farm. Click the link in the orange button above to reserve your hour time slot. Apples are notorious for not reading travel itineraries. Please double check on what is ready to be picked before you go!
📍 Farm Discovery at Live Earth Farm
🕒 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM · $55.2
Join us harvesting Tomatoes and making Tart Tatin & Syrup!
📍 Aptos Village Park
🕒 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · $48.04
Held at beautiful Aptos Village Park, Gourmet Grazing on the Green is a fabulous day of fine wine, craft beer, spirits, gourmet food, live music and more! Spend the afternoon sampling the delicious flavors from dozens of the finest local restaurants, wineries and breweries. parking & shuttle service Parking is limited at the Aptos Village Park. We encourage guests carpool and use ride share. We also provide parking at Cabrillo College parking lot K and our shuttle service will bring you to and from the event approximately every 15 minutes. Shuttle service runs from 11:30-5pm. Limited handicap parking is available at the park. If you uber, drop off is at the top of the park. what to bring In years past the weather has been warm and sunny. We recommend wearing layered clothing, a sun hat, and sunscreen. The event provides shaded tents, table umbrellas and chair for guests to sit, eat and relax. The perimeter of the park is often grassy and shaded, feel free to bring a blanket if you care to relax picnic-style. *Service animals only please. All pets must be on leash at all times, and we ask that you respect other guests personal space. *Refund & Cancellation Policy We have a no refund policy unless we have to cancel. Tickets are transferable. In the event of cancellation we will provide you with a refund or give you the option to donate to the cause!
📍 Aptos Village County Park
🕒 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · $65.87
Held at beautiful Aptos Village Park, Gourmet Grazing on the Green is a fabulous day of fine wine, craft beer, gourmet food and live music! Spend the afternoon sampling the delicious flavors from dozens of the finest local restaurants, wineries and breweries.
📍 Steel Bonnet Brewing Company
🕒 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM · See listing
Steel Bonnet celebrates 11 years on Saturday, October 3rd from 12-9pm. Live music, food trucks, activities and delicious beer ALL DAY LONG!! Mark your calendars. More info to come!
📍 Rosscienda Vineyard
🕒 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
September is California Wine Month, and this year, there is plenty to celebrate. It has been a fascinating growing season in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Harvest arrived an incredible three to four weeks ahead of schedule, making 2026 one for the books already. Join us over Labor Day weekend for our September First Saturday and experience the vineyard at one of our favorite times of year. As the summer fog begins to roll back from the coast and sunshine fills our valleys, September brings some of the most beautiful days to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Come spend the afternoon with us, taste our estate wines and new releases, take in the vineyard views, and celebrate California Wine Month right where the wine begins. First Saturday at Rosscienda Vineyard Saturday, September 5 | 1–5 PM Aptos • Santa Cruz Mountains
