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The Santa Cruz Antique Faire is on the 2nd Sunday of every month from 9am-5pm, weather permitting. Vendors offer an eclectic blend of antiques and…
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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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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
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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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Showing 30 of 184 upcoming events · Free · from 2026-10-11 · to 2026-10-18
Oct
11
Docent-led tours of the Elkhorn Slough Reserve are every Saturday AND Sunday, at 10 am and 11 am. Tours are on a first-come, first-serve basis…
Oct
11
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
11
Description: Tianguis Realmente Gratuito. Todo es gratis. Really Really Free Market - every second Sunday - 11am - 2pm. No money. No trades. Everything is…
Oct
11
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…
Oct
11
Natural Bridges State Beach: Welcome Back Monarchs Day!
📍 Natural Bridges State Beach
🕒 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM · FREE
Enjoy welcoming the monarch butterflies back to the park, where they will spend the winter. Monarch butterflies are notorious for never reading or sharing itineraries…
Oct
11
We will be hosting the Open Studios Preview Exhibition, showcasing the work of all the 330+ Santa Cruz County Open Studios Artists who are participating…
Oct
11
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…
Oct
11
SPAM New Media Festival began in 2022 as a grassroots experimental arts platform, bringing together practitioners working on the fringes and frontiers of digital arts…
Oct
11
Día De Esperanza Organic Agriculture Festival
📍 Esperanza Community Farms
🕒 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM · FREE
Join us for Día de Esperanza 2026, a one-day Organic Agriculture Festival celebrating local food, sustainable agriculture, culture, and community at Esperanza Community Farms in…
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
11
Local chapter of a global secular (non-religious) movement of people who meet to celebrate life together in congregations and communities around the world. Meets 2nd…
Oct
11
Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
📍 UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s…
Oct
11
Henry Cowell Redwoods SP: Redwood Grove Guided Walk
📍 Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
🕒 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM · FREE
Experience an old-growth redwood forest filled with ancient trees over 200 ft. tall, and connect one on one with park staff. On this 1-mile stroll…
Oct
11
Water Education Class at True Source Waters SUNDAY OCTOBER 11TH @ 12 PM
📍 Santa Cruz
🕒 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM · FREE
Join us for an afternoon of Water Education!
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…
Oct
11
Browse handmade jewelry, soap, clothing and other locally made goods while enjoying free live music at Abbott Square.
Oct
11
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…
Oct
11
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…
Oct
11
Salsa By The Sea is a free, weekly outdoor salsa dancing event held near the wharf on Beach Street, at the Ideal Bar patio. The…
Oct
11
Read to the Rescues ✨with Pregnant Mare Rescue 🐴💛Give your little one a magical experience… reading aloud alongside a gentle rescue horse. This peaceful moment…
Oct
11
Steph Kent will be sharing their newest work, the Santa Cruz Almanac, 2026
Oct
11
Sing your heart out! We will start at 5pm....ends when the cops show up or when I throw in the towel....No way you can be…
Oct
11
Veterans, families, friends and community members are invited to an evening of remembrance, hope and support honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action…
Oct
11
Silent meditation.
Oct
11
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Free Live Jazz Downtown At Mariposa Coffee Bar
📍 Mariposa Coffee Bar
🕒 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM · FREE
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…
Oct
11
The 32nd annual Monte Foundation Fireworks Extravaganza is back! Finish off your beach town weekend with a grand finale over the restored Capitola Wharf. This…
Oct
12
Join us Mondays 10:30am-12pm at Aptos Library for social Bridge! All skill levels welcome. Enjoy fun, friendship, and mental stimulation.
Oct
12
Play Mahjong with fellow enthusiasts! Beginners welcome with weekly Hong Kong Style lessons. Other styles offered too. Tiles provided or bring your own.
Oct
12
Remembering, Reimagining and Honoring: Indigenous Peoples & Futures
📍 Cardiff House
🕒 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · FREE
Join us on Oct. 12 from 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. at the Cardiff House as we gather in recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Together, we…
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