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Sat, Aug 8, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Phamily Time!

📍 Woodhouse Blending & Brewing · Downtown Santa Cruz · See listing

Phamily Time, presented by Phreeborn is back with a summer edition you won’t want to miss. There will be something for everyone, so bring the whole phamily! Get tickets for the whole day celebration here: TICKETS

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Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · The 418 Project

Motion Pacific: Dance for PD

Dance for Parkinson’s at Motion Pacific is a class for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their caretakers. The class is based on the innovative and internationally renowned Dance for PD® program designed by the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group. Trained Dance for Parkinson’s teachers use prompts and multiple dance styles to inspire movement, creative expression, and community. Dancers may sit in a chair, use a barre, or stand. Dance for Parkinson’s at Motion Pacific is open and free to the public. Classes are appropriate for anyone with Parkinson’s, no matter how advanced. Movement modifications will be made available and there is no dance experience required. Dance for Parkinson’s is offered every Wednesday from 1:00pm to 2:15pm, with the exception of the first Wednesday of the month, during which class is not held. Classes are offered in-person, in the Lobby at The 418 Project.

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Music 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz

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Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · Woodhouse Brewing

July 1 Plateau Jazz Band plays for swing dance at Woodhouse Brewing

The Plateau Jazz Band plays 20s -40s swing dance jazz at Woodhouse Brewing from 5:30-8:30 on Wednesday July 1st. Listen, lesson, dance, dine and drink. Bob Folker teaches a half hour introductory/intermediate swing dance lesson from 5:30-6, the band plays for the dancers till 7, then Bob teaches a second half hour lesson and the band plays another hour long set of music. Things wrap up around 8:30 or so. Listening is free. Lessons and dance $10 The Plateau Jazz Band is a six-piece traditional jazz band from Santa Cruz, California. They play New Orleans influenced, Preservation Hall inspired, prohibition era swinging dance jazz. Their repertoire includes hot jazz songs like Dr. Jazz & That's a Plenty, blues tunes like St. Louis Blues & St. James Infirmary Blues, and swing dance standards like Blue Skies, Dinah, & I’m Going to Sit Right Down (and write myself a letter).

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Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · The 418 Project

Motion Pacific- Beginning Hip Hop House

A weekly beginning hip hop house dance class. Participants will learn foundational movements, rhythms, and combinations in a structured, studio setting.

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Music 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz

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Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · The Crepe Place

(((folkYEAH))) PRESENTS: ALELA DIANE With SHANNON LAY

With a nearly decades long contemporary folk career, Alela Diane’s work is akin to the changing of the seasons: a quiet, but extraordinary facet. Woven in with lovely guitar melodies, her ineffable voice soothes the listener with buoyant lilting and haunting harmonies. The lyrics in her latest album, Who’s Keeping Track of Time, unveil her intimate fascination with the mystery of the changing seasons and passing moments. Gentle rhythm and soaring strings accentuate Alela’s slow but steady lyrical honesty. Vulnerably grasping at how time comes for us all, Alela’s music serves as a comfort to the weary heart. -Shelly Novo; Good Times Santa Cruz

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Music 📍 Midtown

☀️ Happening today

Wednesday, August 5

40 events on today. No plans required, just go.

9:00 AM

$10

Pilates & Posture in the Pasture

Dynomite Farm: Private Dahlia U-Cut Experience

📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries

Community

10:00 AM

$32

Santa Cruz Beach Train

📍 Roaring Camp Railroads

GARDEN TOTEMS: HANDBUILDING (5/5)

📍 Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Outdoors

10:30 AM

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Bilingual Baby Laptime

📍 Watsonville Library

Family

11:00 AM

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Preschool Story Time @ La Selva Beach

📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries

Community

11:30 AM

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Bilingual Toddler Storytime

📍 Watsonville Library

Family

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1 upcoming event · LGBTQ+ · from 2026-08-05 · to 2026-08-05

Aug

Gay Beach Volleyball (Outside Community Series)

📍 Court 16, Santa Cruz Main Beach Volleyball, 270 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA

🕒 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM · FREE

Santa Cruz Gay Beach Volleyball Date : Wednesdays, last session October 28 Time : 5:30 - 10:00 pm Location : Main Beach Court 16 (across from La Bahia) Cost : Free Santa Cruz Gay Beach Volleyball has been fabulizing Main Beach since 1979. We meet at 5:30 pm on Main Beach Court 16 (across from La Bahia) every Wednesday evening during Daylight Saving Time and play till it's too dark or too cold or we're just hungry. All skill levels - including no skill at all - are welcome. We're here to have fun, connect and yes, sometimes even play surprisingly good volleyball. Socializing on the sidelines is often as busy as the playing on our courts. Afterwards we head to dinner at a local restaurant or sometimes a potluck. Free to participate. ALL (yes, we mean you!) are welcome. Come out and play! .

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From the waves to the redwoods, it's all happening here.

★ Featured this season

Phamily Time!

Motion Pacific: Dance for PD

July 1 Plateau Jazz Band plays for swing dance at Woodhouse Brewing

Motion Pacific- Beginning Hip Hop House

(((folkYEAH))) PRESENTS: ALELA DIANE With SHANNON LAY

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Gay Beach Volleyball (Outside Community Series)

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