Oct
8
A live set from The Guitarsonists, bringing blues and R&B to a local stage.
Music
📍 Midtown
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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…
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Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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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
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · The Crepe Place
THE GUITARSONISTS
A live set from The Guitarsonists, bringing blues and R&B to a local stage.
Music
📍 Midtown
Coming up
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · Discretion Brewing
Blue Lemonade
5:30-7:30pm Blue Lemonade is an Americana band based out of Santa Cruz/Santa Barbara playing both originals and covers from bluegrass and folk to blues and…
Music
📍 Soquel
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Thursday, October 871 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →
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Women in Business Summit
📍 Mission Springs
Community
9:00 AM
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BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE SEWING (4/6)
📍 Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Community
10:00 AM
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Bay Tree Building Furniture Sit Test Open House
📍 McHenry Library
Education
10:30 AM
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Bilingual Toddler Storytime
📍 Main Library
Family
10:30 AM
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Wings Birth Certificate & Notary Services
📍 Downtown Branch Library
Community
10:30 AM
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Demystifying the IRB: ask us anything!
📍 McHenry Library
Education
10:30 AM
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Astrophotography With Keith Kirk
📍 Scotts Valley Branch Library
Community
10:30 AM
$26.45
Roaring Camp Railroads: Redwood Forest Steam Train
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads
Cultural Event
10:30 AM
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Rabid Reader Book Discussion Group @ La Selva Beach
📍 La Selva Beach Branch Library
Community
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Showing 30 of 87 upcoming events · Music · from 2026-10-08 · to 2026-10-15
Oct
8
5:30-7:30pm Blue Lemonade is an Americana band based out of Santa Cruz/Santa Barbara playing both originals and covers from bluegrass and folk to blues and…
Oct
8
Join us at Bargetto Winery in Soquel on Thursday evenings for Live Music and Wine! 6-8PM No cover charge. Wine by-the-glass for purchase. Food will…
Oct
8
Ben Flocks is a saxophonist and storyteller with a clear, warm, and purposeful voice. A veteran performer and educator, Flocks has been lucky to play…
Music
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
8
7 - 10pm · Live improvisational modular synth performance by M31 Transport.
Music
📍 Westside
Oct
8
Come kick off the weekend early with The Thursday Night Wine Down. Grab a glass of wine at Cocoa Vino in Capitola Village and settle…
Oct
8
Music
📍 Soquel
Oct
8
Back in the wild 1970s, multiple-Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones was busy waiting tables and singing songs in dive bars. In a somewhat famous story…
Music
📍 Midtown
Oct
8
Analog Dog at Felton Music Hall on Thursday, October 8th 2026 Tickets at: https://www.prekindle.com/event/29513-analog-dog-felton
Music
📍 San Lorenzo Valley
Oct
8
Most widely known for the eponymous hit, “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” the hip hop icon takes the stage performing classic anthems that defined a generation…
Oct
8
Maya DeVitry & Mark Erelli LIVE at Lille Aeske Arthouse
📍 Lille Aeske Arthouse
🕒 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM · See listing
Nashville singer-songwriter and fiddler Maya DeVitry came to prominence as part of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania alt-country/folk trio The Stray Birds. With that group she released…
Oct
9
Ripatti & Rose - Live at Stockwell Cellars
Oct
9
5:30-7:30pm Shawn and Matt prove you only need two men to rock the house. They redefined the classic duo sound with duo vocal attacks, seamlessly…
Oct
9
Oct
9
Rebecca Coupe Franks / Trumpet Nancy Heth / Vocals and Piano
Oct
9
A show -Julie f the rulies -half calf - emma bottomlining
Oct
9
Punk rock triple bill. 6-9pm $8
Oct
9
Oct
9
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…
Oct
9
At last count, there were 800 Grateful Dead cover bands in America and more throughout the world. You can find all female bands, Dead drag…
Music
📍 Midtown
Oct
9
SPAM New Media Festival – Night Two: Jean Carla Rodea + Abram Stern & Dorothy R. Santos + EPOCH
📍 Indexical
🕒 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM · FREE
SPAM New Media Festival launches it’s California edition of their annual festival with performances by interdisciplinary artist Jean Carla Rodea, collaborative duo Abram Stern &…
Oct
9
Quarry Amphitheater: Progressive Rock Group BEAT
📍 The Quarry Ampitheater
🕒 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM · $95.18
BEAT is a prominent progressive rock supergroup formed to creatively reinterpret the 1980s music of King Crimson. Rather than a standard tribute act, the project…
Oct
9
SPAM New Media Festival Night 1: Jean Carla Rodea + Abram Stern & Dorothy R. Santos + EPOCH
📍 Indexical
🕒 8:00 PM · See listing
This is the California edition of the annual SPAM New Media Festival. It will feature performances by interdisciplinary artist Jean Carla Rodea, duo Abram Stern…
Oct
9
Pat McGann at Felton Music Hall on Friday, October 9th 2026 Tickets: https://www.prekindle.com/event/55897-pat-mcgann-felton
Oct
9
BEAT: Belew/Vai/Levin/Bozzio Performing the Music of KING CRIMSON
📍 Quarry Amphitheater
🕒 8:00 PM · See listing
Belew Vai Levin BozzioQuarry Ampitheater at UC Santa CruzCarved from a former limestone quarry in the 1960s, the historic Quarry Amphitheater located at the heart…
Oct
9
Sweet Voodoo delivers a set of super-danceable classic rock and funk, ideal for an evening of dancing and good times.
Oct
9
Moes Alley presents The Breaks a convergence of three groove masters of modern funk and soul-jazz: Eddie Roberts, Stanton Moore, and Robert Walter!Friday October 9…
Oct
9
A throwback party spinning 2000s hits at a live music venue, with doors at 8 PM and the party starting at 9 PM.
Oct
10
The Land Speaks Community Folk Opera
📍 Felton CA, directions given at registration
🕒 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · $23.18
A 4-act journey to heal our colonialist history through story, community singing and grief practices
Oct
10
This workshop invites participants into collective improvisation, drawing on Kumi Maxson's work as a performing artist and teacher to explore improvisation's role in political and…
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