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Santa Cruz Scene: What's happening in Santa Cruz County
From the waves to the redwoods, it's all happening here.
Santa Cruz Scene (santacruzscene.com) is a free daily calendar of in-person events across Santa Cruz County, California.
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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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Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · Corralitos Cultural Center
Tai Chi with Manny
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📍 Watsonville
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Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · Felton Music Hall
20 Years of Nekrogoblikon - Felton, CA - VIP TICKETLESS UPGRADE
Some bands start off with a concept; others develop it along the way. Santa Barbara’s Nekrogoblikon is of the later ilk and the better for…
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📍 San Lorenzo Valley
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Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · The Ugly Mug
Open Mic w/ SteveV, every Monday
It's Monday Open Mic at the Ugly Mug! Sign ups at 5p Beer, Espresso Drinks and Desserts available
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📍 Soquel
Coming up
Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · Abbott Square Market
Abbott Square: Comedy Night
Come hang out in the secret garden and have some laughs, EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. Featuring comedians from all over the area and beyond.
Comedy
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
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Monday, October 1250 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →
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Beach Cleanup @ Capitola Beach
📍 Capitola Beach next to jetty on East side
Outdoors
9:00 AM
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Capitola Beach Cleanup with Save Our Shores
📍 City of Capitola
Community
9:00 AM
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Beach Cleanup @ Capitola Beach
📍 Esplanade Park
Community
10:00 AM
$105
Halloween Ceramics Camp
📍 Art Factory Studios
Art & Culture
10:00 AM
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FUN & FUNCTIONAL HANDBUILDING (2/4)
📍 Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
Community
10:30 AM
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Infant/Toddler Storytime at Capitola
📍 Capitola Branch Library
Community
10:30 AM
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Club de Escucha de Santa Cruz
📍 Capitola 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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Mahjong Club @ Branciforte
📍 Branciforte Branch Library
Community
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Showing 30 of 99 upcoming events · Music · from 2026-10-12 · to 2026-10-19
Oct
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20 Years of Nekrogoblikon - Felton, CA - VIP TICKETLESS UPGRADE
📍 Felton Music Hall
🕒 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · $87.21
Some bands start off with a concept; others develop it along the way. Santa Barbara’s Nekrogoblikon is of the later ilk and the better for…
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📍 San Lorenzo Valley
Oct
12
It's Monday Open Mic at the Ugly Mug! Sign ups at 5p Beer, Espresso Drinks and Desserts available
Oct
12
Open Mic Night Sign-ups at 7:00 PM Starts at 8:00 PM, every Monday Join us to hear local musicians and build community!
Oct
12
Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is the Midwestern daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Hailed by The New York Times as “a…
Oct
12
Purchase tickets here Show 8pm // 21+ ***This is a standing room general admissions show. There will be a limited number of chairs located in…
Oct
13
Join other students in learning the basic techniques and fundamentals of art using many mediums. Learn about line, value, balance, shape, form, texture, color, art…
Oct
13
The Ugly Mug welcomes Finger Picking master Peppino D'Agostino Tuesday october 13th, 7pm, $30adv/$35Door TICKETS & INFO HERE -->> TICKETS PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO, a native of…
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📍 Soquel
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13
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📍 Soquel
Oct
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Salsa Social Dance is a free Tuesday night social at Abbott Square Market in downtown Santa Cruz.
Oct
13
Free live music every Tuesday night with the Del Mar Trio at Callahan's in Santa Cruz.
Oct
13
Purchase tickets here Show 8pm // 21+ ***This is a standing room general admissions show. There will be a limited number of chairs located in…
Oct
14
Concertino Strings October Concert
📍 Boulder Creek United Methodist Church
🕒 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM · FREE
Concertino Strings will open its 6th concert season at the Boulder Creek United Methodist Church, 12855 Boulder Street, on October 14th, Wednesday, at 11:30 am…
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Oct
14
Black! Black! Black!: Hip Hop Lab celebration and live performance by Phreeborn
📍 Digital Arts Research Center
🕒 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM · FREE
Welcome to fall 2026-27 at UC Santa Cruz with the Hip Hop Lab presenting a joyful space for Black/Brown students who are underrepresented in the…
Oct
14
“Well at least nobody could ever accuse us of releasing too much music!” quips guitarist Greg Carmichael on the release of their latest EP The…
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📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
14
Live music with heartfelt classic rock, country, pop, and folk tunes.
Oct
14
7 - 9pm · Weekly bluegrass jam with local musicians.
Oct
14
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Bonnie Raitt is returning to Santa Cruz! Fans can expect a setlist that balances her “present-day brilliance” from Just…
Oct
14
With roots in Sicily and Kingston, Alborosie’s sound is a global journey. Making his name as a reggae artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist his career has…
Oct
14
Join us for a special evening of Saiti - the traditional music and songs of the Yawanawá people of the Brazilian Amazon.
Oct
15
5:30-7:30pm If Funkadelic and Thievery Corporation had a bastard love child that grew up listening to Pink Floyd, their new favorite band would be Bionic…
Oct
15
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
15
Heartfeast is an instrumental genre-fluid progressive rock and psychedelic chromesthesia rhythmic experience, War Extinction is an instrumental proto/post punk experimental rock band with raw cinematic…
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📍 Westside
Oct
15
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📍 Soquel
Oct
15
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
15
7 - 10pm · Live improvisational modular synth performance by M31 Transport.
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📍 Westside
Oct
15
A fun, free, and open to the public monthly get-together for rousing discussions, live demonstrations, impromptu jams, show-and-tells, and all things synth related.
Oct
15
From Chicago to Santa Cruz, Dos Santos is a band vibrating with Grammy potential. With a lucky thirteen years under their collective belt, Dos Santos…
Oct
15
with Artikal Sound System & Pacific Roots
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