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The Kick Off - Sonivore Listening Lounge, Oct 9 ★ Featured Event
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…

Art & Culture Music 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz Details →
Afrobeats Nite at the IAS at Institute of the Arts and Sciences, Oct 8 ★ Featured
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
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour Adventure Night at Rio Theatre, Oct 10 ★ 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
Clean Air Day at Customer Experience Center, Oct 7 Coming up
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · Customer Experience Center

Clean Air Day

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will offer free fares on all METRO services, including local fixed routes, Highway 17 Express and ParaCruz, on Wednesday…

Festivals 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Music
Coming up
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · The Cruz Room

Bluegrass Jam

7 - 9pm · Weekly bluegrass jam with local musicians.

Music 📍 Westside

☀️ Happening today

Wednesday, October 7

82 events on today. No plans required, just go. See the full day →

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Clean Air Day
📍 Customer Experience Center
Festivals
7:00 AM
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Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
📍 UC Santa Cruz
Education
7:00 AM
See listing
Pinball Night
📍 The Cruz Room
Community
9:00 AM
FREE
Watsonville YMCA Health Screening
📍 Watsonville Family YMCA
Wellness
9:00 AM
See listing
Mobile Health Clinic
📍 Scotts Valley Branch Library
Community
9:00 AM
$65
Bio-Vibe Table: Sound & Vibration Wellness Sessions
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness
9:00 AM
$10
Pilates & Posture in the Pasture
📍 Beyond Liberty
Outdoors
9:00 AM
FREE
Coffee with Provost Aims McGuinness
📍 Merrill College Office
Education
9:15 AM
$25
Vinyasa Yoga with Yogi Laxman Panthi
📍 Soulcare Studios
Wellness

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Showing 30 of 43 upcoming events · Wellness · from 2026-10-07 · to 2026-10-14

Oct
7

Watsonville YMCA Health Screening

📍 Watsonville Family YMCA
🕒 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · FREE

Stop by the Watsonville Family YMCA for a free health screening. You can learn more about your risk for conditions like diabetes or high blood…

Wellness Free 📍 Watsonville
Oct
7

Pilates & Posture in the Pasture

📍 Beyond Liberty
🕒 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM · $10

Horses are deeply attuned to nonverbal cues; our posture, breath, and inner state shape how they respond. When we’re centered, they notice. This gentle, horse…

Outdoors Wellness 📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
7

Mobile Health Clinic

📍 Scotts Valley Branch Library
🕒 9:00 AM · See listing

Dignity Mobile Wellness Clinic and Santa Cruz Public Libraries are partnering to offer services that support the health of patrons with weekly Wednesday visits to…

Community Wellness 📍 Scotts Valley
Oct
7

Vinyasa Yoga with Yogi Laxman Panthi

📍 Soulcare Studios
🕒 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM · $25

Start your Wednesday morning with movement, mindfulness, and authentic Himalayan yogic wisdom at Soul Care Studios. 🧘✨ Join Yogi Laxman Panthi for a weekly Vinyasa…

Wellness Free 📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
7

Pilates @ the Library

📍 Aptos Branch Library
🕒 12:30 PM · See listing

Join us for free Pilates at the Library! All levels welcome. Bring your own mat and water. Enjoy a fun, energizing workout led by volunteer…

Community Wellness 📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
7

Entre Nosotras

📍 Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley
🕒 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · See listing

Entre Nosotras: Open to Spanish-speaking women with cancer at all stages, from diagnosis through treatment and the healing process. Groups are led in Spanish and…

Wellness Cultural Event En español 📍 Watsonville
Oct
9

Art for Healing

📍 Santa Cruz
🕒 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM · See listing

Art for Healing: Using the power of the creative process to provide support, insight and a deeper relationship with yourself in a safe and nurturing…

Wellness Art & Culture
Oct
9

Ketamine Healing IM Group at SoulCare Studios

📍 Soulcare Studios
🕒 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · $300

Join SoulCare Studios for a professionally guided Ketamine Intramuscular (IM) Group Session offering a medically supervised and supportive space for healing, reflection, and deeper self-understanding…

Wellness 📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
10

Writing Circle

📍 WomenCARE
🕒 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · See listing

Writing Circle: Open to the writer in each of us, this group allows for creative exploration in a supportive space right where you are. Each…

Art & Culture Wellness 📍 Soquel
Oct
11

Drop-in Meditation

📍 Land of Medicine Buddha
🕒 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM · See listing

Join us for Sunday drop-in Meditations 9-10 am weekly. In person only, in the Gompa at Land of Medicine Buddha with Venerable Yangchen! Venerable Yangchen's…

Community Wellness 📍 Soquel
Oct
11

Wing Chung Class with Marcus

📍 The 418 Project
🕒 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM · See listing

Wing Chun martial arts classes with instructor Marcus at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, meeting multiple times per week.

Education Wellness 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
11

LABYRINTH Film Screening

📍 The 418 Project
🕒 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · See listing

Sunday, Oct. 11th, 2:00 PM, SMALL THEATER October Family Matinee, 40th Anniversary!! LABYRINTH (1986, Columbia/Swank, 101 min.) “Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have…

Art & Culture Wellness 📍 Downtown Santa Cruz
Oct
11

Read to the Rescues

📍 Beyond Liberty
🕒 3:30 PM · FREE

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…

Wellness Family 📍 Aptos & Seacliff
Oct
11

Sunday Sound Bath + Reiki

📍 Kula Connections
🕒 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM · $35

Presented by: Ruby Hernandez, Adron Beene, Susan von Thun or Erin Carlson-Jones with Joyce Leonard. Each Sunday, one of the musicians performs a sound bath…

Wellness 📍 Capitola
Oct
12

Monthly Monday Meditation

📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 11:30 AM · See listing

In this practice group, you'll get an introduction to many different approaches to meditation and receive guidance on which practices might be best suited for…

Community Wellness 📍 Scotts Valley
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