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📍 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
🕒 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM · See listing
Cheer on your favorite team at a game watch at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). There will be complimentary popcorn (to throw at the screen?) and an art activity for all ages. Below are the games the MAH will play: June 15, 2026 – Spain vs. Cape Verde at 9AM – 11AM. June 22, 2026 – Argentina vs. Austria at 10AM – 12PM. June 28, 2026 – Runners Up at 12PM – 2PM. July 5, 2026 – Winner Match 76 at 1PM – 3PM. July 19, 2026 – World Cup FINAL at 12PM – 2PM. Please visit the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History for more details.
📍 Jury Room
🕒 6:00 AM – 2:00 AM · See listing
Bring your friends, wear your colors, and experience the World Cup together at The Jury Room. They will be showcasing every match live so fans can come together, connect, and celebrate the global spirit of soccer. Enjoy the drama, rivalries, and excitement of the tournament while creating memories that go beyond the final score.
📍 11th Hour
🕒 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM · See listing
Playing some of the games at our Downtown shop! Big screen, good drinks, and a room full of people yelling at the same TV. This is what third spaces are for. Come watch the matches at 11th Hour by Day and After Hours at night!
📍 Pono Hawaiian Kitchen and Tap
🕒 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · See listing
Pono is your island oasis for the summer’s biggest matches! Catch every goal on our big screens with friends and family while enjoying our extensive tap list, full bar, and tropical flavors. Follow Pono for match-day food and drink specials!
📍 Salty Otter Sports Grill
🕒 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · See listing
The Salty Otter Sports Grill is a family-friendly sports grill located in Downtown Santa Cruz and will be playing every FIFA World Cup Soccer match! Bring the whole family to watch a game and play a game. Play billiards, pinball, arcade games, and board games while selecting from 30 drafts on tap, including local brews, staples, and local ciders. Mocktail/Cocktail menu. Dark n’ Stormy Burger. Soft Pretzel Tower. Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich. Vegan, Vegetarian, and Gluten Free options. There’s something for everyone at The Salty Otter!
📍 Abbott Square Market
🕒 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM · See listing
The FIFA World Cup is LIVE! Don’t miss a moment of soccer and enjoy all the variety of cuisines at Abbott Square!
📍 Britannia Arms of Capitola
🕒 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM · See listing
THE WORLD CUP IS HERE! 🌎⚽ Looking for the ultimate place to watch the 2026 World Cup? Join us at Britannia Arms of Capitola! 🏆 Open 7 days a week 📺 Showing ALL LIVE World Cup matches 🍔 Full food menu available during every match 🍺 Ice-cold drinks served throughout the tournament 👕 USA & England Jersey Giveaways during USA and England first-round matches We’ve transformed the pub with World Cup decorations and photo opportunities so you can capture the excitement with friends and fellow fans! Watch every match surrounded by passionate soccer supporters in a lively, energetic atmosphere. Whether you’re cheering for the USA, England, Mexico, or your favorite national team, this is where soccer fans come together. For over 40 years, Britannia Arms has been part of the World Cup tradition. We know what soccer fans expect and we’re ready to deliver an unforgettable match-day experience with great food, great drinks, and great company. ⚽ Bring your friends, wear your colors, and be part of the excitement at Britannia Arms of Capitola!
📍 Bruno’s Bar and Grill
🕒 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM · See listing
Watch every match, every day except Mondays (we are closed) on our 13 large screen TVs and 130″ TV wall with two full bars and plenty of room for fans. Specials: “The Hat Trick Stack”, a burger, fries & a beer $22. “No Mercy Wings”, wings & any beer $20. Thursdays: $2 off drafts and appetizers upstairs. Sundays: All day happy hour $2 off beer, wine and well drinks. Tuesdays: $3 tacos or buy a Modelo or margarita and get a free taco. Wednesdays: $7 whiskey & $7 wings!
📍 Restaurante Los Pinos
🕒 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM · See listing
Ver todos los partidos de fútbol en espanol! Enjoy authentic Mexican food, housemade micheladas, and catch all the matches and commentary, en espanol!
📍 Pono Hawaiian Grill
🕒 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · See listing
Pono is your island-style fan zone! Catch the tournament live on our big screens with the best community vibes in Santa Cruz. Grab a plate lunch and cheer on your team with a massive selection of draft beers and a full bar. Follow Pono for match-day food and drink specials!
📍 Taqueria Mi Terra
🕒 9:30 AM – 9:00 PM · See listing
When the game is on the line, there are things you simply can’t let slip by… like a bottle of Chavela Michelada Mix! Come enjoy and watch all the matches at Taqueria Mi Terra!
📍 Downtown Santa Cruz Makers Market
🕒 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · FREE
Enjoy the Downtown Santa Cruz Makers Market every THIRD Sunday in 2026! Featuring 40+ local makers & artists, this market hosts a wide range of locally handmade goods. Find some of your favorite Santa Cruz makers AND brand new ones…the variety of goods at the market is always exceptional. Friendly leashed pups are welcome! Check out their website for the full list of participating vendors! Sponsored by Farm Fresh to You Supported by Downtown Santa Cruz Presented by SCM Makers Market
📍 Upper Crust
🕒 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM · See listing
The world’s biggest soccer tournament comes to Santa Cruz – and Upper Crust Pizza & Pasta is the place to watch it! We’re screening every match live, all tournament long. Whether it’s an early morning kickoff or a prime-time showdown, come pull up a seat, dig into fresh-made pizza and pasta, and soak in the energy with fellow fans. Put on your jersey, bring your people, and let’s make Upper Crust Santa Cruz’s home base for the World Cup.
📍 Roaring Camp Railroads
🕒 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · $32
From Trees to Shining Seas – Felton to Santa Cruz. Departing from the Santa Cruz Mountains, travel through Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, down the scenic San Lorenzo River Gorge, across a 1909 steel truss bridge, and through an 1875 tunnel before arriving at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Reverse roundtrips departing from the beach in Santa Cruz to Roaring Camp and back may be purchased from the conductor on the train departing from Santa Cruz. The Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific Railway operates passenger and freight services on one of the oldest and most historic lines in California. When the route opened in 1875 it carried lumber as well as picnickers and tourists to the Big Trees and Santa Cruz. Today’s Beach Train passengers can start their roundtrip journeys from either Roaring Camp in Felton or from the beach in Santa Cruz. Departs from both the beach in Santa Cruz and Roaring Camp. See departure times for more information. The Beach Train will run weekends and holidays through May, and then daily June through the first week of August, then back to weekends and holidays to the end of September. Please note that the 4 p.m. train leaving Santa Cruz is one-way only. There is no return train to the beach.
📍 Rush Inn
🕒 10:00 AM · See listing
Step into the heart of the World Cup experience. Watch every match live as the world’s top teams compete for soccer’s biggest prize at the Rush Inn. Enjoy the excitement of every kickoff, the intensity of every rivalry, and the unforgettable moments that bring fans from around the globe together. Whether you’re a lifelong supporter or simply love the game, this is where the World Cup comes alive.
📍 Brady’s Yacht Club
🕒 10:00 AM · See listing
Feel the excitement of the World Cup all in one place at Brady’s Yacht Club. Watch every match live, experience every goal, and celebrate every unforgettable moment with fans who share your passion for the beautiful game. From the first kickoff to the championship finale, we’re bringing the world’s biggest tournament to life with an atmosphere full of energy, competition, and community.
📍 The Diversity Center
🕒 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM · See listing
Name: Chop It Like It’s Hot: Queer Clothing Swap and Gender-Affirming Haircuts! Date: Sunday, July 19 Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Location: The Diversity Center Ages: All ages RSVP: tinyurl.com/tdcchopitlikeitshot Event Description: Come one, come all! Let’s change it up this summer! Try a new hairstyle, swap some clothes, and connect with the community. Work with licensed hair stylists from Nine Lives Salon, bring some clothes to share, and leave feeling like a new you 💅 Let’s slayyyy for summer! Tips are encouraged for stylists for donating their time. Brought to you in collaboration between The Diversity Center, Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center, and Motion Pacific. RSVP required for a haircut. We will do our best to accommodate your haircut request, but slots are limited.
📍 Santa Cruz Harbor
🕒 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM · FREE
Go explore the harbor shops, restaurants and experiences with very little car traffic! Passengers may be picked up and dropped off at the following locations: X1 Gate (northeast harbor) AA Dock (southwest harbor) Launch Ramp (southeast harbor) Please visit the Port District’s website to view the map for all water taxi pick-up and drop-off locations in the harbor. Visitor parking is available for water taxi passengers in the north harbor near X Dock.
📍 Institute of the Arts and Sciences
🕒 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM · See listing
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right , the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj , a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian kreyol conception of rasanblaj; and Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words, But Melodies , a mixed-media exhibition emerging at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art. The IAS Galleries are open Wednesday-Sunday, 12 pm – 5 pm. Admission is free to the public. Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right Libia Posada’s first solo exhibition in the United States features installations, sculptures, and drawings meticulously constructed from surgical instruments, gauze bandages, crutches, used books, and domestic picture frames. The new and existing works in the exhibition powerfully stitch together the personal, social, and political disorders and afflictions that currently trouble the world, from the wars that resonate across the globe to the violences of aging in US prisons. Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements The internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view as a premier Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation, produced in community from things collected, found, purchased and donated, centers on the Haitian concept of rasanblaj, a form of assembly and collage that transcends the formal use of materials to draw together people, spirits, and ideas. Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words, But Melodies Collage is both a material practice and a structural interrogation in the Faculty Spotlight Exhibition artworks by literature professor Ronaldo V. Wilson. In video, painting, and installation, layers and folds conceal and reveal, delving into the experience, both bodily and emotive, of living in time
📍 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, you will be chatting about life histories, ecology, etc., and sharing a wonderful adventure among these giants. You don’t want to miss this! Meet me at the visitor center. Although the event is free, the vehicle day-use fee is $10. Hold on to that receipt! Once you have paid for parking at one state park, you have paid for them all. There are 14 state parks in Santa Cruz County alone!
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 1:00 PM · See listing
Sunday, July 19 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm Are you stuck with a technology question? You can make a free appointment with a tech savvy library staff member!
📍 Nicholson Vineyards
🕒 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM · $25
Enjoy summer weekend afternoons at the beautiful Nicholson Vineyards! Saturdays from noon to 5pm – Enjoy perusing art from local artists Sundays from 1pm to 4pm – Enjoy listening to local musicians Pack a picnic spread, gather your friends and family, and sip on their refreshing summer wine flight, featuring the best of our warm-weather selections. Book your reservation today! July 11 & 12: The Clay Chalet and music by Dos Bros July 18 & 19: Indigo and Vine and music by Jo Coleman July 25 & 26: Sour Sammy Sourdough and music by Six String Mixtape August 1 & 2: Scout and Sea and music by Half Pass August 8 & 9: Lili Arnold Studios and music by Eden Edell August 15 & 16: Desert Moon Design and music by Kip Allert August 22 & 23: Papelline Jewelry and music by Zach Bailey August 29 & 30: Anna Gail Designs and music by Jeff Smith September 5 & 6: All You Knead and music by Cake Party!
📍 Park Hall Ben Lomond
🕒 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · See listing
Little People’s Repertory Theatre Presents Jurassic Jungle Book: A Three-Hour Tour Little People’s Repertory Theatre (LPRT) presents Jurassic Jungle Book: A Three-Hour Tour, an original rock musical by Jannine Chadwick, Directed by Daria Elise Troxell, Musical Direction Gabe House. During a sightseeing boat tour, seven passengers become castaways when their boat is shipwrecked on a tropical jungle island. The island is sparsely populated by talking jungle animals, Village People, Mowgli (a boy raised by wolves), Huntriz, three singing dino-hunters, four ninja turtles, and Indominus Khan, a tiger who became a mutant after a sinister group of “scientists” came to “study” the island, with the hidden motive of transforming the island into a prehistoric theme park. This sweet and silly mash-up features more than twenty musical numbers. The cast includes children ages 7–14 singing and dancing to parodies of contemporary pop songs and classic rock hits. It’s alternative children’s musical theatre like no other! Shows regularly sell out, so reserve your tickets early. Ticket information and show times are available online at lprt.org. Performances will be held at Park Hall in Ben Lomond from July 15 through July 25. Please visit the website for specific show times.
📍 Cabrillo College Crocker Theater
🕒 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM · $20
Cabrillo Stage is a musical theatre company dedicated to presenting high-caliber, large-scale musical productions to the area. They are committed to the creation of musicals with Broadway-level production values. In this way, they foster educational opportunities while giving audiences the highest-quality family entertainment. They aim to be a destination point for the best of live theatre. Sister Act hits the stage with the force of a disco ball struck by divine inspiration. Deloris, a bold and big-hearted nightclub singer, lands in a convent for her own protection and winds up transforming a tuneless choir into a soulful powerhouse. Her energy shakes the dust off every pew as she teaches the nuns to sing with joy, courage, and a little sparkling attitude. By the finale, the once-quiet convent is radiating harmony, friendship, and unstoppable fun. Sister Act delivers a burst of laughter, heart, and high-energy music that leaves the audience glowing long after the curtain falls. Click “More Event Dates” in orange above to see other showtimes, or follow the link in the orange button above to purchase tickets. Locals Love: Stunning, creative sets, talented live orchestras, and passionate performances, often at reasonable prices. First Timers Miss: The theater’s architecture beautifully complements the overall experience, designed for optimal viewing. Insights: Santa Cruz METRO bus lines 1, 2, 55, and 73 all service Cabrillo College, providing access to the campus and the Crocker Theater. If taking a car, parking in Lot L is free.
📍 Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park
🕒 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · $25
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, un-der the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Charles Pasternak One of Shakespeare’s wittiest and most beloved comedies, the 2026 season will open with Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Of all the couples in Shakespeare, perhaps none is more widely loved than Beatrice and Benedick. Their battle of wits; their antagonism turned to eroticism; their history. Before the play begins, they already seem to define each other. The audience, like the other characters in the play, wait with excitement as their wits clash, and eventually, as their love blossoms. Much Ado About Nothing runs July 11 – August 30. More information or to purchase tickets, follow the link in the orange above, or contact the box office Tuesday through Friday from noon to 4pm at the number listed above.
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 3:00 PM · See listing
Sunday, July 19 2026 3:00pm - 7:00pm Led by the Center for Farmworker Families, this tour offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the farmworker community and those who benefit from their labor every day.
📍 Santa Cruz Public Libraries
🕒 3:30 PM · See listing
Sunday, July 19 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm Join us in the Teen Room for Manga-themed book sharing, crafts, activities and yummy snacks!
📍 The Diversity Center
🕒 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · See listing
Please join Chloe Rosen and Tal Molesworth for TRANSVERGENCE at The 418 Project on Sunday, July 19th from 5pm to 7pm. TRANVERGENCE is an improvisational space to move, play, and dance with other trans and queer folks. It's a ritual, a healing space, and a sober dance party, focused on embracing each persons' unique movement derived from pleasure and curiosity. No dance/movement experience is required. This space was born out of the desire to have an exclusive improv space for queer people that centers trans bodies to build comfort and trust outside of a cis/het centric space. The first half of the jam will include an opening circle with community agreements, names, and intentions. Then, we'll move into a guided arrival practice which intends to help us all land in our bodies and begin connecting with others in the space. Contact improvisation (CI) is folded into this guided portion of the workshop and encouraged in the jam, with consent, autonomy, and choice at the center. You do not h
📍 The Ugly Mug
🕒 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · See listing
Come Together- A Night of Beatles Music - Jerry Whitney (self)
📍 Felton Music Hall
🕒 8:00 PM · See listing
Los Tranquilos at Felton Music Hall on Sunday, July 19th 2026 Tickets: www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2852527949154522809
